WOMEN LEADERS IN INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS (Comparative Study of the Story of Queen Balqish in Tafsir Al - Mishbah and Tarjuman Al - Mustafid)

Abstract

Women's leadership is still a hot topic of discussion among Muslim scholars. This is inseparable from the existence of religious texts which tend to discredit women in terms of leadership. For example, the verse "ar-rijalu qawwamuna 'alannisa'" and the hadith which means "unhappy is a people who leave their affairs to women". However, on the other hand, the Qur'an actually describes a successful female leader, namely the story of Queen Balqish, the ruler of the land of Saba. This paper will try to examine the issue of women's leadership through a comparative study of two interpretations of the archipelago, namely Al-Mishbah by Quraish Shihab and Tarjuman Al - Mustafid by Abdurrauf As-Sinkili regarding the story of Queen Bilqish in surah An – Naml verses 22-40. With the descriptive analysis method, it was found that according to Al-Mishbah's interpretation of the study, it can be taken that Queen Balqis was an ideal leader because a large empire could not be controlled except by people who were experts in governance. Queen Balqis's leadership is almost flawless even though she is a woman. Likewise in Tarjuman Al-Mustafid, although there is no clear mention of a female leader, it does mention that Queen Balqis led the country of Saba very well so that her people were very prosperous and abundant in wealth. The success of Ratu Balqis shows that women can also become leaders.