Islam nusantara: tracing the traces of KH sholeh darat thought in pesantren literature

Faculty of Humanities, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: abdullahabah47@gmail.com

Abstract

KH. Shaleh Darat is a cleric figure who has a big share in the spread of Islam on the North Coast of Java, especially in Semarang and its surroundings. His father, KH Umar, was a prominent scholar whom Prince Diponegoro trusted in the Javanese war against the Dutch in the north coast of Java. After receiving religious knowledge from his father, little Pious began to wander, studying from one scholar to another. KH Syahid Waturaja was recorded (studying fiqh books, such as Fath al-Qarib, Fath Al Mu'in, Minhaj al-Qawim, and Syarb al-Khatib. Kartini was amazed by Al-Fatihah's interpretation in Javanese so that Kartini understood. R.A. Kartini urged her uncle to meet KH Sholeh Darat. After meeting, to the kiai, Kartini asked that the Al Quran be translated. At the call of the da'wah and Kartini's request, KH Sholeh Darat translated it using Arabic Pegon. The book is recorded as the world's first translation of the Quran in Javanese. The first book of interpretation in Javanese Arabic Pegon is named Faidhur Rohman. Faithur Rahman's tafsir book is a Javanese interpretation, written the world's first pegon. Together with the manuscript Syarah Al Hikam KH Sholeh Darat Al Faithur Rahman kept by the takmir of the Sholeh Darat Mosque, Dadapsari, Semarang. What is interesting about Faithur Rahman is his translation in the letter Al Fatihah which explains how the belief system and tarekat (the straight path) in Islam. In conclusion, Islam Nusantara is an Islamic worldview and Islamic performance that is have balancing about aqidah and syariah, and haqiqat then tarekat. Actually, the ease of learning Islam is what gives a wind of harmony in religion and moderation in the attitude.