Taaruf Between Quranic Meaning and Premarital Usage in Quran 49:13 Exegesis and Indonesian Premarital Literature
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Abstract
This study examines the meaning of li ta‘ārafū in QS. al-Ḥujurāt [49]: 13 and the use of the term ta‘āruf in premarital literature. In contemporary Muslim discourse, ta‘āruf is frequently used to refer to the introduction between a man and a woman before marriage. The study asks three questions: what the verse means by li ta‘ārafū, how the term is used in premarital literature, and how the two meanings can be related. Using a qualitative library research design, it compares the interpretations of four exegetical works (Tafsīr al-Jalālain, Tafsīr Ibn Kaṡīr, Tafsīr al-Marāghī, and Tafsīr al-Miṣbāḥ) with premarital and marriage-related literature, mapping three aspects: the purpose of ta‘āruf, the parties involved, and the scope of the relationship. The exegetical works read the verse as a call to mutual recognition across tribal and national differences, while the premarital sources use the term mainly for recognizing a prospective spouse. In the sources examined, no explicit statement was found that limits the meaning of ta‘āruf exclusively to marriage. The premarital usage is therefore treated as a specialization of usage, not as a proven reduction of the verse’s meaning. Because several sources could be checked only through metadata or abstracts, this conclusion is provisional. The study proposes that ta‘āruf be understood as an ethical principle of mutual recognition, within which premarital use is one application.
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