Filsafat Agama dan An-Nafs

Abstrak

Studying a nafs is still interesting, especially when interpreting the part about its importance, usefulness, and function. The understanding of nafs has many opinions and varies according to each diverse perspective and the background of those more focused on it. Meanwhile, from the other side, the understanding of a nafs is quite essential in line with its existence in every human being. This article attempts to peel the thoughts of Al-Kindi, one of the most popular and prominent figures in Islamic philosophy. His thoughts on nafs will be studied from the perspective of religious philosophy. Through the search for the form of literature research with a qualitative approach, it was found that Al-Kindi was one of the first Arab Islamic philosophers who succeeded in combining or uniting philosophy and religion. For him, philosophy is a systematic human effort to know the truth, while religion is the source of the truth itself. Therefore, revelation does not conflict with philosophy. The position of the soul for the body is as a giver of life, while the body is only a vehicle. The soul and body are two components that complement each other. The soul is the first perfection of the organic body, by which the body has life potentially. The soul takes on the role of life for the body; if there is no soul, then the body cannot feel anything, and even the body will disappear by itself.