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The Integration of Science and Spirituality: A Comparative Study of the Thought of Ismail Raji al-Faruqi and Seyyed Hossein Nasr Muhlas, Muhlas; Abdul Gani, Cr. Siti Fatimah Binti; Kusnawan, Aep; Naan, Naan; Negara, Muhammad Adress Prawira
FIKRAH Vol 13, No 2 (2025): December 2025
Publisher : Prodi Aqidah dan Filsafat Islam, Fakultas Ushuluddin, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kudus

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21043/fikrah.v13i2.33916

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Scholarly discourse on contemporary Muslim scholars has developed rapidly, both emerging from Islamic sources and adopted from other sources. The ideas of science are interesting subjects to be studied further, especially themes related to science and spirituality which are seen as separate from each other.This article examines the integration of knowledge and spirituality through a comparative analysis of the ideas of Ismail Raji al-Faruqi and Seyyed Hossein Nasr. The study aims to explain how both scholars understand the relationship between knowledge and spiritual values, as well as to identify their contributions to contemporary discourses on the integration of knowledge. This research employs a qualitative, library-based approach by collecting data from the primary works of both thinkers and relevant secondary academic literature, which are then analyzed using descriptive-comparative and interpretative methods. The findings show that al-Faruqi emphasizes the Islamization of knowledge as an epistemological framework rooted in the principle of tawhid, whereas Nasr highlights the importance of reviving sacred knowledge and metaphysical foundations as a response to the epistemic crisis of modernity. Both scholars reject the secular separation between knowledge and spirituality, yet they differ in methodological orientation: al-Faruqi focuses on epistemological reconstruction, while Nasr stresses the restoration of spiritual and metaphysical dimensions. The contribution of this research lies in its analytical and systematic comparative mapping of the two thinkers’ approaches to integrating knowledge and spirituality within the context of modern intellectual challenges.
Haul, Kyai, and Barakah: Integrating Ritual Theory and Sufi Psychology in Pesantren Studies Naan Naan; Muliadi Muliadi; Muhlas Muhlas; Ahmad Jais
Living Islam: Journal of Islamic Discourses Vol. 8 No. 1 (2025)
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/lijid.v8i1.6802

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This article addresses a core concern of Living Islam: how lived rituals cultivate ethical selves and communal resilience. Focusing on the annual haul (memorial rite) for a Pesantren kyai, it asks why this practice endures and what it accomplishes for participants’ inner life and social ties. The study combines non-participant observation, semi-structured interviews with alumni and organizers, and document analysis conducted in Bogor between March and September 2024. The data were analyzed using ritual theory and Sufi psychology, conceptualized through the inner faculties of qalb (heart), nafs (self), and ruh (spirit), as well as the formative sequence of takhalli–tahalli–tajalli. This approach highlights four interrelated dynamics: sustained affective ties between alumni and the kyai; a “psychospiritual technology” embedded in the tahlil–pengajian–sedekah sequence that structures attention, reinforces shared meanings, and directs prosocial engagement; processes of identity renewal that strengthen alumni social capital; and moral–spiritual transformation reflected in long-term practices of prayer, charity, and teaching. Conceptually, the paper reframes the haul from commemorative rite to mechanism of ethical formation by linking patterned repetition and symbol to attentional calm, value infusion, and embodied generosity. Practically, it suggests mosque- and school-based modules that synchronize annual rituals with weekly micro-structures (mentoring, halaqah, small service projects) and proposes simple indicators regular congregational prayer, volunteer teaching hours, infaq frequency to track sustained impact. By bridging philosophical analysis with empirical description, the study clarifies how a ritual ecology translates memory into obligation, love into service, and community into a durable infrastructure for lived Islamic ethics.
FROM SELF-REGULATION TO SPIRITUAL TRANSCENDENCE: CONSTRUCTING A NUSANTARA SPIRITUAL MENTAL HEALTH MODEL naan naan; Yogi Supriyadi; Didi Supandi
ILMU USHULUDDIN Vol. 13, No. 1, July 2026
Publisher : Peminat Ilmu Ushuluddin

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/iu.vi.52407

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Contemporary mental health discourse increasingly recognizes the importance of spiritual, relational, and existential dimensions of human well-being, yet indigenous intellectual traditions remain underrepresented in the construction of culturally grounded mental-health frameworks. This article examines the spiritual conceptions of human well-being found in Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian (SSKK) and Sewaka Darma (SD) and places them in dialogue with Pierre Hadot’s concept of philosophy as a way of life and al-Ghazali’s theory of tazkiyat al-nafs in Ihyā’ ‘Ulūm al-Dīn. Using qualitative library research and philosophical hermeneutics, the study analyzes the concepts of Dasa Kreta, Dasamala, Iyatna-Yatna, and Jatiniskala, and compares their transformative orientations with riyāḍah al-nafs, tazkiyat al-nafs, murāqabah, and ma‘rifatullah in al-Ghazali’s thought. The findings reveal structural similarities, rather than conceptual equivalence, in the way these traditions understand human flourishing as a process of spiritual self-formation. The comparative analysis yields a four-stage Nusantara Spiritual Mental Health Model comprising self-regulation, inner purification, reflective awareness, and spiritual transcendence. The model conceptualizes mental health not merely as the absence of psychological disorder or the achievement of emotional stability, but as an ongoing process of ethical cultivation, spiritual awareness, relational balance, and orientation toward transcendent reality. The study argues that Old Sundanese manuscripts can be approached not only as philological and cultural artifacts but also as epistemic resources for culturally grounded understandings of mental well-being.