Dalam perspektif Islam, konsep inti pada tradisi semiotika, yaitu tanda atau tanda-tanda (sign(s)) juga merupakan salah satu konsep utama dalam Islam yang dikenal dengan al-ayah atau al-ayât yang memiliki arti yang luas. Tradisi berpikir mengenai dan melalui tanda-tanda (tadabbur al ayât) merupakan hal yang sangat lekat dalam tradisi keilmuwan Islam. Allah berfirman dalam QS Yusuf (12):1 “Alif, laam, raa. Ini adalah ayat-ayat Kitab (Al Qur’an) yang nyata (dari Allah). Sesungguhnya Kami menurunkannya berupa Al Qur’an dengan berbahasa Arab, agar kamu memahaminya.” Secara implisit, ayat tersebut menjelaskan keterkaitan antara sign yang dipahami Peirce dan Saussure harus berdimensi material, dalam Al-Quran disebut nyata (al mubiin), sehingga dapat dipersepsi dan diyakini manusia. Ayat tersebut juga menyiratkan keterkaitan antara bahasa sebagai moda simbolik dan kesadaran atau pemahaman terhadap makna, yang disampaikan Al Quran dalam untaian kalimat "innaa anzalnaahu Quraanan ‘arabiyyan la’allakum ta’qilun."
Daniel Rusyad is an Indonesian author. He wrote various themes on education, sharia finance, marketing and communication in Bahasa, English and Arabic. He falled in love with education since he sat at junior high school, in which he was taught by his inspiring teacher, the Late Dr. Dihyatun Masqon whose smile, words and personality were imprinted so deeply in author's mind. He falled deeper in that love, after having been tutored by the Late Mr Ali Sarkowi, Lc., whose fluency in Arabic made his students crazy about the subject he taught. Upon a beautiful morning, Mr Ali has once said to the author, "allef kitaaban!" (Write a book!) So here it is a book the author dedicated to him.
Daniel has graduated from Darussalam Islamic Teacher Training College, Gontor, in 2006 and has completed his bachelor degree from Padjadjaran University majoring Communication Management Science in 2013. Daniel has been doing his master research on communication studies at Post Graduate School of UIN Bandung.
Daniel can be reached at [email protected]