Kajian tafsir tematik di Malaysia: Sorotan literatur tahun 2019 sehingga 2023
Research on thematic exegesis in Malaysia: A literature review from 2019 to 2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53840/alirsyad.v8i2.396Keywords:
Approach, Thematic Exegesis, Contemporary Interpretation, Malaysia, Literature ReviewAbstract
Thematic exegesis is an interpretive approach to interpreting the Quran thematically by collecting relevant Quranic verses related to the studied theme. This interpretive approach has gained recognition among Quranic scholars due to its methodological dimensions and unique advantages in delving into the contents of the Quran. Moreover, thematic exegesis represents a contemporary interpretative method that can elevate the Quran as a reference for today's modern society. However, extensive research is lacking in compiling and providing a literature review regarding thematic exegesis studies. This article aims to highlight and present a literature review of past studies related to thematic exegesis in Malaysia. The article's sources were obtained from the WoS, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases covering 2019 to 2023. The gathered data was filtered based on publication year, material type (articles), and specific studies within Malaysia. The study's findings highlighted four themes of thematic exegesis research in Malaysia: the definition of thematic exegesis, its history and development, types and methods, and the implementation of these methods in Quranic studies.
Downloads
References
Abas, N. A., & Sahad, M. N. (2021). A comparative study between reflexive thematic analysis in social sciences and Qur’anic thematic analysis in Qur’anic sciences. Maʿālim al-Qurʾān wa al-Sunnah, 17(Special Issue), 1-25. https://brill.com/view/journals/mtsr/aop/article-10.1163-15700682.
Abdul Hadi, A. Z. S., Abd Latif, M. A. N., & Abdul Rahman, M. H. (2018). Ketokohan Tn. Hj. ‘Abdullah Al-Qari Bin Hj. Salleh (‘AQHAS) sebagai tokoh mufassir tematik di Malaysia. UMRAN - International Journal of Islamic and Civilizational Studies, 5(3), 13–24. https://doi.org/10.11113/umran2018.5n3.245.
Abdullah, M., & Syafi'i, A. M. (2009). Khazanah tafsir di Nusantara: Penelitian terhadap tokoh dan karyanya di Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Singapura, dan Thailand. Kontekstualita: Jurnal Penelitian Sosial Keagamaan, 25(1), 31–46. https://www.neliti.com/publications/37141/khazanah-tafsir-di-nusantara-penelitian-terhadap-tokoh-dan-karyanya-di-malaysia.
Abu Bakar, S. (2022). Pendekatan tafsir mawdu’i’ dalam penulisan tafsir di Malaysia (Tesis Doktor Falsafah Tidak Diterbitkan). Bangi: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Abu Bakar, S., Hussin, H., & Wan Abdullah, W. N. (2019). Analisis perkembangan penulisan Tafsir Maudu’i di Malaysia. Al-Irsyad: Journal of Islamic and Contemporary Issues, 4(2), 142–153. https://doi.org/10.53840/alirsyad.v4i2.62.
Ali, K. Z. C., & Makhsin, M. (2019). Konseptualisasi amalan kesantunan berbahasa menurut al-Quran. Jurnal Islam Dan Masyarakat Kontemporari, 20(1), 65–81. https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/100901279/271.
Alias, B., Yakob, M. A., Saidon, R., & Lahuri, M. S. H. (2020). Analisis isu gender berdasarkan al-Quran bagi menangkis tuntutan persamaan hak antara lelaki dan wanita. Journal of Contemporary Studies (JCIS), 6(2), 1–11. https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/42975/1/42975.pdf.
Aras, Z., & Solihin, S.M. (2022). Political exegesis of the holy Qur’an: A rational and critical vision. Al-Jami‘ah: Journal of Islamic Studies, 60(1), 287-314. https://doi.org/10.14421/ajis.2022.601.287-314.
Bohari, M., Yusof, F. M., & Kosnin, A. M. (2021). Teacher’s emotional intelligence based on morality in Surah Yusof. International Journal of Academic Research in Business & Sosial Sciences. 11(12), 2604-2618. http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i12/11989.
Daroini, M., & Hamidah, T. (2021). Musibah dalam perspektif al-Qur’an (pendekatan tafsir maudhu’i). Journal of Qur’an and Hadith Studies, 10(2). 203-222. https://doi.org/10.15408/quhas.v10i2.19829.
Fauzan, F., Mustofa, I., & Masruchin, M. (2019). Metode tafsir maudu’i (tematik): Kajian ayat ekologi. Al-Dzikra. Jurnal Studi Ilmu al-Qur'an dan al-Hadits, 13(2), 195-228. http://dx.doi.org/10.24042/al-dzikra.v13i2.4168.
al-Dhahabī, M. H. (t.th). al-Tafsīr wa al-mufassirūn. Kaherah: Maktabah Wahbah.
Goldziher, I. (1920). Die Richtungen der Islamischen Koranauslegung. Leiden: Brill.
Hamid, S. Z., Usman, A. H., Samsudin, S., & Zahrin, S. N. A. (2021). Tarbiah akidah dalam surah Makiyyah melalui Kitab Nazarat Fi Kitabillah. e-Jurnal Penyelidikan Dan Inovasi, 8(1), 143–174. https://ejpi.kuis.edu.my/index.php/ejpi/article/view/35.
Ḥijāzī, M. M. (2010). Fenomena keajaiban al-Qur’an: Kesatuan tema dalam al-Quran. Jakarta: Gema Insani.
Husain, H. (2022). Huraian tema ayat-ayat berkaitan doa di dalam al-Quran. Al-’Abqari: Journal of Islamic Sosial Sciences and Humanities, 27(1), 145–157. https://doi.org/10.33102/abqari.vol27no1.519.
Hussin, H., Ibrahim, M., Majid, L. A., Amin, K. M., Mohamad, S., Othman, F. M., … & Shah, A. (2012). The trend of Malay Quranic commentary writing in Malaysia in the 20th century. Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 8(8), 4343–4349. https://www.aensiweb.com/old/jasr/jasr/2012/4343-4349.pdf.
Hussin, H., & Majid, L. A. (2013). Early development of Quranic exegesis in Malaysia. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 3(8), 1732–1744. https://archive.aessweb.com/index.php/5007/article/view/2529.
Ibn ‘Āshūr, M. A . (1970). al-Tafsīr wa rijāluh. t.tp.: Majma‘ Buhūth al-Islāmiyyah.
al-Khālidī , S. A. F. (2010). Ta‘rīf al-dārisīn fī bi manāhij al-mufassirīn. Damsyik: Dār al-Qalam.
al-Khūlī, A. (2003). al-Tafsīr: Ma‘ālim ḥayātih, manhajuhu al-Yawm. Kaherah: Maktabah al-Usrah.
Kusroni, K. (2019). Mengenal ragam pendekatan, metode, dan corak dalam penafsiran al-Qur’an. KACA (Karunia Cahaya Allah): Jurnal Dialogis Ilmu Ushuluddin, 9(1), 89–109. https://doi.org/10.36781/kaca.v9i1.2988.
Ma‘rifah, H. (1997). al-Tafsīr wa al-mufassirūn fī thawbih al-qashīb. t.tp.: al-Jāmiʿah al-Riḍawiyyah li al-ʿUlūm.
Mardhiah, ‘A., & Zul-kifli, H. (2022). Prinsip Al-wiqāyah dalam kelestarian alam sekitar. Al-Takamul al-Ma’rifi, 5(1), 85-96. http://devojs.usas.edu.my/altakamul/index.php/altakmulfiles/article/view/93.
Mohamed, N. Z. C., Ahmad, M. N., & Mohd, N. S. (2023). Perkembangan ilmu tafsir merentas zaman. Journal of Al-Quran and Al-Sunnah (TURATH), 8(1), 45–60. http://spaj.ukm.my/jalturath.
Mohd, R. A., Mohd Ghazali, N., Fauzi, N., Muhammad Yusuff, M. F., & Mohammad Zaini, N. S. (2023). Tafsir Tematik Konsep Israf Dalam Pengambilan Makanan Menurut Perspektif Al-Quran. UMRAN - International Journal of Islamic and Civilizational Studies, 10(2), 27–36. https://doi.org/10.11113/umran2023.10n2.609.
Nazhifah, D. & Karimah, F. I. (2021). Hakikat tafsir maudhu’i dalam al-Qur’an. Jurnal Iman dan Spritualitas, 1(3), 368-376. http://dx.doi.org/10.15575/jis.v1i3.13033.
Nursidik, I., & Maulana, M. E. (2021). Tinjauan kritis terhadap metode tafsir maudhu’i. Jurnal Iman dan Spritualitas, 1(4). 423-428. https://doi.org/10.15575/jis.v1i4.13015.
Othman, M. S. (2018). Mari mengenal ilmu tafsir. Kuala Lumpur. Rimbunan Islamik Media Sdn. Bhd.
Qadafy, M. Z. (2022). Challenging al-Dhahabī’s (1915-1977) authority in the historiography of tafsīr: A clarification of his salafī outlook. Islamic Studies Review UIII, 1(2), 217-237. https://doi.org/10.56529/isr.v1i2.86.
Rofiq, A., Putra, Y. H. S., Djalaluddin, A., Wargadinata, W., & Anam, K. (2022). The construction of fundamental values of islamic economics: learning from ulul albab verses. QURANICA, International Journal of Quranic Reseacrh. 14(1), 1-25. https://ijps.um.edu.my/index.php/quranica/article/view/37599.
Rokim, S. (2017). Mengenal metode tafsir tahlili. Al-Tadabbur: Jurnal Ilmu Al-Qur’an Dan Tafsir, 2(3), 41–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.30868/at.v2i03.194.
Rufaydah, I. (1990). al-Naḥw wa kutub al-tafsīr. Kaherah: Dār al-Kutub al-Waṭaniyyah.
al-Rūmī, F. (t.th.). Buḥuth fī uṣūl al-tafsīr wa manāhijuh. t.tp.: Maktabah al-Tawbah.
Ruzi, N., & Ibrahim, M. (2020). Perkembangan kajian tafsir mawdu’i di Malaysia (1990-2016). BITARA International Journal of Civilizational Studies and Human Sciences, 3(1), 72–90. https://www.bitarajournal.com/index.php/bitarajournal/article/view/104.
Said, S., & Hanapi, M. S. (2019). The philosophy of halal science concept in al-Qur’an: A study of thematic exegesis. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(5), 154–166. https://doi.org/10.6007/ijarbss/v9-i5/5847.
Saleh, W. A. (2010). Preliminary remarks on the historiography of tafsir in Arabic: A history of the book approach. Journal of Quranic Studies, 12(1-2), 6-40. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25831163.
Sardaraz, K. & Ali, R. (2019). A cognitive-sematic approach to the interpretation of death metaphor themes in the Quran. Journal of Nusantara Studies (JONUS), 4(2), 219-246. https://doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol4iss2pp219-246.
Sholeh, S. (2018). Pendekatan tafsir al-qur’an dalam perspektif Ibn Taymiyyah. Rausyan Fikr. 14(1), 95–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.31000/rf.v14i1.675.
Toure, A. K.., Mohamed, A. K., Ahmad, A. M., Mohd, R. A., Hoque, M., Ghazali, N. M., & Ahmad, N. I. (2019). An analytical study of the word “Basar” in religious scripture to understand human characters. International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET), 10(1), 67–71. http://www.iaeme.com/SearchResults.asp.
Ula, M. Q. M., & Elatrash, R. J. (2019). Islamic critical thinking on the unity thematic of al-Qur’ān of Al-Asās Fī At-Tafsīr. Al-Risalah: Journal of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (ARJIHS), 3(3), 1-20. https://journals.iium.edu.my/al-risalah/index.php/al-risalah/article/view/186.
Usman, A. H. & Ahmad, H. (2019). Konsep firasat menurut al-Quran: analisis tematik wacana mufasirin. Al-Irsyad: Journal of Islamic and Contemporary Issues, 4(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.53840/alirsyad.v4i1.42.
Usman, A. H. & Ibrahim, M. (2014). Al-Tafsīr al-Mawḍu‘ī: Lafaz al-Nafar dalam al-Quran. Bangi: Penerbit UKM.
Wansbrough, J. (1977). Qur’anic studies: Sources and methods of scriptural interpretation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Yardho, M. (2019). Rekonstruksi tafsir mawdu’i: Asumi, paradigma, dan implementasi. ISLAMUNA: Jurnal Studi Islam, 6(1). 44-63. https://doi.org/10.19105/islamuna.v6i1.2274.
Yunus, B. M., Rohman, A., & Durachman, A. J. R. (2021). Studi komparatif pemikiran al-Farmawi, Baqir Shadr dan Abdussatar Fathallah tentang tafsir maudhui. Jurnal Iman Dan Spiritualitas, 1(3), 286–296. https://doi.org/10.15575/jis.v1i3.12836.
Yusof, S. A., Mohamad Akhir, N. S., Mohd Taher, M. S. I., & Mohd Yusof, A. S. (2021). Tafsir tematik: Istilah al-fulk dalam al-Quran. Voice of Academia, 17(2), 25–37. https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/49992.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Najihah Nasir, Haziyah Hussin, Mohd Nazri Ahmad, Mu’ammar Zayn Qadafy

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
License and Copyright Agreement
In submitting the manuscript to the journal, the authors certify that:
- They are authorized by their co-authors to enter into these arrangements.
- The work described has not been formally published before, except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, thesis, or overlay journal.
- That it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere,
- That its publication has been approved by all the author(s) and by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – of the institutes where the work has been carried out.
- They secure the right to reproduce any material that has already been published or copyrighted elsewhere.
- They agree to the following license and copyright agreement.
Copyright
Authors who publish with al-Irsyad: Journal of Islamic and Contemporary Issues agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
Licensing for Data Publication
al-Irsyad: Journal of Islamic and Contemporary Issues use a variety of waivers and licenses that are specifically designed for and appropriate for the treatment of data:
- Open Data Commons Attribution License, http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/(default)
- Creative Commons CC-Zero Waiver, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License, http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1-0/
Other data publishing licenses may be allowed as exceptions (subject to approval by the editor on a case-by-case basis) and should be justified with a written statement from the author, which will be published with the article.
Open Data and Software Publishing and Sharing
The journal strives to maximize the replicability of the research published in it. Authors are thus required to share all data, code, or protocols underlying the research reported in their articles. Exceptions are permitted but have to be justified in a written public statement accompanying the article.
Datasets and software should be deposited and permanently archived in appropriate, trusted, general, or domain-specific repositories (please consult http://service.re3data.org and/or software repositories such as GitHub, GitLab, Bioinformatics.org, or equivalent). The associated persistent identifiers (e.g. DOI, or others) of the dataset(s) must be included in the data or software resources section of the article. Reference(s) to datasets and software should also be included in the reference list of the article with DOIs (where available). Where no domain-specific data repository exists, authors should deposit their datasets in a general repository such as ZENODO, Dryad, Dataverse, or others.
Small data may also be published as data files or packages supplementary to a research article, however, the authors should prefer in all cases a deposition in data repositories.