AT-TURAS: Jurnal Studi Keislaman
Vol 13, No 1 (2026)

Reason and Revelation in Islamic Education: A Comparative Study of Al-Ghazali’s and Ibn Rushd’s Educational Thought in the Contemporary Context

Zainudin, Agus (Unknown)
Hudi, Saman (Unknown)
Suriyani, Aysha Imeylian (Unknown)
Yakoh, Mahnawawe (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Mar 2026

Abstract

Islamic education today often experiences an imbalance between spiritual-moral formation and rational-intellectual development. This indicates a theoretical gap in developing an integrated educational framework in Islamic thought. Although Al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd represent two main paradigms in this debate, their educational ideas are rarely studied comparatively to address this issue. This study aims to comparatively analyze the educational thoughts of Al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd and to explore their relevance to contemporary Islamic education. This research uses qualitative library research by examining primary and secondary literature related to these two scholars. This study finds that Al-Ghazali emphasizes education as spiritual purification and moral perfection based on divine guidance, while Ibn Rushd emphasizes intellectual development through reasoning and empirical inquiry. Rather than being contradictory, their perspectives complement each other. Integrating ethical-spiritual and rational-intellectual approaches offers a holistic framework for contemporary Islamic education.

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at-turas

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Subject

Arts Humanities Economics, Econometrics & Finance Education Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

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Two decades or more, in the global scheme, Islamic studies have been enforced to take broader paradigms from dogmatic-theology to popular-religious. Islamic studies is not merely discussing on sacred corpus only, but everyday life of Islam also. In academic space, this field has increasingly been an ...