KONSEP DAN MAKNA ISLAM RAHMAT (TINJAUAN HERMENEUTIK PEMIKIRAN QURAISH SHIHAB)

Islam of mercy today is often conveyed by the terms of the ulama, preachers, religious scholars in various online and offline media, in line with that religious practice in the post-truth era shows complex problems (Cheong, 2013, p. 77). However, it is unfortunate if Islam of mercy becomes a tool of institutional interest, even though the Qur'an emphasizes that Allah's mercy is vast, as Quraish Shihab describes Islam of mercy when interpreting the QS. al-Anbiya/21:107. The question of this research is what is the understanding of Islam from the perspective of Quraish Shihab on the phenomenon of claiming authority today? What are the interpretive meanings contained in the Islamic concept of mercy?. By using thematic methods and hermeneutic analysis, the writer argues that Islam is not just an a priori knowledge but an urgent need in its practice. Islam of mercy includes several meanings including: the prophet of mercy, the book or treatise of mercy and the religion of mercy where the three concepts are interrelated with each other. Thus the Islamic concept of mercy is not a conceptual framework of narrowing meaning but a conceptual study that becomes an academic study. Islam mercy overshadows the entire creation of creatures as a necessity that Allah created in different, but essentially the same as His creatures.