Introduction To The Nusantara’s Interpretation (Tafsir) Explore The Nusantara Side of Buya Hamka’s Tafsir from Al-Azhar

Abstract

The books of interpretation in the modern era have developed, no longer only using Arabic, but have been interpreted into various languages according to the needs of the people. As for one of the commentary books written in Indonesian, namely the masterpiece from Buya Hamka, the interpretation of al-Azhar. This phenomenal book of interpretation in Indonesia was written according to the needs of the Indonesian people who want to learn and understand the contents of the verses of the Koran more easily. So in this paper the author wants to explore how the archipelago side is offered by Buya Hamka in his interpretation, so as to make it different from other commentary books and easier for Indonesian people to understand. As for this research is a qualitative research with the type of library research (library research) and using a descriptive-analytical method. After conducting a search of the al-Azhar book, several findings were produced regarding the archipelago of the book. First, Buya Hamka mentions examples of plants in Indonesia in giving interpretations, as in Q.S. 'Abasa: 26-31 (seeds of staple crops; rice, wheat, peanuts, corn and fruits; pomegranates, grapes, apples, types of bananas, types of mango, papaya, pineapple, rambutan, durian, duku , langsat, and sapodilla fruit. Second, explaining with events that are close to the community, as in Q.S. al-Falaq: 04 (mentioning examples of shamanic activities). Thus, it appears very clearly that as an effort to understand Muslim society, especially those that exist in Indonesia, Buya Hamka packs his interpretations very nicely in simple explanations that are easily accepted by the general public, not only by the clergy.