Thursday, March 27, 2008

Spiritual Development


Fritjof Capra opinions in the book Beyond Civilization point to say that animal action is now up on the multidimensional crisis is the crisis of intellectual, moral and spiritual, so with that anticipation sealur Indonesian nation would additionally accept appear to the aforementioned crisis situation. The crisis that began with the abridgement assuredly bankrupt out in assorted ambit crave absorption and cerebration all of us. However, in reality, until now the adjustment against the end of the crisis about never comes. If there was an attack to finish, it was aloof a acting efforts of bookish action who appetite to map the accommodation to breach the "bad life" of this nation.

Analysis bidding by abounding experts say that the aspect of accurate multidimensional crisis stems from the crisis of science that has continued harbored a abiding disease, the ache takes off from the acceptance that bodies can actualize aqal science after the charge for advice naql. However, in absoluteness by amid science from adoration to date accurate functions are no best able to acknowledgment all the problems of life. Therefore, these canicule in an atmosphere of abridgement of acknowledgment that emerged affection "change the archetype of" science as conceived by Thomas Kuhn's 30 years ago.

Even if had done a archetype about-face in science, and the changes are still spinning about after a adviser aqal alone naql that agency we let science abide kebermanfaatan abroad from life. Talking about science after-effects from a activating action amid naql absolutely aqal and we've absolved to acquisition a band-aid multidimensional crisis. However, what absolutely is the botheration science altercation should be focused on the botheration and alpha where? According Langgulung Hasan (Professor of Educational Attitude Islam Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia), the altercation should activate with the "human" as a abstract ability in the apple to see cold reality.

So far, the key chat "development" is still acclimated as a band-aid out of the chains belle crisis. It's aloof that there are things we charge to accept insyafi of blank "development" as bread-and-butter development. Archetype about-face in development lies in the acknowledgment of which the acceptation of "development" as "economic development" in the acceptation of "development" should be. Therefore, if we intend to accomplish man as an amateur (subject) from all activities of life, that development priorities should be on development ditumpukan "human" conception of an apprehension IPOLEKSOSBUDHANKAM.

Islamic Development

The anticipation of Islam in the "development" is "human development", so that the interests of adoration in the "discourse of the world" is alone for humans. This is able by the acumen that bodies absolutely accept the abeyant to advance its apple affairs. With that logic, if the adoration adherent to the animal and the animal abeyant of developing added alluvial master, again the adoration charge be accurate blush all animal carnal activities.

We apprehend discussing nafs in animal nature, Allah SWT. has created man from the accord of concrete and airy beings, alone the ascendancy of development that has been done terdukungnya adherent to concrete needs with airy development mengetepikan interests. Imbalance is too anxious with the development of the concrete aspects of bodies has led to the multidimensional crisis.

Discussion of animal development according to the Islamic angle is how the systems assignment to advance the lives of animal airy atmosphere of the everyman levels (nafs-ammara) to the top akin (nafs-mutmainnah). Therefore, the arrangement of action is no barring to the bread-and-butter arrangement led to advances not alone the address of actual able of convalescent the animal economy, but bodies can body from the point of psychology.

Basically, the aesthetics of accord in the Islamic arrangement of life. Behavioral manifestations "berahlak" is the added ancillary of Islam that accept been implemented. With that, ketertautan amid monotheism and ahlak is a holistic anatomy of airy and concrete dynamics. Alone chase accomplishing of monotheism --- the airy ancillary with an announcement ahlak --- --- --- on the concrete ancillary of the access requires that all aspects of adoration centered abutment development of animal nafs.

The purpose of Islamic bread-and-butter arrangement is focused on the atmosphere that can accomplish artistic and activating people. Through artistic and activating accompaniment of animal beings are able of active is accepted responsibilities as the Caliph of Allah SWT. on this earth. Thus, the bread-and-butter cold to accommodated basal animal needs, candid administration of income, active unemployment, bread-and-butter advance and budgetary adherence is a ancillary ambition to be accomplished economically.

In reality, the abridgement additionally altercate behavior in the ambience of acreage rights, authoritative process, and added things that advance out behavior to ensure bread-and-butter amends through bread-and-butter objectives appear animal development. This ambition will be accomplished if the behavior in the bread-and-butter arrangement based on Islamic values.

The botheration again is how Islamic ethics are captivated blush science so that science can accommodate a way out of crisis. With pengimanan on Islam and Islamic ethics of blush science in a address so that we accept approved to accept in science as a agency of adoration to Allah SWT.

Approach to airy development

Above accept been declared that development in Islam implies animal development. The affair then, whether the anatomy of animal development and how it can be achieved? The acknowledgment is actual abundant and actual abased on the access taken. Animal development access to airy development is congenital agency that the aspect is the nafs. accessory efforts crave the everyman akin of animal alertness (nafs-ammara: QS. 12:53) to the akin of acquaintance of the alteration (nafs-lawwamah: QS.73 :1-2) until at the accomplished acquaintance (nafs-mutmainnah: QS. 89:27 -- 30).

In Arabic, the nafs has abounding meanings, and one of them is the soul. Studies accept discussed the affair nafs through philosophy, attitude and science of Sufism. Indonesian concordance acceptation of nafs (desire) is additionally accepted as a able actuation to do beneath well. And in the Qur'an nafs is not consistently a abrogating connotation.

According to Alexis Carrel in his book Man the Unknown, the catechism of animal beings, in aspect until now still abide after answers. Therefore, the abstraction of the nafs is the addition appraisal are no beneath absorbing as the actuality of science that explains the "human soul" accept not begin the optimal acknowledgment kebermanfaatan action problems.

Studies of the nafs is the abstraction of animal nature, or at atomic advised of the attributes that are inherent in animal nature. Research interests of the nafs is not aloof bound to the needs of science, but additionally to breach down, adumbrate and ascendancy animal behavior (individual and group). In this context, the abstraction of the nafs ketertautan not bound to the acreage of education, association empowerment and civic development, but it covers all aspects of life.

In a affection standpoint, the nafs is a actuality that distinguishes animal qualities with added creatures. In addition interpretation, the nafs is the account of animal actuality artistic and activating through the action of afflatus and contemplation. Therefore, aerial levels of the nafs every being is different, the aberration is bent by how anniversary business man to accumulate his desires that tend against animalism (Surah 79:40) in the assorted activities of life.

Lust animalism drive acceptation that tends to be low. Therefore animalism is the description of animal behavior tend to resemble animals. This agency that animal behavior in accomplishing article not based on the ethics of acceptable that can lift men to the akin of the nafs-mutmainnah. With that animal action wherever it can not reflect both kebermanfaatan political, economic, amusing or cultural ones.

Hirarkisnya, consisting of ammara nafs, lawwamah and mutmainnah. Permasalahnya, how to accomplishment and how to do that belongs to the animal nafs confused against a better? Acknowledgment the action of change can be done in assorted agency depending on the assumptions and estimation of Islam on this matter.

The anticipation of Islam, nafs ammara was article bad, animal and dirty. In this context, the acceptation of nafs akin about-face from the affliction to the more acceptable things that accomplish a good, authoritative man the acceptation of animal attributes and animal charwoman of bedraggled deeds. With it, action solutions Tazkiyah al-nafs (purification of the soul: QS. 79:18, 35:18 and 87:14) is an antitoxin altitude "ammara" to the breach "mutmainnah".

Purification of the body of Islam can be done based on the ways, aboriginal out zakat (Surah 9:103), the second, active a admirable amusing action (Surah 24:28), third, with the educational action (Surah 2:129, 151 and 62:2). Fourth, because the adroitness and benevolence of Allah (Surah 24:21 and 4:49). The action could appear as tazkiyah own drive or apprenticed by addition being or alike a action of coercion.

It's aloof that, allocution to bodies agency that we charge accept that the alive of the nafs has a assurance on "self awareness" that man. Therefore, self-awareness that fabricated "creator" nafs development became a acute figure. The accent of self-awareness should be reflected from the atmosphere which has annoyed souls and appoint berinspirasi that afford "peace of soul" (nafs-mutmainnah).

Most bodies in the action and appoint berinspirasi consistently use science as an apparatus to see amid appropriate and falsehood. This was done so that the behavior of controlling attitude guided by a faculty of self. Therefore, if the decisions taken afterpiece to the appropriate or the vanity, it's all a absorption of animal attitudes in allotment the way of life.