Quraish Shihab memang bukan satu-satunya pakar al-Qur'an di Indonesia, tetapi kemampuannya menerjemahkan dan meyampaikan pesan-pesan al-Qur'an dalam konteks kekinian dan masa post modern membuatnya lebih dikenal dan lebih unggul daripada pakar al-Qur'an lainnya.
Contents.Biography Quraish was born in Lotassalo, on February 16, 1944. His father was Abdurrahman Shihab, an Islamic scholar and professor at State Institute of Islamic Sciences and his mother was Asma Aburisyi.
Quraish is the fourth son of twelve siblings. His three older siblings, Nur, Ali (d) and Umar, and two younger siblings, Wardah and, were also born in Rappang. Seven other siblings namely Nina, Sida, Nizar, Abdul Muthalib, Salwa and twin sister Ulfa and Latifah, were born in the village of.Quraish Shihab, called Bang Odes by his younger siblings, is an of family, where his family lineage traces back to, the of.
Personal life. Quraish Shihab (right) and his eldest daughter, (left).Quraish married to Fatmawati Assegaf on February 2, 1975 in. From the marriage, they have four daughters (Najelaa, Najwa, Nasywa, Nahla) and one son (Ahmad).Education After completing his early education in, Quraish continued his secondary education in, which he did while at the Dar al-Hadith Al-Faqihiyyah boarding school under guidance of Abdul Qadir Bilfaqih.In 1958 he went to, and Admitted to 2nd grade in (middle school level) at.
In 1967, he earned an (Bachelor's degree) from the Department of and, the faculty of Islamic in. He continued his education at the same faculty in 1969 and earned master's degree in of the with the thesis entitled Al-I'jaz Tashri'i li Al-Qur-an Al-Karim.Upon returning to, Quraish served as the Vice Rector for Academic and Student Affairs at, Ujung Pandang. In addition, he was also entrusted with other positions, both for academic positions such as the Coordinator of Private Higher Education Region VII in Eastern Indonesia, and non-academic positions such as the Assistant Police Chief of Eastern Indonesia in the field of mental development. While in Makassar, he also had time to do some researches.
Some of his papers were 'Implementation Harmony Religious Life in Eastern Indonesia' (1975) and 'Problems Endowments South Sulawesi' (1978).In 1980, Quraish Shihab returned to Cairo and continued his education at his old. In 1982 he earned his doctorate in the sciences of the Qur'an with the dissertation studying the method of al-Biqa'i (al-Biqa'i is a scholar of exegesis from Damascus in the 15th century ) entitled The Research and Study of The Pearls System of al-Biqa'i (: نظم الدرر للبقاعي – تحقيق ودراسة,: Naẓami Al-Durar li al-Biqā'iy - tahqīq wa Dirāsah), where he graduated with (: ممتاز مع مرتبة الشرف العول,: Mumtāz ma'a Martabat al-Sharaf al-'Ula).Career In 1984 Quraish was assigned as a lecturer in the faculty and postgraduate faculty at IAIN Syarif Hidayatullah,. Tempo (in Indonesian).
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