AL-MUTAKHAYYAL WA AL-TARIKHI: AN APPROACH IN UNDERSTANDING ASBAB AL-NUZUL BASSAM JAMAL'S PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

This research aims to examine Bassam Jamal's thoughts on understanding asbab al-nuzul, the imaginative approach (al-mutakhayyal) and critical historical narrative (at-tarikh) to open the reader's horizons in reading the text and its context so that it can be accepted by reason. The research method used is library research. The primary data source is Bassam Jamal's work "asbab al-nuzul", while the secondary data sources are books, journals, and other scientific writings related to the study of asbab al-nuzul. The results of the research show that the narrative of Asbab al-Nuzul in an imaginary form that penetrates human reason and logic has an important relationship with myth from an anthropological point of view. From the symbolic aspect, it reveals the similarities between imagination and myth, thus requiring the determination of the meaning of symbols from an anthropological point of view. In this case, the imaginative approach is very important as a model for reading anthropological exploration. Meanwhile, news that has historical references and determines its status in the science of the causes of revelation then monitors the impact of the cultural framework and cognitive context on the perceptions of Al-Qur'an scholars, biographers, mystery writers, and historians about what is history. in the news the cause of the revelation. With this approach, instead of reading the Qur'an through the lens of asbab al-nuzul literature, the asbab al-nuzul literature will be read through the lens of the Qur'an, so the importance of the historical-critical approach as a model for reading historical exploration.