Al-Qur’an: Linguistics and Culture Involve In Research and Other Fields of Science

 

By Seno H. Putra, Drs.,M.Pd.,Ph.D.,Prof

(Dihak Ciptakan)

A.Introduction of Language

 

Everybody, whether Candidate Scholars, Scholars, Scientists, or Layman always ask somebody or themselves: When does firstly the language appear in the World, especially in the verbal skill? And probably then they also ask: Why is language learnt by  interested people ? How is language related to other fields of science? Many questions arise from their minds.

 

If we observe the Heavens and the Earth, no one in the World is able to create them except Allah S.W.T., as the creater of whole Mankind and all Species in this Earth. If we hear and listen various languages or dialects used by people in various Regions, Cities, and Countries in the World, it is Miracle for us. Therefore, questions Rise in our mind! Where do they derive from, or Who does create the Languages or dialects exist in the World? These the main problems must be thought over by us as Candidate Scholars or Scholars, Scientists, or others. I am as a Writer, when I read Al-Qur’an in the midnight (Sept,2005), I found that Allah S.W.T.,  firstly created the various Languages in the World. To convince this can be read in His revelations below.

 

According to Al-Qur’an (Al-Baqarah/the Cow:Revealed at-Al-Madinah):

 

“Allah S.W.T., taught Adam Prophet all  the names, then showed them to the Angels, saying: inform me of the names of these, if you are truthfully.”

 

“They said: Be glorifield! We have no knowledge saving that which Thou hast taught us. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Knower, the Wise.”

 

“He said: O Adam! Inform them of their names, and when he had informed them of their names, He said: Did I not tell you that I know the secret of the Heavens and the Earth? And I know that which ye disclose and which ye hide.”

 

The Romans (Revealed at Mecca): And if His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours.Lo! herein indeed are portents for men of knowledge.”

                    

From above revelations of Allah S.W.T., the next revelations also came up to the last Prophet is Muhammad S.W.T., as the first event occurred in him as stated in Al-Qur’an as follows.

 

The first revelation came to Muhammad S.A.W Prophet (Rasulullah ) when he was fourty years old. He was asleep or  in a Trance in the Cave “Hira’” when he heard a voice say:“Read!” He said: “I can not read.” The voice again said: “Read!” He said: “I can not

read.” A third time the voice, more terrible, commanded:“Read!” He said: “What can I read? The voice said:

 

                         “Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth.

                         “Createth man from a clot.

 

                         “Read: And it is thy Lord the most Bountiful.          

                         “Who teacheth by the pen,

                         “Teacheth man that which he knew not.”

 

 

Therefore, based on the God’s revelations above as He said to Adam Prophet and Muhammad Prophet, it is clear that various Languages in the World are created by the God. However, we are as human only to develop the Languages used by us depending on situation and condition, social status, geography, and the community where the Languages are. Moreover, as Candidate Scholars or Scholars, Scientist, or others who are interested in a or more Language studies, they are expectedly to be able to find out Language studies in community whether individually, in pairs, groups, or others that can be supported the development of Languages as Regional  visions, Cities, Countries.

 

Language studies can also be considered not only for Teaching and Learning processes in the formal setting, but those can be benefits as Linguistic Contributions, as well as to retain and promote them in the forms of writing to the global world. In other words, still many Languages or dialects with different colours in the World are still not studied yet by us or any Scholars, so that we do not know how the forms, systems, styles, etc., of them, especially in written forms (Seno H.Putra, 2001-2004, and Orasi Ilmiah Diestalis UIR, 2004).

 

Even though Language is various symbol systems derived from lungs, throut, vocal cords, devices of mouth which can be performed to produce various sounds or phonemes in the combinations of consonants, vowels, diphthongs, and supra-segmental phonemes to perform morphemes/words, sentences, discourses, etc., of human communications. Therefore, verbally, Language is not only to send messages from speaker to listener, however, it is also as devices used in Science and Technology (Seno H.Putra, 2004). 

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