MAKNA ṬĀGHŪT DALAM AL-QUR’AN:ANALISIS SEMANTIK

Abstract

The Qur’anic tāghūt is one of the most often misused religious concept for supporting radicalism. Under the rules of Isutzu’s scholarship, this research wants to approach the Qur’anic tāghūt semantically. It concludes that the basic meaning for tāghūt in the Qur’an is “transgressing bounds” whereas its relational meanings are: idols (in Q. 4: 61, 40: 17, 16: 36), propagandists of digression (Q. 2: 256, 257), false legislation attributed not to God and His Messenger (Q. 4: 60), polytheism (Q. 4: 76) and rebellion to God (Q. 5: 60). Key Word: thāghūt, semantic, relational meanings, Izutsu