Prophetic dimension in API Tauhid Novel by Habiburrahman El Shirazy

Abstract

This study aims to describe the prophetic dimension contained in Habiburrahman El Shirazy's Api Tauhid novel. This research is classified as a descriptive qualitative research. Describing the prophetic dimension in this novel uses Kuntowijaya's perspective of prophetic literature. This study concludes that the prophetic dimension in the Api Tauhid novel there are three aspects, namely humanization, liberation, and transcendence. The humanization dimension is an attitude to help and respect each other. Dimensions of liberation include knowledge systems, social systems, and political systems. The liberation of the knowledge system in the form of the establishment of schools and universities, the liberation of the social system in the form of preventing Governor Van from drinking wine, while liberating the political system in the form of liberating the political system of absolute government towards a free and independent government. The dimensions of transcendence, including aspects of patience, fear of God (khauf), very hopeful (raja’), surrender (tawakkal), gratitude, and sincere.