From Fasād to Iḥsān: Integrating Qur’anic Environmental Morality into Islamic Education through Q.S. Al-A‘rāf 7:56
Abstract
The global environmental crisis indicates that ecological degradation is not merely a technical problem but also a moral failure in human relations with nature. Islamic education can cultivate ecological responsibility because it is grounded in Qur’anic moral values. However, previous studies on Islamic environmental ethics have generally remained normative-theological or descriptive-ethical and have not systematically translated environmental exegesis into curriculum design, pedagogy, and character assessment. This study analyzes the integration of Qur’anic environmental morality into Islamic education through an analytical-contextual tafsir study of Q.S. Al-A‘rāf 7:56. Using library research, the study examines a corpus consisting of the Qur’anic text, classical and contemporary tafsir, Islamic eco-theological literature, Islamic education theory, and sustainability education studies. The findings show that the prohibition of fasād fī al-arḍ embodies preventive, restorative, and ecological responsibility principles. The study’s main contribution is a two-layer framework: an anti-fasād curriculum for ecological competencies and an ecological iḥsān benchmark for evaluating environmental character.
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