A Linguistic Approach to Understanding Religious Texts and The Qur'An

Abstract

Linguistics (language) in Islamic studies has long been practiced by classical scholars, only there has been no definition that what they do is a linguistic approach, just look at how Ibn Kathir presented his tafsir book, which is still a reference to this day. It was only in modern times that it was formulated that what these scholars did was a linguistic approach in an effort to study Islam. This article will discuss the meaning of language (linguistic), the division of linguistic fields, the language approach (linguistic) in the study of the Qur'an to the application of the linguistic approach in Islamic studies. The results of this article are that the linguistic approach (language) plays a very large role in providing an understanding of religious texts so that the phenomenon of sterility of teachings can be overcome intelligently and wisely so that it can minimize misunderstandings and wrong understandings in understanding religion and religion.