Human Spiritual Journey in Movie Muhammad: The Messenger of God Based on Jean-Paul Sartre's Perspective

Abstract

This research aims to explain the types of human existence and their spiritual journey in the movie Muhammad: The Messenger of God based on Jean-Paul Sartre's perspective. Sartre divided the "existence" into two types. They are I’etreen-soi (being-in-itself), means that is inside itself-exist as object and I’etre-pour-soi (being-for-itself), means therefor itself that exists as consciousness, the way how to be human. This research is qualitative descriptive research with a literature philosophy approach. The sources are taken from dialogues in the movie Muhammad: The Messenger of God released in 2015 and directed by Majid Majidi. Data source collection techniques in this research are watching, scrutinizing, and note-taking. Researchers test the validity of data with triangulation techniques, increased perseverance and discussion with colleagues. Researchers used Miles and Huberman’s model analysis techniques to analyze the data. They are data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The results showed that the human spiritual journey in the movie Muhammad: The Messenger Of God based on Jean-Paul Sartre's perspective existentialism theory. It contained two elements of existence: first, I’etre-en-soi (being-in-itself) was expressed the existence of each character in the film as religious people, whether they are Muslims, Christians, or Jewish. Second, I’ve-pour-soi (beingfor-itself) showed that the figures manifested their existence as humans to determine and defend the rightest religion, namely Islam as a mercy for all nature and acknowledging the teachings of the last Prophet, Prophet Muhammad SAW. Keywords—existentialism, journey, spiritual, jean-paul sartre