HERMENEUTICS OF THE WARIA: WARIA’S HERMENEUTICAL TAFSIR OF AL-FATIHAH
Abstract: Qur‟an, as it is
believed by Muslims, is The Holy Book as well as the manifestation of The Words
of God (Kalamullah). It has meanings which obviously was being „monopolized‟by
The Ulama. In regarding of consequence, the authority of interpreting thisKalamullahseems
„limited‟ only for particular groups. Then, according the author it becomes the
main factor leads the stagnancy of Quranic interpretation studies in this modern
era. In this context, Schleiermacher‟s teory about „psychological explication‟(1998),
Paul Ricoeur‟s theory about „distantiation and appropriation‟ (1976), and „the marginalized
reading of Scripture‟ theory proposed by Simopoulos (2007), create a new path
in interpreting Quran. From those theories, the author sheds the lights on hermeneutical
interpretation of al-Fatihahby as one of the marginalized groups in Indonesia,
the Waria. This paper concludes that the waria use their hermeneutical way ofunderstanding
the Scripture and produce not only anoriginal interpretation, but also contextual
and full of theological reflections.
Penulis: Fazlul Rahman
Kode Jurnal: jpperadabanislamdd160149
