NALAR AYAT-AYAT SEMESTA DAN MENINGKATNYA POSISI BAHASA ARAB DALAM TAFSIR AL-QUR’AN (Q. 76: 17)

Abstract

The main idea this article explores is that the knowledge on Arabic language plays great role on the scientific Qur’anic exegesis. As sample, AgusPurwanto’sNalar Ayat-Ayat Semestais chosen, merely on his interpretation on the Q. 76: 17. This research also finds Purwanto’s three foundations thatemphasize the miraculous side of the Arabic language which the Qur’an speaks with: (1) the Paradigm of “Sains Islam”; (2) the dependency on the lexical meaning of the keywords; (3) the author’s Contextualizing the meaning to only current context by ignoring its original context. This research also describes how an interpretation which depends on the knowledge of Arabic language looks like. Keywords: Tafsir Ilmī, Bahasa Arab, Metodologi