PEMBINAAN TAMADUN ISLAM SEIMBANG MELALUI PSIKOLOGI ISLAM (Development of Balanced Islamic Civilization Through Islamic Psychology)

Abstract

ABSTRAK

Tamadun Islam terikat dengan kemurnian akidah, kehalusan akhlak dan kemuncak pencapaian manusia beragama Islam dalam pelbagai dimensi kehidupan. Pada asasnya tamadun Islam lebih mementingkan keperibadian akhlak mulia setiap insan  tanpa  membezakan  setiap  bangsa.  Kehebatan  dan  keunikan  tamadun Islam berbanding tamadun Barat diukur dari sudut kerohaniannya. Berlaku secara realiti bahawa proses pembentukan tamadun Islam lebih tertumpu kepada aspek Materialisme sehingga melupakan sudut pemurnian spiritual umat Islam. Era kejatuhan tamadun Islam dari dulu hingga kini mula menampakkan bayangannya akibat keruntuhan akhlak dalam kalangan umat Islam. Keburukan akhlak berpunca daripada kelemahan jiwa yang mengalami ketirisan akidah dan kerapuhan agama. Kerohanian yang berpusat di jiwa perlu dibajai dan dipupuk sehingga ia berupaya memanifestasikan keunggulan personaliti bangsa dalam tamadun Islam. Pembaikan akhlak boleh diurus melalui kaedah pemurnian jiwa atau psikologi yang berteraskan al-Quran dan sunnah. Psikologi berkait rapat dengan tamadun Islam kerana ia berlatar belakangkan masyarakat sosial manusia. Kejayaan sebenar bagi manusia pastinya dapat dicapai melalui kesihatan mental dan jiwa. Psikologi Islam menyediakan pelbagai cara dan antaranya ialah kaedah psikoterapi Islam. Metode ini amat diperlukan oleh setiap manusia bagi pembentukan personalitinya sebagai insan yang berkualiti di dalam segenap aspek agar mendapat kebahagiaan di dunia dan akhirat. Kegemilangan sesuatu tamadun bergantung sepenuhnya kepada keperkasaan fizikal, mental, spiritual dan emosi. Sekiranya sesuatu bangsa itu tidak memiliki keempat-empat dimensi ini, maka hancurlah bangsa tersebut dan runtuhlah tamadunnya. Justeru, Muslim yang berperwatakan mulia berupaya memartabatkan tamadun Islam. Artikel ini membincangkan tentang kaedah psikoterapi Islam sebagai salah satu metode di dalam bidang psikologi Islam dalam membina manusia Muslim sebagai agen utama bagi pemerkasaan tamadun Islam ke arah menghadapi pelbagai isu pada era yang mendatang.

ABSTRACT

The Islamic civilization has long been epitomized in the nobility of faith, the intricacy  of  the  morale  and  the  peak  of  success  that  has  been  achieved  by Muslims in various life aspects and dimensions. In its fundamental principal, the Islamic civilization has stressed a great deal on good, noble moral characterization in every person, without outlining a segregating demarcation of race. The prominence and uniqueness of Islamic civilization in comparison with the Western civilization are measured in terms of its spiritual stance. It is dictated in reality that the formation process of Islamic civilization has given immense attention to the Materialism aspect; so much so that the spiritual cleansing of the Muslims has had been neglected. The era of decline of the Islamic civilization over the years has started to manifest itself when we are presented with the gradual decline of morality among Muslims. Low morale stems from the weaknesses of souls, which through time, demonstrate morale leakage  and  religious  vulnerability.  The  spirituality,  centered  on  the  soul, needs to be nurtured and inculcated, for it to have the capability to highlight the supremacy of racial personality in Islamic civilization. Moral improvement can be administered through Al-Quran or sunnah-based soul cleansing method or psychology. Psychology is inextricably linked with the Islamic civilization as it leans on man’s social community. The actual accomplishment gained by man can be materialized through the stability of mental and soul. The Islamic psychology has equipped itself with various measures, among which is the Islamic psychotherapy method. This method is very much needed by every individual as it can facilitate the process of personality building, towards achieving the status of quality human in various aspects, as to gain contentment in this world and in the afterlife. The brilliance of a civilization depends on physical, mental, spiritual and emotional strengths. If a race is not in possession of all these four dimensions, then the race is sure to disintegrate and the civilization fall apart. Therefore, Muslims who are graced with noble characters should be able to promote the status of Islamic civilization. This article discusses the method of Islamic psychotherapy as one of the many methods adopted in the field of Islamic  psychology,  aiming  at  building  the  Muslims  to  become  the  primary agent for the consolidation of this civilization, and towards braving multiple issues that can potentially emerge in the forthcoming era.