Relevansi Pendekatan Semantik Toshihiko Izutsu dalam Menafsirkan Al-Qur’an

Abstract

 The study of the Qur'an is not only an important concern for Muslims, but
the Qur'an has also attracted the attention of orientalists in interpreting it using various
approaches, one of which is the semantic approach carried out by Thoshihiko Izutsu.
This paper discusses the relevance of Toshihiko Izutsu's semantic approach in
interpreting the Qur'an. The method used in this paper is a literature research
methodology by referring to writings related to the discussion theme. This paper
concludes that Toshihiko Izutsu's semantic approach is quite relevant to the needs of
contemporary interpretation. Because Toshihiko contains a new view in the Qur'anic
world (weltanscuung) so that he can explain things that are sometimes complicated to
be simpler through explanations from a review of their relational meanings. In the
end, this semantic approach can be used but not for all vocabulary in the Qur'an, the
study must also be precise and in-depth, it cannot be arbitrary in understanding the
meaning of a vocabulary in the Qur'an