Sheikh Nuruddin Al-Raniri Description Of Heaven In Bad 'Al-Khalq Al-Samawat Wa Al-Ard [MSS 1517(A)]

Mohd Solahuddin  Shahruddin; Azri  Bhari; Muaz  Mohd Noor; Ahmad Zuhdi  Ismail

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v5iSI1.2300

Authors

Mohd Solahuddin Shahruddin Postgraduate Students, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur & Lecturer, Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor., Malaysia
Azri Bhari Senior Lecturer, Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
Muaz Mohd Noor Lecturer, Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Alor Gajah, Melaka, Malaysia.
Ahmad Zuhdi Ismail Senior Lecturer, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5iSI1.2300

Abstract

Sheikh Nuruddin al-Raniri (d. 1658) is a renowned scholar in the Malay archipelago during the rule of Sultan Iskandar Thani (1636-1641 AD) in Acheh. He had authored 35 works on various disciplines of Islam and Bad 'al-Khalq al-Samawat wa al-Ard describes the concept of heaven genesis in Jawi manuscript MSS1517 (A). This article is a preliminary analysis of the manuscript focusing on excerpts of al-Raniri's exposition on the meaning of heaven and its categories. That heaven has respective names and inhabitants in the Day of Judgment.Â Study on the biography of al-Raniri and the written scripture was conducted by analyzing al-Raniri's thinking pattern, which was extracted from the book. Moreover, the concept of the natural phenomenon was explained and discussed intensively following Islamic thinking. Then each phrase and al-Raniriâ€™s ideology was clearly defined base on the interpretation of Qurâ€™an and hadiths. Result of this study shows that the writing method done by al-Raniri was mostly focusing on imagining the condition of a specific place in heaven.

Keywords: al-Raniri; Bad 'al-Khalq al-Samawat wa al-Ard; heaven; earth

eISSN: 2398-4287 Â© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peerâ€“review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5iSI1.2300