The Concept of Environmental Corruption in the Perspectives of Two Qur’anic Exegesis and in the Standpoint of One Translation of the Qur’an in Indonesia

Usep Abdul Matin, M. Muammar Alwi

2018

Abstract

This article normatively argues that Islam actually encourages people to conserve nature from its corruption. This discussion is based on our studies on how three Indonesian Muslim scholars interpret the Qur’anic verse 41 of the Chapter of Rome (Al-Rum). This verse says: “Corruption [damage] has appeared (dhahara) throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people (ayd al-nas) have earned. So He [God] may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness].” The two books of tafsir and one translation of the Qur’an in Indonesia are as follows: 1) Tafsir Al-Azhar(1982), authored by late Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah (Buya Hamka) (1908-1981); 2) Tafsir Al-Mishbah (the Quranic Exegesis of Lamp) by Muhammad Quraish Shihab (1944); 3), and [the translation of the] Qur’an Kementrian Agama (Kemenag/Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia) (kemenag) by the chief of pentashihan [verification of] al-Qur’an (2004). These three authors similarly interpret the term “corruption” (al-fasad) to refer to any tangible environmental damage earned by the hands of people.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Matin U. and Alwi M. (2018). The Concept of Environmental Corruption in the Perspectives of Two Qur’anic Exegesis and in the Standpoint of One Translation of the Qur’an in Indonesia.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 2493-2501. DOI: 10.5220/0009945424932501

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Usep Abdul Matin and M. Muammar Alwi},
title={The Concept of Environmental Corruption in the Perspectives of Two Qur’anic Exegesis and in the Standpoint of One Translation of the Qur’an in Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={2493-2501},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009945424932501},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - The Concept of Environmental Corruption in the Perspectives of Two Qur’anic Exegesis and in the Standpoint of One Translation of the Qur’an in Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Matin U.
AU - Alwi M.
PY - 2018
SP - 2493
EP - 2501
DO - 10.5220/0009945424932501