Transcendental Abundance: A Theo-cosmological Foundation of Islamic Economics
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21111/tsaqafah.v20i2.10437Keywords:
Islamic economics, Theo-cosmological foundation, Transcendental AbundanceAbstract
The modern Western civilization infused with the dominance of humanism and secularism has pushed religion away from being involved in scientific developments. The invested paradigm also devoted and flourished in conventional economics disciplines, and unfortunately, the concept is also attached to Islamic economics. One of the doctrines constructed is the cosmological doctrine, which declares that resources are limited and initiates the most fundamental economic problem, scarcity. This study aims to scrutinize the cosmological presupposition in economics by utilizing the Islamic worldview conceptualized by al-Attas. The method is a descriptive-philosophical examination with a thematic analysis approach. This research reveals that God plays an active role in all myriad layers of creation which necessitates His transcendental association with the cosmos. God has names and attributes that introduce his transcendent and immanent presence in the universe. Terms in the Qur'an such as rizq, ni'mah, minnah, ala', and al-fadhl semantically indicate God's transcendental abundant sustenance in the world. The theo-cosmological concept of the Islamic worldview revealed the reality of Islamic economics perceives that resources have an unlimited source of its transcendence.Downloads
References
Al-Attas, Syed Muhammad Naquib, Islam and Secularism (Kuala Lumpur: Ta’dib International, 2019)
———, Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Islam (Kuala Lumpur: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), 1995)
———, Risalah Untuk Kaum Muslimin (Kuala Lumpur: Ta’dib International, 2019)
———, The Concept of Education in Islam (Kuala Lumpur: Ta’dib International, 2018)
———, The Oldest Known Malay Manuscript: A 16th Century Malay Translation of the Aqaid of Al-Nasafi (Kuala Lumpur: Departement of Publications University of Malaya, 1988)
Al-Baqi, Muhammad Fuad Abd, Al-Mu’jam Al-Mufahras Li Alfazh Al-Qur’an Al-Karim (Kairo: Maktabah Dar al-Kutub al-Mishriyyah, 1943)
Al-Damighani, al-Husain bin Muhammad, Ishlah Al-Wujuh Wa Al-Nazhair Fi Al-Qur’an Al-Karim (Beirut: Dar al-Ilm li al-Malayin, 1983)
Al-Dihlawi, Syah Waliyullah, Hujjatullah Al-Balighah Vol. 1 (Damaskus: Dar Ibn Katsir, 2012)
Al-Faruqi, Isma’il Raji, Tawhid: Its Implication for Thought and Life (Virginia: The International Institute of Islamic Thought, 1992)
Al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid, Al-Maqshad Al-Asna Fi Syarh Asma’ Allah Al-Husna (Beirut: Dar al-Minhaj, 2018)
Al-Ishfahani, Al-Raghib, Mufradat Alfazh Al-Qur’an (Damaskus: Dar al-Qalam, 2009)
Al-Jurjani, al-Sayyid al-Syarif, Al-Ta’rifat (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 2013)
Al-Khazin, Lubab Al-Ta’wil Fi Ma’ani Al-Tanzil (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 2004)
Al-Qusyairi, Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Karim, Syarh Al-Asma’ Al-Husna (Beirut: Dar Azad, 1986)
Al-Razi, Fakhruddin, Mafatih Al-Ghayb (Beirut: Dar al-Fikr, 1981)
Al-Syarqawi, Hasan, Mu’jam Alfazh Al-Sufiyyah (Kairo: Muassasah Mukhtar, 1987)
Al-Taftazani, Sa’d al-Din Mas’ud bin Umar, Syarh Al-Aqaid Al-Nasafiyyah (Karachi: Maktabah al-Madinah, 2012)
Al-Tahanwi, Muhammad Ali, Mawsu’ah Kashshaf Isthilahat Al-Funun Wa Al-Ulum (Beirut: Maktabah Lubnan Nasyirun, 1996)
Al-Thahawi, Abu Ja’far, Matan Al-Aqidah Al-Thahawiyyah Bayan Aqidah Ahl Al-Sunnah Wa Al-Jama’ah (Beirut: Dar Ibn Hazm, 1995)
Al-Zuhayli, Wahbah, Tafsir Al-Munir Vol 15 (Damaskus: Dar al-Fikr, 2009)
———, Ushul Al-Iman Wa Al-Islam (Damaskus: Dar al-Fikr, 2008)
Alhojailan, Mohammed Ibrahim, and Mohammed Ibrahim, ‘Thematic Analysis : A Critical Review of Its Process and Evaluation’, WEI International European Academic Conference Proceedings, 1.2011 (2012), 8–21
Arroisi, Jarman, and Minhajul Afkar, ‘Islam on Al-Attas and Willfred C. SMith Perspective (Analysis Study on The Meaning of Islamic Religion)’, Kalimah: Jurnal Studi Agama Dan Pemikiran Islam, 18.2 (2020), 296 <https://doi.org/10.21111/klm.v18i2.4871>
Bishop, Mathew, Essential Economics (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2004)
de Bruijn, Ernst Jan, and Gerrit Antonides, Poverty and Economic Decision Making: A Review of Scarcity Theory, Theory and Decision (Springer US, 2022), XCII <https://doi.org/10.1007/s11238-021-09802-7>
Chadwick, Owen, The Secularization of European Mind in the Nineteenth Century (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000)
Chapra, M Umer, Masa Depan Ilmu Ekonomi: Sebuah Tinjauan Islam (Terj.) (Jakarta: Gema Insani Press, 2001)
Cox, Harvey, The Secular City (New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2013)
Daud, Wan Mohd Nor Wan, Islamisasi Ilmu-Ilmu Kontemporer Dan Peran Universitas Islam Dalam Konteks De-Westernisasi Dan De-Kolonisasi (Bogor: Universtitas Ibnu Khaldun Bogor & CASIS - UTM, 2013)
———, The Educational Philosophy and Practice of Syed Naquib Al-Attas (Kuala Lumpur: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), 1998)
Faruqi, Achmad Reza Hutama Al, Rif’at Husnul Ma’afi, and Filaila Nurfaiza, ‘The Concept of God According to Sa’id Nursi’, International Journal Ihya’ ’Ulum Al-Din, 23.2 (2021), 194–209
Ghofur, Abdul, Falsafah Ekonomi Syariah (Depok: Rajawali Pers, 2020)
Ibn ‘Ashur, Muhammad al-Tahir, Tafsir Al-Tahrir Wa Al-Tanwir Vol. 1 (Tunis: Dar al-Tunisiyyah, 1984)
———, Tafsir Al-Tahrir Wa Al-Tanwir Vol. 9 (Tunis: Dar al-Tunisiyyah, 1984)
Ibrahim, Azharsyah, Nur Kholis, Erika Amelia, Nashr Akbar, Suci Aprilliani Utami, and Nofrianto, Pengantar Ekonomi Syariah (Jakarta: Departemen Ekonomi dan Keuangan Syariah - Bank Indonesia, 2021)
Javadi, M., and K. Zarea, ‘Understanding Thematic Analysis and Its Pitfall’, Journal of Client Care, 1.1 (2016) <https://doi.org/10.15412/j.jcc.02010107>
Mahmudin, Mahmudin, Zayyadi Ahmad, and Abdul Basit, ‘Islamic Epistemology Paradigm: Worldview of Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Syed Muhammad Naqueb Al-Attas’, International Journal of Social Science and Religion (IJSSR), 2.1 (2021), 23–42 <https://doi.org/10.53639/ijssr.v2i1.41>
Mangera, Abd al-Rahman ibn Yusuf, Imam Abu Hanifa’s Al-Fiqh Al-Akbar Explained by Abu Al-Muntaha Al-Maghnisawi; with Selection from Ali Al-Qari’s Commentary, Including Imam Abu Hanifa’s Kitab Al-Wasiyya (London: White Thread Press, 2014)
Mankiw, Gregory, Principles of Economics, 7th edn (Stamford: Cengage Learning, 2015)
Mannan, Muhammad Abdul, Islamic Economics Theory and Practice (Delhi: Idarah-I Adabiyyat-I Delli, 2009)
Manzhur, Ibnu, Lisan Al-Arab Vol. 11 (Beirut: Dar al-Shadir, 1990)
McEachern, William A., Economics A Contemporary Introduction (Ohio: Thomson South-Western, 2006)
Muslih, Kholid et. al., Worldview Islam (Ponorogo: Pusat Islamisasi Ilmu (PII), 2018)
Naugle, David K., Worldview The History of a Concept (Michigan: Wm. B. Erdmans Publishing Co., 2002)
Osborn, Ronald E., Humanism and The Death of God (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017)
Pickthall, Muhammad Marmaduke, Roman Translation of The Holy Qur’an (Lahore: Qudrat Ullah Co., 1999)
Rohman, Abdul, Amir Reza, and Muhammad Ari Firdausi, ‘Melacak Makna Worldview: Worldview Barat Dan Islam’, Kanz Philosophia, 7.1 (2021), 45–64
Rozalinda, Ekonomi Islam Teori Dan Aplikasinya Pada Aktivitas Ekonomi (Depok: RajaGrafindo Persada, 2017)
Sandimula, Nur Shadiq, ‘Analisis Semantik Atas Kata “Thayyibah” Dalam Al-Qur’an’, AL QUDS : Jurnal Studi Alquran Dan Hadis, 6.2 (2022), 759 <https://doi.org/10.29240/alquds.v6i2.3324>
Setia, Adi, ‘Mu’amala and the Revival of the Islamic Gift Economy’, Islam & Science, 9.1 (2011), 67–88
———, ‘Reviving an Economics for the Common Good: The Science of Earning in Al-Shaybani, Al-Ghazali, and Al-Dimashqi’, Islam & Science, 9.2 (2011), 174–83
Sire, James W., The Universe Next Door (Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2009)
Sloman, John, Economics (Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2006)
Stiglitz, Joseph E, and Carl E Walsh, Economics (London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2006)
Tomasz, Siudek, and Zawojska Aldona, ‘Competitiveness in the Economic Concepts, Theories and Empirical Research’, Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Oeconomia, 13.1 (2014), 91–108 <https://js.wne.sggw.pl/index.php/aspe/article/view/4110/3636>
Turner, Bryan S., Orientalism, Post-Modernism, and Globalism (London: Routledge Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003)
Uthman, Muhammad Zainiy (Ed.), Suleiman Mohammed Hussein (Ed.) Boayo, and Mohd Hilmi (Ed.) Ramli, Thinking Framework (Kuala Lumpur: RZS-CASIS Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2020)
Young, Julian, The Philosophy of Tragedy (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013)
Zaman, Asad, ‘Death of a Metaphor: The Invisible Hand’, SSRN Electronic Journal, May, 2012 <https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2094930>
Zarkasyi, Hamid, Jarman Arroisi, Muhammad Taqiyuddin, and Mohammad Salim, ‘Reading Al-Attas’ Analysis on God’s Revelation as Scientific Metaphysics’, in ICLLE 2019, July 19-20 (Padang, 2019), p. 11 <https://doi.org/10.4108/eai.19-7-2019.2289500>
Zarkasyi, Hamid Fahmy, ‘Al-Attas’ Concept of Reality: Empirical and Non-Empirical’, Kalam, 13.2 Desember (2019), 113–42
———, Kausalitas: Hukum Alam Atau Tuhan (Ponorogo: UNIDA Gontor Press, 2018)
Downloads
Submitted
Accepted
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 TSAQAFAH
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
The author whose published manuscript approved the following provisions:
- The right of publication of all material published in the journal / published in the Tsaqafah is held by the editorial board with the knowledge of the author (moral rights remain the author of the script).
- The formal legal provisions for access to digital articles of this electronic journal are subject to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), which means that Tsaqafah reserves the right to save, transmit media or format, Database), maintain, and publish articles without requesting permission from the Author as long as it keeps the Author's name as the owner of Copyright.
- Printed and electronic published manuscripts are open access for educational, research and library purposes. In addition to these objectives, the editorial board shall not be liable for violations of copyright law.
- It is a serious offense for anyone to publish any article of Tsaqafah without permission.
