Bridging Divine Transcendence and Human Dignity: Transforming the Values of Tarekat Education for Character Formation

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Ali Ihwan

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Modern educational activities are not merely focused on developing students’ intellectual competencies, but also their religiosity, character, and social and humanitarian values. This qualitative study aims to describe the importance of tarekat education in shaping religious and humanistic character. This qualitative study, conducted as a literature review, utilizes academic literature related to tarekat orders, Sufism, Islamic education, character education, and humanism, which is then analyzed descriptively and interpretively through reduction, categorization, interpretation, and conceptual synthesis. The findings indicate that tarekat order education has pedagogical relevance through tazkiyat al-nafs, riyāḍat al-nafs, mujāhadah, tahdhīb al-akhlāq, dhikr, spiritual habituation, and the exemplary conduct of the mursyid. The integration of these values can foster students’ religious character through God-consciousness and their humanistic character through compassion, humility, social concern, and respect for human dignity.

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Bridging Divine Transcendence and Human Dignity: Transforming the Values of Tarekat Education for Character Formation (Ali Ihwan, Trans.). (2026). SALIMA: Journal of Islamic Education, 1(3), 176-185. https://doi.org/10.66928/salima.v1i3.149

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