<![CDATA[This study aims to explore the concept of religious moderation through the methodological reflection of "Heightening Revelation and Grounding Fiqh". Current religious challenges are often faced with a dichotomy between static sacred texts and dynamic social realities, triggering the emergence of extreme understandings, both radical-literalist (ifrath) and liberal-permissive (tafrith). Using a qualitative approach, this article argues that religious moderation (wasathiyah) is a crucial methodology to bridge this gap. The concept of "Heightening Revelation" focuses on preserving the transcendental values of the Qur'an and Sunnah as the highest source of ethics and a universal moral compass. Meanwhile, "Grounding Fiqh" is a process of dialectics and contextualization of Islamic law to be adaptive to the changes of the times through the deconstruction of past ijtihad and the reconstruction of human-centric fiqh. The results show that the use of the maqashid as-syariah (objectives of law) framework and the principle of at-taisir (ease) are the main pillars in realizing Islam as rahmatan lil 'alamin.]]>
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