UNAIR NEWS听鈥 Captured in this book is late Cak Nur鈥檚 sermon which crosses time. What鈥檚 the proof that his words cross time? Enjoy the compilation entitled 32 Khutbah Jum鈥檃t Cak Nur听(Cak Nur鈥檚 32 Friday Sermons) and feel it鈥檚 relevance to today鈥檚 situation.
The book captures the fun of sermons at Yayasan Waqaf Paramadina in late 90s. The readers imagination will be taken to a cozy study room lectured by a fun lecturer.
Taken daily life as its theme, the graduate of Chicago University felt like he is adapting to the audience. They are not only campus students, but also office workers, roustabouts, and other various professions who are doing Friday prayer there.
Without reading a text, the ex-chairman of PB HMI delivers his knowledge. The sermon鈥檚 topic is simple but fresh. Of course he doesn鈥檛 pick debatable theme famous of him: secularism, liberalism, and pluralism. Because maybe he knows very well that those themes doesn鈥檛 fit to be put up on a short Jumat prayer.
Usually a Jum鈥檃t sermon is general in nature, with repeatable argumentation. There鈥檚 nothing wrong with it. Cak Nur once said, piety messages had to always be spoken, even on daily basis like the beat of the heart. What set Cak Nur鈥檚 sermon with today鈥檚 Islamic missionaries is his reference鈥檚 depth and content variation.
His information completion is original and not cheap. For example, when talking about 鈥淩econciling People with the Same Faith鈥 (page 133), he doesn鈥檛 only cite Al Qur鈥檃n surah Al-Hujurat (49) verse 9:听If two groups of believers fight each other, reconcile between them. More than that, he explains about history and muslim group after the Prophet Muhammad died.
There were three groups. First, the heir of Mecca aristocracy, Bani Umayyah, rich and expert in governing/politics. Second, populist/socialists group 鈥 very pious. They were connected with the Prophet鈥檚 close friends such as Ali bin Abi Thalib, Abu Dzar Al Ghifari, and Salman Al farisi. The third group is the moderate represented by Abu Bakar Shiddiq and Umar Bin Khaththab. They were mediators who owned perfect wisdom.
The three groups were quarrelling. Cak Nur wants to say that differences had been around long ago. Differences are Allah鈥檚 law. People must deal with it with cool head.
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Book Details
Title听 听听听听听听听听听听听 : Catatan Khutbah Jumat Cak Nur
Author听听听听听听听听听听 : Nurcholish Madjid
Publisher听听听听听听听 : Noura Books, Jakarta
Edition 听 听 听 听 听 : First, April 2006
Thickness 听 听 听 : xvi + 409听pages
