THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION

Abstract

This work discusses the characteristics and goals of Islamic education. Upbringing and education are two mutually intertwined terms which are especially inseparable in Islam. In Islam, the acquisition of knowledge without upbringing is unacceptable. The problem of upbringing and education is present in all communities, institutions and concerns every individual and community as a whole. Islam dedicates a great deal of attention to learning, teaching and upbringing, as is testified by numerous Qur’anic verses and hadith. Islamic education possesses certain specific qualities since it emerges from the Revelation. The history of Islamic education begins with the Revelation whose first words are injunctions for learning and reading. Inspired by these words, the Muslims acquired knowledge from earlier civilizations and modified it and weaved it into their own civilization. Within the framework of that civilization is Islamic education which possesses its own characteristics and goals. For that reason this work gives special attention to the main characteristics and goals of Islamic education.