From Scientific Explanation to Ecological Enlightenment: A Critical Study of Tafsil.id
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https://doi.org/10.31958/proceedingsoficresh.v4i.135Keywords:
Tafsil.id, Ecology, Scientific Qur’anic Exegesis, DigitalAbstract
This paper critically examines Tafsil.id as a digital platform for scientific Qur’anic exegesis (tafsīr ʿilmī) and evaluates its potential to foster ecological enlightenment in the digital era. While Tafsil.id effectively links Qur’anic verses with modern scientific discoveries, demonstrating the harmony between revelation and rational inquiry, its interpretive scope remains largely confined to descriptive scientific explanation rather than ethical or environmental engagement. Through qualitative textual and content analysis of selected themes related to natural phenomena, the study finds that Tafsil.id operates within a concordist epistemology that prioritizes scientific correspondence, supported by a digital presentation emphasizing accessibility and academic transparency. Beneath this framework, however, lies a latent capacity for eco-theological transformation grounded in Qur’anic principles of khilāfah fī al-arḍ and mīzān. By integrating insights from Qur’anic eco-theology and digital daʿwah, the study argues that tafsīr ʿilmī can evolve from a mode of scientific explanation into a form of eco-spiritual daʿwah, positioning digital exegesis platforms like Tafsil.id as emerging agents of environmental awareness and moral responsibility in the contemporary Muslim world.
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