Journal title QOF Subtitle Jurnal Studi Al-Qur'an dan Tafsir Frequency 2 issues per year (June & December) ISSN 2598-5817 (printed), 2614-4875 (online) DOI Prefix 10.30762/qof ORCID 0000-0002-6276-989X Editor-in-chief Ibnu Hajar Ansori Managing Editor Kholila Mukaromah Publisher Universitas Islam Negeri Syekh Wasil Kediri Indexed in QOF: Jurnal Studi Al-Qur'an dan Tafsir is the Journal of Qur'anic Studies and Interpretation (Tafsir), published by the Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Syekh Wasil Kediri, Indonesia, and registered with ISSN numbers 2598-5817 (print) and 2614-4875 (online). This journal is a platform for transformation and scholarly contributions, as well as for academic dialogue, for lecturers and researchers in the field of Qur'anic Studies and Qur'anic Interpretations, developed with contextual studies such as ecological interpretation, nusantara interpretation, Javanese Interpretation, Religious Moderation, and the living Qur'an. The QOF Journal is issued twice a year, namely in the January-June and July-December editions. This journal has been accredited as a scientific journal with a second-tier ranking (SINTA 2) by Direktur Jenderal Pendidikan Tinggi Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset dan Teknologi Republik Indonesia No. 152/E/KPT/2023. To enhance the accessibility of articles in the QOF journal, we have organized a series of webinars to disseminate and analyze the articles (bedah artikel) published in our journal. To date, we have conducted eight webinars. This initiative offers an opportunity for researchers, academics, and practitioners to engage in insightful discussions regarding the subjects covered in our journal articles. The dissemination and analysis of these articles aim to promote a deeper understanding, the exchange of ideas, and potential collaborations that can advance knowledge and practices across related fields, with a specific focus on Quranic Studies and Interpretation.
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Interpreting the Qur’an in Javanese Islam: An Analytical Study of Tafsīr Tāj al-Muslimīn min Kalām Rabb al-‘Ālamīn by Misbah Mustafa
This study aims to analyze the tradition of Javanese-language Qur’anic exegesis within the context of Islam’s development in Java, with particular attention to the interaction between Qur’anic teachings and local culture. The study positions Javanese Qur’anic tafsir not only as a reflection of Islamization as a cultural process, but also as an intellectual process that records an ongoing dialogue between religious texts and the socio-cultural realities of Javanese society. Employing a qualitative approach through textual analysis, this research examines Tafsīr Tāj al-Muslimīn min Kalām Rabb al-‘Ālamīn by Misbah Mustafa. The analysis focuses on how the tafsir accommodates local practices such as kondangan, grave visitation, and the offering of prayers for ancestors, as well as on the use of the Javanese language and the pégon script as media for Qur’anic interpretation. The findings demonstrate that Tafsīr Tāj al-Muslimīn represents an acculturative approach to Qur’anic interpretation, integrating Islamic teachings in a dialogical manner with local traditions without compromising the religion’s fundamental principles. Within this framework, the tafsir portrays Islam not as a force that eradicates local culture, but as a normative system that guides, harmonizes, and enriches local traditions through higher Qur’anic spiritual values. These findings affirm that Javanese Qur’anic exegesis constitutes a living intellectual tradition that plays a significant role in shaping a harmonious and contextually grounded form of religiosity in Java.
Copyright (c) 2026 Supriyanto Supriyanto, Islah Gusmian, Zaenal Muttaqin https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Dilthey’s Hermeneutics in Unveiling the Locality of Tafsir Al-Mishbah
This article examines M. Quraish Shihab’s Tafsir Al-Mishbah through Wilhelm Dilthey’s three-stage hermeneutic framework: Erlebnis, Ausdruck, and Verstehen. Employing qualitative library research with a hermeneutic approach, this study analyzes how local cultural experiences and historical contexts are reflected in Shihab’s interpretation of the Qur’an. The analysis locates Erlebnis within Shihab’s socio-cultural background, including his Bugis-Makassar upbringing and intellectual formation, which shaped his interpretive perspective. These experiences are expressed as Ausdruck in his contextual reading of Qur’anic verses, particularly concerning sacrificial practices in QS al-Ḥajj [22]: 34–37 and communal ethics in QS al-Mā’idah [5]: 2, where local cultural symbols and social values serve as interpretive references. Through Verstehen, these cultural expressions are understood within the framework of maqāṣid al-sharī‘ah, demonstrating that local traditions may serve as meaningful resources for Qur’anic interpretation without undermining the universal principles of Islam. The study argues that Tafsir Al-Mishbah represents a contextual mode of exegesis that integrates Indonesian cultural realities into the interpretive process. This finding contributes to the development of Indonesian hermeneutic discourse and offers a model for contextual tafsir in culturally plural Muslim societies.
Copyright (c) 2026 Tri Handayani, Ris'an Rusli, Idrus Al-Kaff https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Reconsidering Women’s ʿawrah after Menopause: A Maqāṣid al-Sharī‘ah Interpretation of QS al-Nūr [24]: 60 in Hannān Lahhām’s Tafsīr
Studies on women’s ʿawrah, particularly concerning postmenopausal women, remain relatively limited and are predominantly framed within normative juridical discussions. Yet the biological and social transformations accompanying menopause call for a more contextual and purposive interpretation of Qur’anic guidance. This article examines the interpretation of QS al-Nūr [24]:60 in Min Hadyi Sūrat al-Nūr by Hannān Lahhām through the framework of maqāṣid al-sharī‘ah, with particular attention to the ethical and tarbawī dimensions of his exegesis. The novelty of this study lies in its examination of postmenopausal women as a distinct legal and ethical subject in the Qur’an and its reconstruction of rukhṣah as a form of ethical reasoning rather than a mere legal exception. Employing a qualitative library research method, the study draws upon Lahhām’s tafsir as its primary source, supplemented by classical and contemporary works of tafsir and Islamic legal thought. The findings demonstrate that Lahhām interprets the concession granted in QS al-Nūr [24]:60 not as unrestricted permissibility, but as an ethically guided accommodation that remains grounded in the values of ʿiffah (chastity), ḥayāʾ (modesty), and the preservation of human dignity. Through a maqāṣid-oriented reading, the verse recognizes postmenopausal women as a distinct legal subject whose changing biological and social circumstances warrant a proportional adjustment of legal expectations while maintaining moral coherence. Consequently, Lahhām’s interpretation illustrates the adaptive and purposive character of Qur’anic law, demonstrating how legal flexibility safeguards human welfare and dignity in changing social contexts.
Copyright (c) 2026 Santi Maycilia, Nura Fajria, Arif Al Wasim, Ikmely Dina Nuril Husna https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Ecocritical Reading in the Qur’an: An Analysis of the Concept of Corruption and Its Ecological Ethical Implications
This study examines the meaning structure and ecological ethical implications of fasād in QS. al-Rūm [30]:41 and QS. al-Baqarah [2]:205 through a qualitative textual approach that combines thematic interpretation and ecocritical reading. The analysis focuses on the lexical and exegetical meanings of fasād, the subject of responsibility, the object of destruction, the spatial scope of damage, and the relation between human conduct and its consequences. The study finds that QS. al-Rūm [30]:41 presents fasād as a visible consequence of collective human action in the domains of land and sea, while QS. al-Baqarah [2]:205 presents fasād through the destructive conduct of a particular actor who damages crops and the continuity of life. These differences indicate distinct textual emphases between collective ecological consequence and actor-centered destructive action, without implying that the Qur'an constructs rigid ecological models. Based on these findings, this study formulates three analytical orientations for Qur'anic ecocritical reading: ecological relationality, the manifestation of ecological consequence within creation, and theological responsibility. This framework does not attribute autonomous agency to nature or impose modern ecological theory upon the Qur'anic text. It uses ecocritical sensitivity under the semantic and theological control of tafsīr. The study contributes to Qur'anic ecological discourse by clarifying how ecological ethics can be derived from textual indications of fasād while acknowledging the epistemological limits of applying ecocriticism to revelatory texts.
Copyright (c) 2026 Muhammad Amirul Huda, Abdul Mufid, Naila Intania https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Mapping Contemporary Studies on Shaykh Ihsan Jampes and Future Directions for Pesantren-Based Qur’anic Exegesis: A Systematic Literature Review
This article maps contemporary studies on Shaykh Ihsan Jampes, an Indonesian pesantren scholar from Kediri, whose Arabic works occupy an important position in the pesantren intellectual tradition. It examines their future directions for pesantren-based Qur’anic exegesis. Using a systematic literature review, this study shifts the discussion from a broad figure-centered mapping of Ihsan scholarship to a more focused synthesis of tafsir-related studies. The data consist of 67 academic sources collected through keyword searches, screening, and citation chaining. Of these, 27 studies were selected as the core corpus for their strong relevance to Ihsan Jampes, Sirāj al-Ṭālibīn, pesantren turāth, and their potential for tafsir-oriented analysis. The units of analysis include exegetical method, exegetical orientation, verse usage, intertextual sources, the relationship between Sufism and meaning construction, and future directions for pesantren-based Qur’anic exegesis. The findings show that existing scholarship on Ihsan Jampes has been dominated by Sufism, pesantren education, and intellectual networks. However, several studies have opened significant pathways for tafsir research through intertextuality, maqāṣid al-Qur’ān, ishārī reading, and verse-based sharḥ in Sirāj al-Ṭālibīn. This article argues that Ihsan Jampes’s main contribution to tafsir studies lies not in a formal, complete commentary, but in embedded exegesis within the pesantren sharh tradition. Based on this synthesis, the article proposes an initial model of pesantren-based Qur’anic exegesis grounded in sharḥ al-ayat, combining sanad authority, intertextual reading, ethical orientation, maqāṣid, and contextual Muslim needs.
Zahratur Rofiqah Binte Mochammad Sandisi
Copyright (c) 2026 Cholid Ma'arif, Sujiat Zubaidi, Muhammad Chirzin; Zahratur Rofiqah Binte Mochammad Sandisi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Scientific Exegesis of Āyāt Kawniyyah in Tafsir Ulul Albab: A Reception-Theoretical Analysis of Agus Mustofa's Interpretation
This article examines Agus Mustofa's reception of the verses on the universe in the Ulul Albab Juz 1 interpretation, highlighting his involvement in integrating Qur'anic interpretation with modern scientific perspectives through the lens of Roman Ingarden's reception theory. The focus of this study is on three issues: the shape of the earth, the structure of the sky, and the movement of the Sinai plate, which are interpreted to examine the relationship between the meaning of the text and the reader's knowledge. This research employs a library research method, using Agus Mustofa's works on Qur'anic interpretation and Roman Ingarden's writings as primary sources, while relevant scholarly literature serves as secondary sources. The findings indicate that Agus Mustofa applies a contextual approach to interpreting āyāt kawniyyah by incorporating contemporary scientific knowledge and technological developments into his interpretive framework. The factors influencing this approach include a social and educational background that encourages critical thinking, contemporary social dynamics that support interpretation with reference to science, and the influence of technological developments. This study contributes to the understanding of contemporary Qur'anic interpretation by illustrating how scientific knowledge may shape interpretive practices and by demonstrating the dynamic nature of Qur'anic interpretive methodology in modern contexts.
Copyright (c) 2026 Fazida Safitri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0