Reinstating tadabbur as a methodological core: A conceptual model for Islamic-based human development (IbHD)
Mengembalikan tadabbur sebagai teras metodologi: Satu model konseptual bagi pembangunan insan berteraskan Islam
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37231/jimk.2026.27.1.990Keywords:
Qur’anic Contemplation, Tadabbur, Islamic-based human development, Islamic epistemology, revelation-based methodologyAbstract
Contemporary discourse on human development faces an epistemological crisis due to its heavy reliance on secular psychological and philosophical frameworks detached from revealed knowledge, leading to a fragmented understanding of human potential. Within the Islamic context, this has created a significant gap between the Qur’anic conception of the human being and the operational approaches used in human development practices. This article addresses this gap by examining Qur’anic contemplation (tadabbur) as a methodological mechanism within Islamic-based Human Development (IbHD). Using qualitative conceptual analysis and thematic synthesis of Qur’anic interaction structures alongside classical and contemporary scholarship on tadabbur, the study develops a conceptual model rather than empirical findings. The proposed model positions tadabbur as the central meaning-processing component in a taxonomy of Qur’anic engagement progressing from reception and retention to reflective meaning-making and actualization. Unlike linear developmental models, this taxonomy frames tadabbur as the dynamic interface between revelation and transformation. The conceptual findings indicate that tadabbur operates as a cognitive, spiritual, and moral mechanism that translates revealed knowledge into awareness, orientation, and ethical embodiment, thereby facilitating gradual and integrated personal transformation. The study concludes that reinstating tadabbur as the methodological core of IbHD provides a coherent theoretical foundation for revelation-based pedagogy, holistic personal formation, and an epistemological alternative to secular models.
Wacana pembangunan insan kontemporari berdepan krisis epistemologi kerana terlalu bergantung pada kerangka psikologi dan falsafah sekular yang terpisah daripada ilmu wahyu, lalu menghasilkan kefahaman yang tidak bersepadu tentang potensi insan. Dalam konteks Islam, keadaan ini menimbulkan jurang antara tasawur al-Qur’an tentang insan dengan pendekatan operasi yang digunakan dalam amalan pembangunan insan. Artikel ini bertujuan menangani jurang tersebut dengan meneliti tadabbur al-Qur’an sebagai mekanisme metodologi dalam Pembangunan Insan Berteraskan Islam (PIBI). Dengan menggunakan analisis konseptual dan sintesis tematik terhadap struktur interaksi dengan al-Qur’an serta kesarjanaan klasik dan kontemporari tentang tadabbur, kajian ini mencadangkan satu model konseptual yang meletakkan tadabbur sebagai komponen pemprosesan makna dalam taksonomi interaksi dengan al-Qur’an, iaitu penerimaan, pengekalan, pemprosesan makna dan pengamalan. Dapatan konseptual menunjukkan bahawa tadabbur berfungsi sebagai mekanisme kognitif, rohani dan moral yang menterjemahkan ilmu wahyu ke dalam bentuk kesedaran, lalu menggerakkan transformasi diri secara beransur-ansur dan bersepadu. Kajian merumuskan bahawa pengembalian tadabbur sebagai teras metodologi PIBI menyediakan asas teori yang koheren bagi pedagogi berteraskan wahyu, pembentukan insan holistik dan alternatif epistemologi kepada model sekular.
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