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THE CONCEPT OF HAPPINESS ACCORDING TO HAMKA AND ITS RELEVANCE TO THE MODERN LIFE
Abstract
Happiness is general discussion which never release to be reviewed for every times.
Along with the development of the modern era, the happiness still remains as the goal of
human life. However, with the advancement of technology as well as the achievement
of the modern era, in fact it was not entirely brings human to happiness. It was caused
of the influential of fundamental substance which based and brought by the concept of
happiness itself. Some of Western concept of happiness were more deviate from moral
value. Such as the happiness which based on materialism, hedonism, pragmatism, etc. Also
some Western Philosophers who have the concept of happiness which unappropriate with
human ideology of life. Further, it was refuse the religion from life. Until many people feel
worry, anxiety and moral decadence in the modern life.
This thesis aims at examining the thought of Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah, he
was a multitalented Indonesia scholar. Many of his thought was influence many disciplines
such as politics, literature, cultural history and teachings of the renewal of the Neo-Sufism.
So the researcher aims to examine how the concept of happiness, according to Haji Abdul
Malik Karim Amrullah. By exposing, explaining the concept and finding the relevance
between it and life in the modern era.
These research is library research. While the method used descriptive analysis
method. With the outlines of the concept of happiness, according to Haji Abdul Malik
Karim Amrullah and compare it with other thinkers from either the West or Islam. In this
study, the researcher uses the Sufism approach based on the system to complete the related
problem of happiness and achievement in the modern world.
The results of this study concluded, that with all the problems in this modern age
Hamka was calling for modern man to return to religion. Because fitting with his concept,
the religion is the main road to reach the happiness. By the religion human able to manage
the reason and mind, so the reason could to achieve the knowledge easily. Until it increase
the happiness of life, because of the reason in religion guidase the human to achieve the
happiness in every conditions.
Keywords: Modern, Happiness, Religion,
Publication Details
InstitutionUniversitas Darussalam Gontor
DepartmentFakultas Ushuluddin
Item ID2379
Deposited27 Mar 2023 06:37