Tasawuf Transformatif Muhammad Zuhri Solusi Problematika Masyarakat Modern

Abstract

This article discusses the relevance between Sufism and modernity in the
perspective Muhammad Zuhri. This study concludes that transformative
Sufism which has been initiated by Zuhri is a sort of Sufism which is
grounded to the spirit and values of the fundamental teachings of Sufism,
shown in accordance with the context of its time, and discussed with the
problems of human beings in dealing with the dynamics of life. Modern
life has led to the problem of alienation. Of course, the alienation does
not merely occur within individual dimensions (self-consciousness) of
human (alienation of consciousness), but it also occurs in their
relationship to the nature (ecological alienation), and the relationship
among human beings (social alienation). The point of relevance is how
the human are subsequently able to build their self-consciousness toward
the universe and their human brothers. Such awareness is then
contextualized into the dimensions of the problems of modern man. The
contextualization of this Sufi teaching makes the transformative Sufism
not only actual, but also relevant in order to “liberate†the modern man
from entanglement of various problems they deal with. The spirit of
Sufism brought by Zuhri seems to be laden with social actions and
communal aspects.