An Analysis on Shihab’s Methodology: How do Pronouns Applied?

Abstract

Shihab is an Islamic scholar who have prolifically produced a comprehensive 30 chapters of Qur'anic exegesis entitled Tafsir Al-Mishbah. This book is perceived as the latest Qur'anic exegesis produced by Muslim scholar of the Archipelago. He stresses on the importance of understanding the Qur'an contextually, supported by a strong understanding of the language and not focusing only on the textual meaning. In relation to this, his work has used a lot of linguistics approaches as to obtain the actual verses exegeses. Therefore, this study seeks to analyse critically his linguistics exegesis, and the focus rests on the debate on pronouns. To obtain a expliciter perspective, this study has adopted the library research and document analysis method by making language and reliable popular Qur'anic exegesis books as primary sources of reference. The outcome of this study finds that Shihab had applied five rules in relation to pronouns, all of which have been approved by scholars and exegetes.

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“…to seek His pleasure by living the way of life Allah has prescribed. A Muslim can do so within the framework of the guidance that Allah has revealed concerning this, but he/she can do so only with a proper understanding of its meanings and implications (Kadir et al, 2014).…”

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“…‫صحيحا‬ ‫فهما‬ ‫القرآن‬ ‫فهم‬ ‫مسلم‬ ‫كل‬ ‫وعلى‬ ‫قادر‬ ‫وقال‬ ‫التفسَت.‬ ‫كتب‬ ‫تعلم‬ ‫أو‬ ‫التفسَت‬ ‫علم‬ ‫بتعلم‬ ‫إال‬ ‫القرآن‬ ‫فهم‬ ‫ديكنو‬ ‫وال‬ ‫القرآن.‬ ‫سلوك‬ ‫على‬ ‫حياتو‬ ‫تصبح‬ ‫حىت‬ ‫اإلسالم‬ ‫تطبيق‬ ‫ألن‬ ‫إليو‬ ‫يرجع‬ ‫اإلسالمية‬ ‫اغبياة‬ ‫يق‬ ‫بطر‬ ‫يتعلق‬ ‫ما‬ ‫وكل‬ ‫اؼبسلمُت.‬ ‫عند‬ ‫العلوم‬ ‫أىم‬ ‫القرآن‬ ‫تفسَت‬ ‫إن‬ ‫وآخرون‬ ‫الص‬ ‫الكرمي‬ ‫القرآن‬ ‫آلايت‬ ‫صحيح‬ ‫فهم‬ ‫إذل‬ ‫اؼبسلمون‬ ‫يصل‬ ‫ال‬ ‫التفسَت‬ ‫بدون‬ ‫الصحيح.‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫وحي‬ ‫فهم‬ ‫على‬ ‫يعتمد‬ ‫حيح‬ (Kadir, Usman, Ibrahim, & Ali, 2014 (Nurbayan, 2019) .…”