Syair Syurga a devotional literary text in an early Malay printed book from Sumatra

This paper discusses an early twentieth century Malay literature that could be called ‘sastra dakwah’ (religious proselytizing literature), in the broader category of ‘sastra Islam’ (Islamic literature). Entitled Syair Syurga, it outlines tarekat teachings about the levels of consciousness and gi...

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Main Author:	Suryadi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2009
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1154/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1154/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1154/1/sari27%281%29-2009%5B05%5D.pdf

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spelling	ukm-11542016-12-14T06:28:58Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1154/ Syair Syurga a devotional literary text in an early Malay printed book from Sumatra Suryadi, This paper discusses an early twentieth century Malay literature that could be called ‘sastra dakwah’ (religious proselytizing literature), in the broader category of ‘sastra Islam’ (Islamic literature). Entitled Syair Syurga, it outlines tarekat teachings about the levels of consciousness and gives a symbolic interpretation of the prayer ritual. It tells about the reward that will be gained by pious Muslims in the hereafter, where they will live happily forever in heaven. This paper provides a transliteration of the poem in the Roman alphabet, reviews its content, and provides an account of the authorship of the poem. In short, this paper examines the motif of afterlife in classical Malay literature. By examining the ‘coalition’ of religion and literature in classical Malay text like The Poem of Heaven, our understanding of local Islam in the Malay world in its historical perspective will be enhanced Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1154/1/sari27%281%29-2009%5B05%5D.pdf Suryadi, (2009) Syair Syurga a devotional literary text in an early Malay printed book from Sumatra. SARI: Jurnal Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, 27 . pp. 67-95. ISSN 0127-2721 http://www.ukm.my/sari/index.html
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description	This paper discusses an early twentieth century Malay literature that could be called ‘sastra dakwah’ (religious proselytizing literature), in the broader category of ‘sastra Islam’ (Islamic literature). Entitled Syair Syurga, it outlines tarekat teachings about the levels of consciousness and gives a symbolic interpretation of the prayer ritual. It tells about the reward that will be gained by pious Muslims in the hereafter, where they will live happily forever in heaven. This paper provides a transliteration of the poem in the Roman alphabet, reviews its content, and provides an account of the authorship of the poem. In short, this paper examines the motif of afterlife in classical Malay literature. By examining the ‘coalition’ of religion and literature in classical Malay text like The Poem of Heaven, our understanding of local Islam in the Malay world in its historical perspective will be enhanced
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title	Syair Syurga a devotional literary text in an early Malay printed book from Sumatra
title_short	Syair Syurga a devotional literary text in an early Malay printed book from Sumatra
title_full	Syair Syurga a devotional literary text in an early Malay printed book from Sumatra
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publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1154/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1154/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1154/1/sari27%281%29-2009%5B05%5D.pdf
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Syair Syurga a devotional literary text in an early Malay printed book from Sumatra

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