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Ahmad, N. (2026)

Javanese mystical Qurʾān interpretation: Kyai Saleh Darat’s (d. 1903) Fayḍ al-Raḥmān and the Javanese mystical world

Doctoral Thesis
In this thesis, I examined Fayḍ al-Raḥmān fī tarjamat tafsīr kalām Mālik al-Dayyān (The Grace of the Merciful in the Interpretative Translation of the Words of the King and the Judge), a Sufi interpretation of the Qurʾān authored by a prominent Javanese scholar Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ b. ʿUmar al-Samārānī (d. 1321/1903). I investigated the Fayḍ al-Raḥmān within its historical and hermeneutical contexts. I aimed to tackle two issues: 1) How did the work emerge as a Sufi exegesis, and 2) Which interpretive strategies and conceptual frameworks does the author employ in engaging with the Qurʾān?

Situating Ṣāliḥ within the Javanese mystical world and the Meccan-Javanese intellectual networks, the findings demonstrate that Ṣāliḥ composed the Fayḍ al-Raḥmān in response to the pervasive influence of the Akbarian mystical school that had primarily shaped Javanese Sufism. These findings highlighted that the interpretation of the Qurʾān is a dynamic, dialogical enterprise embedded in the...Show moreIn this thesis, I examined Fayḍ al-Raḥmān fī tarjamat tafsīr kalām Mālik al-Dayyān (The Grace of the Merciful in the Interpretative Translation of the Words of the King and the Judge), a Sufi interpretation of the Qurʾān authored by a prominent Javanese scholar Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ b. ʿUmar al-Samārānī (d. 1321/1903). I investigated the Fayḍ al-Raḥmān within its historical and hermeneutical contexts. I aimed to tackle two issues: 1) How did the work emerge as a Sufi exegesis, and 2) Which interpretive strategies and conceptual frameworks does the author employ in engaging with the Qurʾān?

Situating Ṣāliḥ within the Javanese mystical world and the Meccan-Javanese intellectual networks, the findings demonstrate that Ṣāliḥ composed the Fayḍ al-Raḥmān in response to the pervasive influence of the Akbarian mystical school that had primarily shaped Javanese Sufism. These findings highlighted that the interpretation of the Qurʾān is a dynamic, dialogical enterprise embedded in the interdiscursive world of nineteenth-century Java, where Islamic scholarship, vernacular mysticism, and pedagogical traditions intersected.
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Akbarian school
Ghazālian school
Intellectual networks
Javanese literature
Javanese mysticism
Lettrism
Mystical hermeneutics
Qurʾān hermeneutics
Sufism
Sufi tafsīr
All authors
Ahmad, N.
Supervisor
Kaptein, N.J.G.; Arps, B.
Committee
Pink, J.; Wieringa, E.P.; Fathurahman, O.; Berg, G.R. van den; Meyer, V.H.
Qualification
Doctor (dr.)
Awarding Institution
Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University
Date
2026-06-09
DOI
doi:10.60602/1887-4305118

Funding

Sponsorship
The Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education Agency (Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan, LPDP)