Epistemologi Pendidikan Islam Berbasis Al-Af’idah: Telaah QS. An-Nahl Ayat 78 dan Relevansinya terhadap Pembelajaran Reflektif

Rahmat Yudhi Septian (Institut Agama Islam Negeri Curup)
Yusefri (Institut Agama Islam Negeri Curup)
Busra Febriyarni (Institut Agama Islam Negeri Curup)
Noza Aflisia (Institut Agama Islam Negeri Curup)

IERA, Islamic Education and Research Academy
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2026): July 2026

The urgency of developing Islamic education that is not solely oriented toward the mastery of knowledge but also capable of fostering students’ moral and spiritual awareness. QS. An-Nahl verse 78 explains that human beings are endowed with hearing, sight, and al-Af’idah as potentials for acquiring, processing, and making meaning of knowledge. This study aims to analyze the concept of al-Af’idah in QS. An-Nahl verse 78 and examine its relevance to reflective learning in Islamic education. This study employs a qualitative method using a library research approach and content analysis of books, Qur’anic commentaries, journals, and other literature related to Islamic education and reflective learning. The findings indicate that al-Af’idah is not merely understood as the heart but is also associated with the function of reason and the inner potential of human beings to receive, process, filter, evaluate, and interpret information obtained through hearing and sight. This concept has strong relevance to reflective learning because the learning process does not stop at receiving information but continues through internalization, reflection, self-evaluation, the extraction of wisdom, and the application of learning outcomes in real-life contexts. Thus, al-Af’idah in QS. An-Nahl verse 78 can serve as an epistemological foundation for developing reflective learning that integrates cognitive, affective, moral, and spiritual dimensions.