Kepelbagaian Pandangan Mengenai Kehidupan Awal,Sumbangan dan Pemikiran Hamzah Fansuri (Diversity of Views of the Early Life, Contribution and Thought of Hamzah Fansuri)

Abstract

Makalah ini menyusun dan mengumpulkan siri perbahasan para sarjana dari dahulu sehingga sekarang mengenai tempat lahir dan kehidupan awal seorang tokoh sufi ulung Nusantara yang tidak asing lagi iaitu Hamzah Fansuri. Pernyataan masalah makalah ini tertumpu kepada tiadanya tiada maklumat bertulis mengenai tarikh dan kehidupan awal beliau menyebabkan para sarjana terutamanya Syed Naguib Al-Attas, Vladimir Josipovic Braginsky, Gerardus Willebrordus Joannes Drewes, L.F Brakel, Abdul Hadi Wiji Muthari dan Alexander Wain berusaha untuk membentuk naratif kehidupan awal sosok Hamzah Fansuri berdasarkan karya-karya agung tinggalan beliau. Setiap bait puisi Hamzah Fansuri diteliti dan ditafsir, disertakan dengan sisipan fakta sejarah bagi memberi gambaran tepat mengenai sejarah hidup awal tokoh ini. Justeru, objektif makalah ini ialah untuk menelusuri ketelitian para sarjana dalam meneliti dan mentafsir karya Hamzah Fansuri. Kajian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan menganalisis dapatan data secara deskriptif. Kajian mendapati walaupun setiap sarjana ini meneliti dan mentafsir karya Hamzah Fansuri dengan sangat baik dan cermat bagi mencari kebenaran, namun masih tiada kata sepakat yang utuh antara mereka untuk merungkai persoalan riwayat hidup Hamzah Fansuri. Dipercayai keadaan ini akan berterusan sekiranya tiada bukti-bukti baru berkenaan Hamzah Fansuri ditemui dalam masa kini atau masa akan datang. Sumbangan ilmiah kesemua sarjana ini adalah penting untuk digali dan dikumpulkan bagi memastikan legasi karya agung peninggalan Hamzah Fansuri akan terus berkekalan.

Kata kunci: Hamzah Fansuri; sufi; tarikh lahir; tempat lahir; wujud

Abstract: This paper compiles and collects a series of debates by scholars from the past to the present regarding the birthplace and early life of a prominent Sufi figure from the archipelago who is no stranger to the world, namely Hamzah Fansuri. The problem statement of this paper focuses on the lack of written information regarding his date and early life, causing scholars, especially Syed Naguib Al-Attas, Vladimir Josipovic Braginsky, Gerardus Willebrordus Joannes Drewes, L.F Brakel, Abdul Hadi Wiji Muthari and Alexander Wain, to strive to form a narrative of the early life of Hamzah Fansuri based on his wondrous works. Each verse of Hamzah Fansuri's poetry is researched and interpreted, accompanied by historical facts to provide an accurate picture of the early life history of this figure. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the thoroughness of scholars in researching and interpreting the works of Hamzah Fansuri. This study uses a qualitative method by analyzing the data findings descriptively. The study found that although each of these scholars researched and interpreted Hamzah Fansuri's works very well and carefully to find the truth, there is still no solid consensus among them to unravel the question of Hamzah Fansuri's life history. It is believed that this situation will continue if no new evidence regarding Hamzah Fansuri is found in the present or the future. All these scholars' scholarly contributions must be excavated and collected to ensure that the legacy of Hamzah Fansuri's masterpiece will endure.

Keywords: Hamzah Fansuri; sufi; birthdate; birthplace; exist

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