Pendekatan Linguistik terhadap Kata (الجَنَّةُ) dalam Kisah Nabi Adam: Studi Komparatif Penafsiran Ibn ‘Âsyûr dan al-Sya’râwî

Abstrak

The word (الجَنَّةُ) in the story of Prophet Adam is one of the Qur’anic terms that has generated differences in interpretation, particularly regarding whether it refers to the hereafter as Paradise or to a garden on earth. This study aims to analyze the mechanisms of the linguistic approach employed by Muḥammad al-Ṭâhir Ibn ’Âsyûr and Muḥammad Mutawallî al-Sya’râwî in interpreting this word in Sûrah al-Baqarah: 35. This study employs a library research method with a thematic-comparative approach (mauḍû’î-muqâran). The results show that their differences in interpretation are not only related to the meaning of (الجَنَّةُ), but also to the sources of interpretation and the mechanisms through which the linguistic approach is applied. Ibn ’Âsyûr maintains that (الجَنَّةُ) refers to Paradise in the hereafter through grammatical linguistic analysis, whereas al-Sya’râwî interprets it as a garden on earth by considering the relationship between verses and their contextual dimensions. Ibn ’Âsyûr’s interpretive pattern demonstrates a closer affinity with the tradition of earlier exegetes, while al-Sya’râwî places greater emphasis on the context of the verse as a determinant of meaning. These findings indicate that differences in the interpretation of (الجَنَّةُ) are influenced more by the mechanisms through which the linguistic approach is applied than by differences in the lexical meaning of the word itself.