SUFI EPISTEMOLOGY: Being the Earliest Exposition in Kitâb al-Luma’ of al-Sarrâj and its Manifestation in the Works of Indonesian Sufis
<em>Kitâb al-Luma' fî al-Taṣawwuf</em> of al-Sarrâj<em> </em>(d. 378H./988CE.)<strong><em> </em></strong>is the earliest work in Sufism survived and arrived at us. It did not only record the history of Sufism up to that time but also promoted and...
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| author | Nur Hadi Ihsan Wan Mohd Azam Mohd Amin Jarman Arroisi Moh. Isom Mudin |
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| description | <em>Kitâb al-Luma' fî al-Taṣawwuf</em> of al-Sarrâj<em> </em>(d. 378H./988CE.)<strong><em> </em></strong>is the earliest work in Sufism survived and arrived at us. It did not only record the history of Sufism up to that time but also promoted and placed its position among other disciplines in the history of intellectual and spiritual traditions of Islam. With this work, al-Sarrâj formulated Sufi epistemology in its earliest development. This paper attempts to explore the Sufi epistemology of al-Sarrâj, which will cover the discussion about his classification and hierarchy of knowledge, his analysis of the position of Sufism among other knowledge, and then his elaboration of the methodology of Sufism. Before ending the discussion, the paper will read the works of Indonesian Sufis using Sufi epistemology as a perspective. This study finds that al-Sarrâj was successfully constructed Sufi epistemology in its initial emergence. He placed Sufism as a discipline of knowledge and posed it at the highest level in the structural hierarchy of knowledge. Reading the works of Indonesian Sufis from Sufi epistemology, it appears that in the early days of their birth, these works were colored by the epistemology of philosophical Sufism. It was only later that the epistemology of Sunni Sufism came into existence, and this became more evident in the following periods in the development of Sufism in this country. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b6444339aa4e4205bf33f8a7fe310d8c2022-12-22T04:42:05ZaraUniversitas Darussalam GontorTsaqafah1411-03342460-00082022-01-0117227530210.21111/tsaqafah.v17i2.71043093SUFI EPISTEMOLOGY: Being the Earliest Exposition in Kitâb al-Luma’ of al-Sarrâj and its Manifestation in the Works of Indonesian SufisNur Hadi Ihsan0Wan Mohd Azam Mohd Amin1Jarman Arroisi2Moh. Isom Mudin3Universitas Darussalam (UNIDA) Gontor, IndonesiaInternational Islamic University MalaysiaUniversitas Darussalam (UNIDA) Gontor, IndonesiaUniversitas Darussalam (UNIDA) Gontor, Indonesia<em>Kitâb al-Luma' fî al-Taṣawwuf</em> of al-Sarrâj<em> </em>(d. 378H./988CE.)<strong><em> </em></strong>is the earliest work in Sufism survived and arrived at us. It did not only record the history of Sufism up to that time but also promoted and placed its position among other disciplines in the history of intellectual and spiritual traditions of Islam. With this work, al-Sarrâj formulated Sufi epistemology in its earliest development. This paper attempts to explore the Sufi epistemology of al-Sarrâj, which will cover the discussion about his classification and hierarchy of knowledge, his analysis of the position of Sufism among other knowledge, and then his elaboration of the methodology of Sufism. Before ending the discussion, the paper will read the works of Indonesian Sufis using Sufi epistemology as a perspective. This study finds that al-Sarrâj was successfully constructed Sufi epistemology in its initial emergence. He placed Sufism as a discipline of knowledge and posed it at the highest level in the structural hierarchy of knowledge. Reading the works of Indonesian Sufis from Sufi epistemology, it appears that in the early days of their birth, these works were colored by the epistemology of philosophical Sufism. It was only later that the epistemology of Sunni Sufism came into existence, and this became more evident in the following periods in the development of Sufism in this country.https://ejournal.unida.gontor.ac.id/index.php/tsaqafah/article/view/7104keywords: kitâb al-luma’, al-sarrâj, sufism, sufi epistemology. |
| spellingShingle | Nur Hadi Ihsan Wan Mohd Azam Mohd Amin Jarman Arroisi Moh. Isom Mudin SUFI EPISTEMOLOGY: Being the Earliest Exposition in Kitâb al-Luma’ of al-Sarrâj and its Manifestation in the Works of Indonesian Sufis Tsaqafah keywords: kitâb al-luma’, al-sarrâj, sufism, sufi epistemology. |
| title | SUFI EPISTEMOLOGY: Being the Earliest Exposition in Kitâb al-Luma’ of al-Sarrâj and its Manifestation in the Works of Indonesian Sufis |
| title_full | SUFI EPISTEMOLOGY: Being the Earliest Exposition in Kitâb al-Luma’ of al-Sarrâj and its Manifestation in the Works of Indonesian Sufis |
| title_fullStr | SUFI EPISTEMOLOGY: Being the Earliest Exposition in Kitâb al-Luma’ of al-Sarrâj and its Manifestation in the Works of Indonesian Sufis |
| title_full_unstemmed | SUFI EPISTEMOLOGY: Being the Earliest Exposition in Kitâb al-Luma’ of al-Sarrâj and its Manifestation in the Works of Indonesian Sufis |
| title_short | SUFI EPISTEMOLOGY: Being the Earliest Exposition in Kitâb al-Luma’ of al-Sarrâj and its Manifestation in the Works of Indonesian Sufis |
| title_sort | sufi epistemology being the earliest exposition in kitab al luma of al sarraj and its manifestation in the works of indonesian sufis |
| topic | keywords: kitâb al-luma’, al-sarrâj, sufism, sufi epistemology. |
| url | https://ejournal.unida.gontor.ac.id/index.php/tsaqafah/article/view/7104 |
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