TEKSTUALISASI AL-QUR’AN: ANTARA KENYATAAN DAN KESALAHPAHAMAN
ABSTRACT: In recent decades
al-Qur’an has been the subject of increasing interest among scholars in the
Muslim world as well as in the West. One of the most important issues that most
researchers are dealing with pertains to its textualization –that is, how
al-Qur’an was transformed from oral tradition into the written text as we have
it today; how the Revelation was received and recorded, circulated and passed
down from generation to generation, in both the ancient way of memorization and
through the methods of reading and writing, as rigorously and accurately as it
should be. Although initially the contents of al-Qur’an were widely distributed
in the memories of men (i.e. the Prophet and his Companions), they were also
written down piecemeal on various materials. The compilation and codification
of the al-Qur’an was accomplished under the authority of Caliph Abu Bakr, and
the standard codex (al-muṣḥâf al-imâm) was produced during the Caliphate of
Utsman in order to bring consensus among the Muslim community both with regard
to recitation and orthography (al-Rasm al-‘Utsmâniy). Given its paramount
importance in Islam, the history of Qur’anic text will remain of perennial
interest to both Muslim and non-Muslim researchers as it could be manipulated,
distorted or exploited by those pursuing their own goals for polemical or
political reasons. The present article addresses such concerns with a view to
separating the wheat from the chaff in the textual history of al-Qur’an.
Penulis: Syamsuddin Arif
Kode Jurnal: jpperadabanislamdd160157
