Meaning Shift of Exclusive Religious Text in Abyan al-Hawāij by K.H. Ahmad Rifa’i

<p>This article examines the shift in meaning of religious texts that transform from exclusive to inclusive book <em>Abyan al-Hawāij</em> by K.H. Ahmad Rifa’i. This reinterpretation text is given conflicts occurred between Rifa’iyah group and non-Rifa’iyah residents were mostly caused group’s textual reading exclusive. reviews showing their historicity (historical function), development (meaning implicative function (implicative function) order show a more proportional new meaning. The approach used this study hermeneutics Gracia, critical discourse analysis Fairclough, intertextual Kristeva. focused on looking back at structure (textual analysis), built author (discursive socio-cultural practices surrounding text. Hermeneutically, then seen terms its historical function, developing meaning, implications within framework cultural results research an oppositional confrontational as response Dutch colonial political realities archipelago time. Therefore, these must also see These actually have many meanings (multi-vocality). In principle, are equally acceptable line with respective discourses. Reading current era tolerance harmony requires understanding so not get stuck religion.</p>