“Al-Jamaal” as a concept of Islamic aesthetics: from the perspectives of religion and art

The concept of aesthetics has received a growing attention from Western scholars since the nineteenth century. Over the past centuries until today, there has been substantial research by Western scholars on various arts produced by the Muslims. However, the concept of aesthetics has captured the spe...

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Main Authors:	Che Man, Shaibatul’Islamiah, Mansor, Mazlina, Zakariya, Khalilah, Zen, Ismawi
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Published:	American Scientific Publishers 2016
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spelling	iium-533222017-09-27T06:19:44Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53322/ “Al-Jamaal” as a concept of Islamic aesthetics: from the perspectives of religion and art Che Man, Shaibatul’Islamiah Mansor, Mazlina Zakariya, Khalilah Zen, Ismawi NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA1 General The concept of aesthetics has received a growing attention from Western scholars since the nineteenth century. Over the past centuries until today, there has been substantial research by Western scholars on various arts produced by the Muslims. However, the concept of aesthetics has captured the special attention of researchers from different fields during the past three decades. The meanings of aesthetics in Islam has long been exposed to the approach that integrates to the understanding of the opposed Islamic worldviews. In fact, many scholars attempt to incapacitate the meaning of Islamic aesthetic merely form tangible forms rather than its contents. Thus, this paper aims to explore and discuss “Al-Jamaal” an Arabic term that means “beauty” as an Islamic aesthetic concept that offers preliminary guidelines in defining Islamic aesthetics, particularly in built environment context. The two objectives of this paper are (1) To explore the meanings of aesthetics in accordance Al- Jamaal concept based on literature review, and (2) To discuss the meanings of “Al-Jamaal” concept from the perspectives of religion and art. The study is conducted through a systematic literature review on Al-Jamaal based on the Quranic perspectives and prophetic traditions, and conducting in-depth interviews with 15 key informants with religious and arts background. Based on the findings, this study establishes nine parameters of the Al-Jamaal concept of Islamic aesthetics, which are spiritual, application, the manner of execution, sense of belonging, ethics, linguistic, self-experience, knowledge and personal expression. This study concludes that “Al-Jamaal” represents a broader meanings of aesthetics in Islam American Scientific Publishers 2016-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53322/13/53322_Al-Jamaal%E2%80%9D.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53322/14/53322_Al-Jamaal_SCOPUS.pdf Che Man, Shaibatul’Islamiah and Mansor, Mazlina and Zakariya, Khalilah and Zen, Ismawi (2016) “Al-Jamaal” as a concept of Islamic aesthetics: from the perspectives of religion and art. Advanced Science Letters, 22 (12). pp. 4245-4249. ISSN 1936-6612 E-ISSN 1936-7317 http://www.aspbs.com/science/contents-science2016.htm 10.1166/asl.2016.8117
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description	The concept of aesthetics has received a growing attention from Western scholars since the nineteenth century. Over the past centuries until today, there has been substantial research by Western scholars on various arts produced by the Muslims. However, the concept of aesthetics has captured the special attention of researchers from different fields during the past three decades. The meanings of aesthetics in Islam has long been exposed to the approach that integrates to the understanding of the opposed Islamic worldviews. In fact, many scholars attempt to incapacitate the meaning of Islamic aesthetic merely form tangible forms rather than its contents. Thus, this paper aims to explore and discuss “Al-Jamaal” an Arabic term that means “beauty” as an Islamic aesthetic concept that offers preliminary guidelines in defining Islamic aesthetics, particularly in built environment context. The two objectives of this paper are (1) To explore the meanings of aesthetics in accordance Al- Jamaal concept based on literature review, and (2) To discuss the meanings of “Al-Jamaal” concept from the perspectives of religion and art. The study is conducted through a systematic literature review on Al-Jamaal based on the Quranic perspectives and prophetic traditions, and conducting in-depth interviews with 15 key informants with religious and arts background. Based on the findings, this study establishes nine parameters of the Al-Jamaal concept of Islamic aesthetics, which are spiritual, application, the manner of execution, sense of belonging, ethics, linguistic, self-experience, knowledge and personal expression. This study concludes that “Al-Jamaal” represents a broader meanings of aesthetics in Islam
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author	Che Man, Shaibatul’Islamiah Mansor, Mazlina Zakariya, Khalilah Zen, Ismawi
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title	“Al-Jamaal” as a concept of Islamic aesthetics: from the perspectives of religion and art
title_short	“Al-Jamaal” as a concept of Islamic aesthetics: from the perspectives of religion and art
title_full	“Al-Jamaal” as a concept of Islamic aesthetics: from the perspectives of religion and art
title_fullStr	“Al-Jamaal” as a concept of Islamic aesthetics: from the perspectives of religion and art
title_full_unstemmed	“Al-Jamaal” as a concept of Islamic aesthetics: from the perspectives of religion and art
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