Moch. Rafly Try Ramadhani
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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THE POLITICS OF QIRA’AT: STATE POWER AND THE CANONIZATION OF QUR’ANIC RECITATION IN EARLY ISLAM Siti Khodijah; Iffah Muzammil; Moch. Rafly Try Ramadhani
Jurnal At-Tibyan: Jurnal Ilmu Alqur'an dan Tafsir Vol. 10 No. 1 (2025): Volume 10 No. 1 June 2025
Publisher : The Department of the Qur'anic Studies, Faculty of Ushuluddin, Adab, and Da'wah, State Institute of Islamic Studies (IAIN) Langsa

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32505/at-tibyan.v10i1.11344

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The study of qira’at in Islam has traditionally centered on linguistic and phonetic dimensions. However, it also intersects significantly with the dynamics of political authority and canon formation in Islamic history. Using a historical-analytical approach, this study examines the role of political power in the codification and standardization of qira’at, focusing on critical episodes such as the compilation of the mushaf under Caliph ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan, administrative interventions during the Umayyad dynasty, and the canonization of the seven qira’at by Ibn Mujahid, later expanded to ten by Ibn al-Jazari. Drawing on classical Islamic sources and contemporary academic literature, the study demonstrates that qira’at orthodoxy was shaped not only by scholarly consensus, but also by strategic political interventions in response to socio-political imperatives. By exploring the intersection of religion, power, and the construction of Qur’anic recitational authority, this research contributes to a deeper understanding of how the political construction of religious orthodoxy and the canonization of sacred texts in Islam.
Classical Sufi Exegesis and Malay Qur’anic Interpretation: Textual Traces of Ishārī Motifs in Tarjumān al-Mustafīd Budi Rahman Hakim; Anwar Masduki; Moch. Rafly Try Ramadhani
Jurnal Studi Ilmu-ilmu Al-Qur'an dan Hadis Vol. 27 No. 2 (2026): Juli
Publisher : UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/qh.v27i1.7553

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Tarjumān al-Mustafīd, the earliest extant complete Malay Qur’anic commentary, has rarely been examined through direct comparison with classical Sufi exegesis. This article investigates how selected ishārī motifs—nūr (Q 24:35), tazkiyah (Q 91:9–10), and qalb salīm (Q 26:89), with raḥmah and mīzān as supplementary cases—are rendered in the Malay commentary. Using comparative textual analysis, it reads Tarjumān al-Mustafīd alongside al-Sulamī’s Ḥaqāʾiq al-Tafsīr, al-Qushayrī’s Laṭāʾif al-Ishārāt, and Ibn ʿAjībah’s al-Baḥr al-Madīd. The comparison identifies three recurrent textual mechanisms—lexical retention, selective omission, and ethical amplification—operating within broader processes of semantic compression, contextual adaptation, and pedagogical domestication. The findings do not establish direct borrowing or justify classifying Tarjumān al-Mustafīd as a Sufi commentary in a strict generic sense. They indicate, however, that selected ishārī resonances remain discernible through semantic compression and ethical reformulation. The article therefore proposes “textual appropriation” as a limited analytical category for tracing how classical Sufi motifs were rearticulated within a concise Malay exegetical register while preserving pedagogical intelligibility.