KONSEP KHILAFAH DAN KESALEHAN LINGKUNGAN DALAM TRADISI ISLAM
Abstract
This article describes and reveals the concept of khali>fah in Islam as the basic in natural exploration. This concept brings man into the highest degree among God’ creatures. Man’s responsibility is as the God’s representative in the earth. Man should be inspired by some of God’s name such as arranger (mudabbir), protector (h}a>fidz), and educator (murabbi). The data are collected and documented from the main source; al-Qur’an and al-Sunnah and it is analyzed with bayani and philosophical approach. This article shows that khali>fah concept in Islam is based on ila>hiyyah and d}aru>riyyah (need) insa>niyyah transcendence. The environmental damage is caused by the unbalanced situation, man just focuses on the second point.
Moraref