METHODS AND PATTERNS OF INTERPRETATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TAFSIR METHODOLOGY IN INDONESIA

Abstract

This paper discusses the methods and styles of Qur'anic interpretation and the development of Tafsir Methodology in Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to reveal the methods and styles of Qur'anic interpretation and the development of Tafsir Methodology in Indonesia. The method used in this article is descriptive-qualitative method. The conclusion in the discussion in this article is the history of the development of the interpretation of the Qur'an from the early days to the present, found in outline the interpretation of the Qur'an is done through four methods, Ijmāli, taĥlilî, muqāran, maudlū'i. Then the styles of interpretation of the Qur'an. Then the patterns of interpretation of the Qur'an such as tafsîr fiqhiŷ, tafsir I'tiqâdi, tafsîr sūfiŷ, tafsîr ilmiŷ, and tafsîr falsafi. The history of tafsir methodology in Indonesia is mapped to tafsir before independence and tafsir after independence. There are several main factors that influence the development of methods and styles of interpretation of the Qur'an, among others, the scientific background of the mufassir, the socio-historical and cultural context, the approach and perspective of the mufassir, scientific developments and new discoveries, and the dialectics of thought and intellectual discourse.