Manusia pembina tamadun : perspektif pemikiran Islam

• Main Author: Zakaria Stapa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institut Islam Hadhari Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2009
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/233/1/1.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/233/; http://www.ukm.my/jhadhari/index.php/bm/kandungan
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Civilization is a product of the interactions between man and the enviroment. In this context, man is the main player in creating a civilization. From an Islamic perspective, man is provided by Allah with the necessary skills and attributes to carry out his role as a civilization builder. However, the quality of a civilization that is built is depending on the personal values of man himself. Therefore, the Islamic perspective posits that man, whose self-worth is based on his spirituality,must be trained so that he has a good moral standing, coupled with an unshakeable faith and consistently performing good deeds. And it is from these perso-nalities of man that the hope of a high quality civilization be build, which would subsequently ensure a high quality of life for all. This had been once concretely built by Muslims durings the Golden Era of the Islamic civilization.