<![CDATA[This article investigates the perennialist philosophical critique by Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas of the secularization of education, which is identified as the source of the modern educational crisis, a crisis marked by pragmatism and the erosion of values. This research analyzes Al-Attas's body of work to unveil his critique. The findings show that Al-Attas perceives secularization not just as a political process, but rather as a philosophical program that leads to the desacralization of nature and the despiritualization of man. The most damaging consequence in education is the "loss of adab," defined as the failure to acknowledge the hierarchy of reality and knowledge, resulting in epistemological and ethical chaos. To solve this, Al Attas offers the project of the "Islamization of Contemporary Knowledge." Its objective is to re-embed knowledge within the Islamic worldview (ru’yat al-Isl?m li al-wuj?d), aspiring to cultivate the "Man of Adab" (al-ins?n al-adab?). The implication of this study advocates for a fundamental reconstruction of Islamic educational curricula that prioritizes the inculcation of adab over mere technical competence, thereby offering a strategic counter-narrative to global pragmatism. This article concludes that Al-Attas's philosophy offers a strong theoretical framework to diagnose the crisis in education and to propose a restorative solution that is rooted in the Islamic intellectual tradition and consistent with the principles of perennial universalism.]]>
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