FUTURISTIC QURANIC EDUCATIONAL PARADIGM: SYNCHRONISING THE GAP BETWEEN THE SACRED AND THE SECULAR IN MUSLIM EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA

Authors

  • Dr. Nighat Shakur International Islamic University, Islamabad
  • Dr. Tariq Khan University of Malakand

Abstract

The paper aims to highlight and underline the persistent pertinent problem in education, with special reference to Pakistan and Muslim ummah in general. The paper aspires to provide a rationale and a solution to overcome the existing chaos prevailing in educational institutions. It strongly suggests developing, launching, and establishing Quranic educational theory as the basis of all education; religious and modern secular education. The Glorious Quran embodies a distinctive, coherent, all-inclusive, and stable educational policy. It embraces macrocosmic and microcosmic systems, patterns, and structures, which are most relevant at local, national to international levels for all times. It ensures and streamlines moral and material guidance not for specific individuals, for specific time and space, but for the entire humanity. Therefore, the paper stresses the need to design, develop and establish a unified, coherent curriculum at all levels of education, based on the methodology and approach of the Quran and Sunnah. The paper endeavors to demonstrate that Islam is a unique religion that synchronizes and harmonizes the profane and the religious, and as such, there is no split and gap between the sacred and the secular. Islam is the name of balance and harmony, where the ultimate goals of education are  ' أدب ' and ' حكمة '.  The ultimate remedy to the existing deterioration of Muslims in education and research is to reorder and reorganize Muslim educational curricula as suggested and highlighted in the paper. Such synchronization, both at material made moral levels, will help Muslims restore their lost glory, stature, and status as, according to Quranic acclamation:كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ 'Muslims are the best generations raised onto humankind'.

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Published

2023-02-20