[Further Discussion on The Concept and The Approach of Modern Islamic Literature] Kupasan Lanjut Terhadap Konsep dan Peranan Pendekatan Sastera Islam Moden

The purpose of this paper is to give additional explanation on the concept of Islamic literature and its fundamental elements according to the article “Pendekatan Sastera Islam Moden (The Approach of Modern Islamic Literature)” by Rosni Samah and Nurhasma Muhamad Saad, in Jurnal Islam dan Masyarakat Kontemporari volume 5, July 2012. This is to give further explanation on the concept, roles, origin of the theory, and the key elements of the Islamic literature definition. To achieve this purpose, their article was analyzed by focusing on the relationship between Islamic literature and religion, roles, origin of the theory and the key elements of the Islamic literature definition. This study found that based on aqidah, Islamic literature is a beautiful  expression of arts which can admire the hearts produced by a muslim resulting from his interpretation about life, human being and the universe following the principles of tasawwur  Islam (Islamic world view). Islamic literature serves as a media of dacwah for the good in this life and hereafter in line with the principles of Islam itself. The development of Islamic literature started from an idea proposed by the late Sayyid Qutb in 1952. The development on this idea should be known by Islamic literature practitioners so they will understand that the establishment of Islamic literature theory actually derived from Islamic resurgence in the 20th century on the name of muslim brotherhood. The two key elements of Islamic literature are aesthetic values and Islamic values. The combination of aesthetic and ethics then can lead to the perfect meeting between the beauty of arts and the truth of God. Keywords:  Islamic literature; tasawwur Islam; media of dacwah; arts; aesthetic   Kertas ini bertujuan membuat kupasan lanjut tentang konsep sastera Islam dan elemen-elemen penting yang berkaitan berdasarkan artikel “Pendekatan Sastera Islam Moden” oleh Rosni Samah dan Nurhasma Muhamad Saad, Jurnal Islam dan Masyarakat Kontemporari keluaran 5, Julai 2012. Ia bagi memberikan maklumat tambahan berkaitan dengan konsep, peranan, punca cetusan teori dan inti pati definisi sastera Islam. Bagi mencapai tujuan tersebut, artikel yang berkenaan telah dianalisis dengan menumpukan kepada hubungan sastera Islam dengan agama, peranan, punca cetusan teori sastera Islam dan inti pati penting dalam definisi sastera Islam. Kajian ini mendapati bahawa dengan berpaksikan aqidah, sastera Islam adalah luahan seni yang indah, dapat menawan kalbu, terhasil daripada seseorang mukmin serta merupakan terjemahan tentang kehidupan, insan dan alam semesta berasaskan tasawur Islam. Sastera Islam berperanan sebagai wadah dakwah untuk kebaikan duniawi dan ukhrawi yang sejajar dengan prinsip-prinsip Islam itu sendiri. Perkembangannya bermula dengan cetusan idea yang dikemukakan oleh al-marhum Sayyid Qutb pada tahun 1952. Kronologi perkembangan idea sastera Islam perlu diketahui oleh para pejuang sastera Islam agar mereka memahami bahawa teori seni sastera Islam terbentuk adalah hasil daripada kebangkitan Islam pada abad ke-20 yang digembleng di atas dasar ukhuwah Islamiyah. Terdapat dua elemen utama dalam sastera Islam iaitu nilai estetika dan nilai keislaman. Kombinasi elemen estetika dan etika inilah yang membawa kepada pertemuan yang begitu sempurna antara keindahan seni dan kebenaran Ilahi. Kata kunci: sastera Islam, tasawur Islam, media dakwah, kesenian, estetika