Islamic Perspective of Education

Topic for 28 December 2013

LESSON # 12

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH,
MOST COMPASSIONATE,
MOST MERCIFUL.

FROM TASAWWUR ISLAM
‘A SOCIOLOGICAL PRESPECTIVE’- (contn’d)

3RD RUN OF THE MODULE

started 24 August 2013

Arabic (plural) of Adab : meanings – “good breeding, decency,

nurture, good manners, refinement, cultured, decorum, courteous,
etiquette, propriety, social grace, to educate, discipline, the
humanities, etc.” sense of proportion and knowledge of their rightful
place in the order of things, the absence of which indicates injustice
All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2013)

UPDATED - 28 DECEMBER 2013

RECAP PREVIOUS LESSON

By retracing our life, we start with understanding
our basic nature as a human being - having
inherent powers and their potentialities to be
developed.



In our relationship regarding our Education – we
are to encounter, i.e. assisted by our educators with what is referred to as, “knowledge”.



Yet, we are born helpless and have to be cared,
nurtured, to be inculcated with discipline, taught and
developed by a Murabbi’ (EDUCATOR) – the first of
whom are our PARENTS.


Relationship with the Parents and Teacher
Beginning of
education:

[1] Tarbiyya pertains
to training of the soul
still attached to
desires, etc.

Obedience to Parents and teachers
TIME

KNOWLEDGE

TEACHERS

PARENTS
Teacher/Educator:

BODY

[1] Parent
[2] Teacher

Although ultimate is
Knowledge, (both
theoretical and
practical) – initial
disciplining, rote learning,
memorization, etc. may be
crucial.

SELF

TONGUE
MIND

HEART
DESIRE

Islam: to submit the entire

self (body, tongue, heart and
Mind) – Freeing it from desire
which needs to always be guided
to the Will of Allah.


THE WORLD

APPENDIX

ALLAH

RASULULLAH

AHLIL-BAYTIHI
ASHAABIHI

AL-QUR’AN

AS-SUNNAH
KNOWLEDGE

TEACHERS

PARENTS
BODY

SELF

TONGUE
MIND

HEART
DESIRE

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APPENDIX

ALLAH
HEREAFTER

RASULULLAH

AHLIL-BAYTIHI
ASHAABIHI

AL-QUR’AN

AS-SUNNAH
TIME

KNOWLEDGE

TEACHERS

PARENTS
BODY

SELF

TONGUE
MIND

HEART
DESIRE

THE WORLD
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

With the “loss of Adab”, even the knowledge of who the

true leaders and scholars is lost, and the confusion compounded.


Actually this confusion in knowledge can be corrected

through Education.
 Yet, education in man cannot be truly done without his
having basic “Adab” itself.
 Thus the importance of restoring the “Adab” in every
Muslim.
 It may even have to begin by correcting their misuse of
“terms” (istilah) and clarifying wrongly assumed “definition”
(ta’rifat) that may have caused whatever misunderstandings.
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Prof. Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas :

“The learned and wise among Muslims must use constant
vigilance in detecting erroneous usage in language which
impinges upon semantic change in major key elements and
creates general confusion and error in the understanding of
Islam and of its worldview.”
Quote: “The Concept of Education in Islam” pp. 37-38


EPISTEMOLOGY

Thus, perspective of Education in Islam can be defined:
“... Recognition and acknowledgement, progressively instilled
into man, of the proper places of things in the order of
creation, such that it leads to the recognition and
acknowledgement of the proper place of God in the order of
being and existence.”
Quoted from: “The Educational Philosophy and Practice of
Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas” by Wan Mohd Nor
Wan Daud (ISTAC publication).

In other words, it is all about – “ADAB ”

“ …. it is very much related to the Islamic concept of Education for ADAB is recognition and acknowledgement of the Reality, and
knowing of one’s place in the order of things; capable of putting
the right thing in their rightful place, in their rightful manner;
rendering just due to whomsoever has the right, and in our
acquisition of rightful things to be in accordance with the right
proportion and under the right circumstance …. It is very closely
related to the Islamic concept of al-’Adl (the justice)*, the
upholding of which leads to TAQWA (the consciousness of Allah)”
Ustaz Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail – course on “Islamic Concept of Adab”

* Including al-QISTw –higher form of justice (tampered with IHSAN)

ONLY FOR THOSE MEANT TO BE SUBDUED


APPENDIX

ALLAH
HEREAFTER

RASULULLAH

ASHAABIHI

AL-QUR’AN

AS-SUNNAH
HISTORY

TIME

KNOWLEDGE

ANCESTORS

AHLIL-BAYTIHI

SIBLINGS
CLASSMATES
FRIENDS

SELF
MIND

EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE

AL-UMMAH

FELLOW MUSLIMS
NGO’s/GO’s

AD-DA’WAH
MUJAAHID

SPOUSE

TONGUE

CO-WORKERS

AL-‘ULAMA

TEACHERS

PARENTS
BODY

IMAM MADZAAHIB

NON-MUSLIMS

HEART

IN-LAWS

CHILDREN
HEALTH

DESIRE

WEALTH
STATUS
NEIGHBOURS

AMBITIONS

THE WORLD
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FROM PREVIOUS LESSON

“In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the
Especially Merciful.
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds - The
Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, Sovereign
of the Day of Recompense. It is You we worship and
You we ask for help. Guide us to the straight path
- The path of those upon whom You have bestowed
favour, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger
or of those who are astray.”
(Qur’an: al-Fateha: 1: 1-7)


“Every child is born in a state of pure innocence ( FITWRAH),
It is the parents then who would make him to become
a Jew or a Christian or a Pagan.”
(Hadith reported by Bukhary)



“O YOU who have attained to faith! Ward off from
yourselves (i.e. save yourself) and those who are
close to you (AHLI-KUM) that fire [of the hereafter]
whose fuel is human beings and stones: [lording]
over it are angelic powers awesome [and] severe,
who do not disobey Allah in whatever He has
commanded them, but [always] do what they are
bidden to do.”
(Qur’an: Tahrim: 66: 6)


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“When people TATRUKU - leave (set aside) the affairs
of their DEEN – religion, because of their concern in
improving their worldly matters, then Allah will open
upon them much danger (harm).”
(Hadith reported by Ahmad)


Every tree begun from a seed, and would
grow in stages – from seedling into a plant
which from its onset develops several
important crucial components viz. Its roots,
its stems which then grow into trunk and
branches, its barks and leaves etc.
All of these has to be nurtured and let to
grow in tandem – as and when conditions
permits.
If any of these is neglected, or process for
their growth stymied to only allow one
component to be fully developed without
these others – then the tree may be harmed.


“People are like minerals, the best of them in Jahiliyah
will still be the best amongst them in Islam,
so long as they have proper (profound) understanding
(of this Deen).”
(Hadith reported by Bukhary, Muslim, Darimi and Ahmad)



TASAWWUR ISLAM

LEVELS OF ATTAINMENT
TOWARDS HIGHER STATE OF

MUTTAQEEN

TAQWA

God-consciousness or Piety

IF NO EFFORT DONE TOWARDS STRIVING FOR HIGHER STATIONS,
A MUSLIM MAY END-UP BECOMING ....

MUSLIM

MUSRIFEEN
MUNAFEEQIN

Submission

FASIQEEN

ZOLIMEEN
MUJRIMEEN

GHOFILEEN
MUFSIDEEN

ETC.


TASAWWUR ISLAM

LEVELS OF ATTAINMENT
TOWARDS HIGHER STATE OF

MUTTAQEEN

TAQWA

God-consciousness or Piety
MAQOM AL-’ARIFEEN

MUKHLISWEEN
Sincerity

MUHSEEN

MAQOM AZ-ZUHUD

Best or righteous conduct

MU’MEEN

MAQOM AL-WARA’

Believer

MUSLIM

MAQOM AT-TAUBAH

Submission
MAQOM AL-ISLAM


“O you who have believed, (be conscious of and) fear
Allah (TAQWA) as He should be feared and do not die
except as Muslims [in submission to Him].”
(Qur’an: Aali ‘Imran: 3: 103)

“O YOU who have attained to faith! Ward off from
yourselves (i.e. save yourself) and those who are
close to you (AHLI-KUM) that fire [of the hereafter]
whose fuel is human beings and stones: [lording]
over it are angelic powers awesome [and] severe,
who do not disobey Allah in whatever He has
commanded them, but [always] do what they are
bidden to do.”
(Qur’an: Tahrim: 66: 6)

“Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against
themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy
of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is
He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.”
(Qur’an: Zumar: 39: 53)


“And return [in repentance] to your Lord and submit
to Him before the punishment comes upon you; then
you will not be helped.
And follow the best of what was revealed to you
from your Lord before the punishment comes upon
you suddenly while you do not perceive, .”
(Qur’an: Zumar: 39: 54-55)


“O you who have believed, (be conscious of and) fear
Allah (TAQWA). And let every soul look to what it has
put forth for tomorrow - and fear Allah (TAQWA).
Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do.
And be not like those who forgot Allah, so He made
them forget themselves. Those are the defiantly
disobedient (FAASIQUN).”
(Qur’an: Hashr: 59: 18-19)


IN THE NAME OF ALLAH,
MOST COMPASSIONATE,
MOST MERCIFUL.

"Not equal are the companions of the Fire and the companions of Paradise.
The companions of Paradise - they are the ones who attain [true success].”
(Qur’an: Surah Al-Hashr: 59: 20)

AN-NASEEHAH

)

“Be not deceived by the [uninhibited] movement of the
disbelievers throughout the land: [It is but] a small enjoyment;
then their [final] refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting
place)!”
(Qur’an: Aali ‘Imran: 3: 196-197)

“On the other hand, for those who (are conscious and) fear their
Lord, are Gardens with rivers flowing beneath: therein are they to
dwell (for ever) a gift,― from the presence of Allah; and that which is
in the presence of Allah is the best (bliss) for the righteous.”


(Qur’an: Aali ‘Imran: 3: 198)

“HAST THOU ever considered [the kind of man] who
makes his own desires (HAWA) his deity, and whom
Allah has [thereupon] let go astray, knowing [that his
mind is closed to all guidance], and whose hearing and
heart He has sealed, and upon whose sight He has
placed a veil? Who, then, could guide him after Allah
[has abandoned him]? Will you not, then, (TADZAKKARUN) bethink your-selves? “
(Qur’an: Jatsiyah: 45: 23)

“The craving for ever-greater worldly gains and to excel others in
that regard keeps you occupied until you reach your graves . Nay,
you will soon come to know; nay, again, you shall soon come to
know. Nay, would that you knew with certainty of knowledge
(what your attitude will lead to, you would never have acted the
way you do). You will surely end up seeing Hell; again, you shall
most certainly end up seeing it with absolute certainty. Then, on
that Day, you will be called to account for all the bounties you
enjoyed.”
(Qur’an: Takathur: 102: 1-8)

“And nothing is the life of this world (DUN-YAA) but a
play and a passing delight; and the life in the hereafter is
by far the better for all who are conscious of Allah
(YATTAQUUN) Will you not, then, use your reason? ”
(Qur’an: An’am: 6: 32)

“Whoever memorizes (HAFIZA) ten verses from the
beginning of Surah Al-Kahf will be protected from the
False Messiah (DAJJAL). “
(Hadith reported by Muslim. Abu Dawud, Nasa-i)

AL-HAM-DU-LIL-LAA-HIL-LA-DZEE – AN-ZA-LA –’ALAA –
‘AB-DI-HIL – KI-TAA-BA
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, who has sent down upon
His Servant the Book
WA – LAM – YAJ – ‘AL – LA-HUU – ‘I- WA - JAA
and has not made therein any deviance

QOY-YEE-MAN – LI-YUN- DZI-RA – BA’-SAN –
SHA-DEE-DAM – MIN – LA-DUN-HU
.[He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him

QUR’AN: AL-KAHFI: 18: 1-2

WA – YU – BASH – SHI - RUL – MU’- MI - NEE – NAL
LA-DZEE - NA – YA’- MA – LUS – SWO – LI – HAA - TI
and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds -

AN – NA – LA – HUM – AJ-RAN – HA-SA-NAH
that they will have a good reward

MAA – KI – TSEE – NA – FEE – HI – A-BA-DAA
In which they will remain forever.


WA – YUN – DZI-RAL – LA-DZEE-NA – QO –LUT –
TA – KHO-DZAL-LAA-HU – WA – LA-DA
And to warn those who say, "Allah has taken a son."

MAA – LA-HUM – BI-HI – MIN – ‘IL –MIN –
WA-LAA – LI- AA – BA – I - HIM
They have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers.

KA-BU-RAT – KA-LI-MA-TAN – TAKH – RU-JU –
MIN –AF-WAA –HI-HIM
Grave is the word that comes out of
their mouths;.
.


IN –YA – QUU – LUU –NA – IL-LAA – KA – DZI-BAA
they speak not except a lie -

FA - LA –’AL-LA-KA – BAA – KHI – ‘UN – NAF- SA –KA –
‘A-LAA - AA – TSAA – RI-HIM
Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over
them, [O Muhammad],

IN – LAM – YU’ – NUU – BI – HAA –DZAL –
HA – DEETHI – A-SA-FAA
if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow .


IN –NAA – JA-’AL-NAA – MAA – ‘ALAL – ARDWI –
ZEE - NA – TAN – LA-HAA
Indeed, We have made that which is on the earth adornment for it

LI-NAB – LU-WA- HUM – AI –YU - HUM- AH – NA-U – ‘A- MA-LAA
that We may test them [as to] which of them is best in
deed.-

WA – IN – NAA – LA – JAA – ‘I-LUU-NA – MAA –
SWO-’EE –DAN – JU-RU-ZA
And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground. .


AM – HA = SIB – TA – AN – NA – AS – HAA - BAL – KAH –FI
Or have you thought that the companions of the cave

WAR – RO – QEE – MI KAA – NUU –
MIN – AA – YAA – TI-NAA - ‘A - JA - BAA
and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder?

IDZ - AWAL – FIT – YA-TU – ILAL – KAH –FI – FA – QAA - LUU
[Mention] when the youths retreated to the cave and said …


ROB – BA – NAA – AA – TI - NAA
"Our Lord,."

MIN – LA – DUNKA – ROH – MA - TAN
grant us from Yourself mercy

WA – HAI – YI ɔ - LA-NAA – MIN – AM-RI - NAA – RA – SHA-DAA
and prepare for us from our affair right guidance.

QUR’AN: AL-KAHFI: 18:10

AND ALLAH KNOWS ALL


“O Allah, bless our master Muhammad, Your slave and Your Messenger, the
Unlettered Prophet, and upon the family of our Master Muhammad, and
his wives, the mothers of all the Believers, and upon his descendants, the
people of his house, just as You have blessed Ibrahim and the family of
Ibrahim, in the worlds, for You are the Praiseworthy, the Mighty!"

“And sanctify our master Muhammad, Your slave and Your Messenger, the
Unlettered Prophet, and upon the family of our Master Muhammad, and
his wives, the mothers of all the Believers, and upon his descendants, the
people of his house, just as You have sanctified Ibrahim and the family of
Ibrahim, in the worlds, for You are the Praiseworthy, the Mighty!"

“O Allah! Grant us the love for You, and the love for Your
Messenger Muhammad s.a.w., and the love towards whoever
has love for You, and make us to love doing every deeds which
can bring us towards Your Nearness, and make us to love You
more than our love for cool (drinking) water.”

"Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have
forgotten or erred.
Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which
You laid upon those before us.
Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no
ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have
mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory
over the disbelieving people."


“O Allah, make my speech be guidance, inspire me with
reverential fear, give me success in that which is most
pure, and employ me in what is most pleasing to Thee!
O Allah, let me tread the most exemplary path and make
me live and die in Thy creed!
O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, give me to
enjoy moderation, make me into one of the people of
right behaviour, the proofs of right conduct, and the
servants of righteousness,"


O Allah! Make faith (iiman) dear to us and beautify it in our hearts
and make disbelief (Kufr), sinning (Fusuq) and rebelliousness (`isyan)
hateful to us, and make us among the rightly guided ( Raa-shi-duun).


O Allah! Allow us to die as Muslims, live as Muslims
and join us with the ranks of the righteous ones,
without tasting humiliation or turmoil.


‘And (may Allah send) salutations and prayers upon Muhammad
and upon the household and companions of Muhammad
(the pure ones of his family and all the loyal followers).


“Glory to thy Lord the Lord, of Honour and Power!
(He is free) from what they ascribe (to Him)!
And Peace on the Messengers!
And praise to Allah, the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds.”


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