Sunday, August 16, 2009

Kebatinan : Dari Mana Asal Perkataannya.

Salam hormat dan rahayu,
Antara asal perkataan 'Kebatinan' :
Kebatinan, mungkin sebagai salinan daripada makna : approfondissement de la vie interieure ( memperdalam hidup - innerlijke). Justeru istilah kebatinan itu baru, iaitu manifestasi daripada pengaruh "theosophie".
Kemungkinan kedua, "Kebatinan" merupakan salinan daripada perkataan : "Occultisme", iaitu. "yang tersembunyi dan rahasia, apatah lagi jika ia ditafsirkan sebagai ilmu ghaib".
Kemungkinan ketiga pula, perkataan 'kebatinan' adalah salinan yang wajar (letterlijk) daripada perkataan Arab : BATHINIAH. Maksud Bathiniyah menurut dalam Encyclopedia of Islam adalah sebagai berikut :
Bathiniah, as the name, derive from Batin inner indicates, the batinites are those who seek the inner or hidden meaning of the Scriptures. In stead of taking the litteral meaning of the revealed word, they interpret it; this interpretation is called takwil.
The name Batinites has been applied by Arab authors to several quite distinct sects, almost, all of which have played a prominent part in history. The most important of these sects are the khurramites, the karmatians and the Ismailites. The application of the name has been extended beyond Islam; for among the Batinities are reckoned the Mazdakites, a Maniscaean sect founded by Mazdak who appeared in the reign of the Sasanian King Kobad, son of Firuz. Shahrastani says that in the Iraq, the Batinites are called Karmatians and Mazdakites, while in Khurusan they are called Ta'limites and Malahides. The ephitet batinites is also applied to certain Sufis.
There is then no general doctrine corresponding to this name, but each sect has a doctrine of its own. Sharastany however gives us under the little Batiniya an exposition of a certain system which is fairly closely connected with that of the Ismailites. He points out rightly that this system borrows many features from that of the philosophers in the strict sense of the word. The followings are some of the ideas which belong to it. Every external has an internal; every repelation has an interpretation.
Apa jua maksud kebatinan, ia akan membawa maksud antaranya rahasia, tersembunyi, jiwa halus, dan perkara dalaman. Ini tergantung kepada interpretasi dan tujuan masing-masing. Yang penting di sini ialah apakah soal kebatinan atau spiritual itu dapat dimanfaatkan untuk diri, kehidupan manusia dan alam sejagat.
"...Ada ilmu yang umpama mutiara (tersembunyi). Hanya orang-orang yang mengenal Allah yang mengetahuinya. Bila mereka berbicara, orang-orang agung tidak dapat menolak...."

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