THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF QUR’ANIC SOCIAL HARMONIZATION: A SYNTHESIS AND REINTERPRETATION OF A’BULO SIBATANG’S VALUES WITHIN THE PARADIGM OF TASAMUH AS THE FOUNDATION OF INTERFAITH COHESION
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https://doi.org/10.24252/jdi.v14i1.68878Keywords:
tasamuh, social harmony, quranic values, abulo sibatan, local wisdom, multireligious, abulo sibatangAbstract
This study is motivated by the increasing horizontal conflicts, hate speech, and intolerance in interfaith relations in Indonesia, which indicate the urgent need to strengthen moderation values grounded in the Qur’an and local wisdom. The aim of this research is to analyze the concept of tasamuh in the Qur’an and to reinterpret it through the local wisdom of Abulo Sibatang among the Makassar community as a basis for social harmony in a multireligious setting. This study employs a qualitative-descriptive method with a library research approach, using the Qur’an, Tafsir al-Munir, and Tafsir al-Mishbah as primary sources, supported by relevant journals and literature as secondary sources. The findings show that the Qur’an affirms diversity as part of divine will, prohibits coercion in matters of faith, and encourages justice and benevolence toward others. Meanwhile, Abulo Sibatang contains values of solidarity, equality, cooperation, and mutual support that are in line with the spirit of tasamuh. In conclusion, the integration of tasamuh and Abulo Sibatang produces an epistemological synthesis that strengthens the foundation of social harmony, so that religious tolerance is understood not merely as a passive attitude, but as an active principle for building a peaceful, inclusive, and transformative society
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