Teaching Tawhid through Prophetic Narratives: Exploring Faith Values in Islamic Religious Education Textbooks
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24256/jiis.v3i2.11290Keywords:
Tawhid Education; Prophetic Narratives; Faith Formation; Islamic Religious Education; Textbook Analysis; Islamic PedagogyAbstract
Faith formation constitutes a central objective of Islamic Religious Education, particularly at the elementary school level where students begin to develop their religious understanding and identity. Among the instructional approaches used to transmit Islamic values, prophetic narratives occupy a significant position because they provide concrete examples through which abstract theological concepts can be understood. This study aims to explore the representation of tawhid values in prophetic narratives contained in Islamic Religious Education textbooks and to examine their educational significance for faith formation. Employing a qualitative library research design, the study uses content analysis to investigate narratives of the prophets presented in fourth-grade Islamic Religious Education textbooks. The analysis focuses on identifying and interpreting the representation of three major dimensions of tawhid: tawhid al-rububiyyah, tawhid al-uluhiyyah, and tawhid al-asma’ wa al-sifat. The findings reveal that prophetic narratives function not only as historical accounts but also as pedagogical instruments for transmitting faith values. The stories consistently represent Allah’s sovereignty, exclusive worship of Allah, and belief in Allah’s names and attributes through meaningful narrative experiences that are accessible to young learners. Furthermore, the narratives integrate theological teachings with moral virtues such as patience, honesty, perseverance, responsibility, and trust in Allah, thereby supporting both faith formation and character development. This study contributes to Islamic educational scholarship by repositioning prophetic narratives as pedagogical resources for tawhid education rather than merely moral or historical stories. The findings highlight the strategic role of Islamic Religious Education textbooks in facilitating value internalization, religious socialization, and the development of students’ faith-oriented identities.
References
Abdullah, M. Amin. (2022). Islamic Studies in Higher Education: Approaches and Challenges. Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar.
Al-Attas, S. M. N. (1991). The Concept of Education in Islam. Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC.
Al-Ghazali. (2015). Ihya’ Ulum al-Din. Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah.
Arifin, M. (2020). Ilmu Pendidikan Islam. Jakarta: Bumi Aksara.
Azra, A. (2019). Pendidikan Islam: Tradisi dan Modernisasi di Tengah Tantangan Milenium III. Jakarta: Kencana.
Barton, G. (2014). The Qur’an and Education in Contemporary Muslim Societies. London: Routledge.
Berk, L. E. (2023). Child Development (11th ed.). Boston: Pearson.
Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2018). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Freire, P. (2000). Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Continuum.
Gunawan, E., Mulyani, H., Ekowati, V. I., Dwiadmojo, G. N., & Dewi, Y. N. (2025). Nilai Tauhid dalam Serat Ambiya untuk Menguatkan Pendidikan Islam Berbasis Kearifan Lokal. Kawruh: Journal of Language Education, Literature and Local Culture, 7(2), 135–144.
Hasbullah, N. (2025). The Formulation of Tawhid Education Values in the Story of Prophet Ibrahim AS as a Foundation for Muslim Character: A Thematic Analytical Study of the Qur’an. International Summit on Education, Technology, and Humanity Proceedings.
Hasan, N. (2018). Islam dan Transformasi Sosial. Yogyakarta: SUKA Press.
Huda, M. (2020). Paradigma Pendidikan Islam. Malang: UIN Maliki Press.
Husain, S. S., & Ashraf, S. A. (2016). Crisis in Muslim Education. Jeddah: King Abdul Aziz University Press.
Ihsan, H. (2021). Filsafat Pendidikan Islam. Bandung: Pustaka Setia.
Ismail, F. (2020). Islamic Religious Education and Character Formation. Jakarta: RajaGrafindo Persada.
Lickona, T. (2018). Educating for Character. New York: Bantam Books.
Madjid, N. (2008). Islam, Doktrin dan Peradaban. Jakarta: Paramadina.
Majid, A., & Andayani, D. (2019). Pendidikan Agama Islam Berbasis Kompetensi. Bandung: Remaja Rosdakarya.
Miles, M. B., Huberman, A. M., & Saldaña, J. (2020). Qualitative Data Analysis (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Muhaimin. (2019). Pengembangan Kurikulum Pendidikan Agama Islam. Jakarta: RajaGrafindo Persada.
Mulyasa, E. (2022). Implementasi Kurikulum Merdeka dalam Pendidikan Agama Islam. Bandung: Remaja Rosdakarya.
Nasution, H. (2019). Islam Ditinjau dari Berbagai Aspeknya. Jakarta: UI Press.
Nata, A. (2020). Pendidikan Islam di Era Milenial. Jakarta: Prenadamedia Group.
Rahman, F. (1982). Islam and Modernity: Transformation of an Intellectual Tradition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Rahman, R. (2025). Ecological Ethics in Islamic Religious Education Textbooks: An Ecotheological Content Analysis. The International Journal of Integrated Education.
Rusn, A. I. (2018). Pemikiran Al-Ghazali tentang Pendidikan. Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar.
Sanjaya, W. (2020). Strategi Pembelajaran Berorientasi Standar Proses Pendidikan. Jakarta: Kencana.
Sucipta, M. A. (2025). The Internalization Values of Prophetic Love in Akidah Akhlak Educational Materials. Hamdard Islamicus Journal of Education.
Sugiarto, F. (2025). Integration of Qur’an and Hadith Values as Pedagogical Innovation to Improve the Quality of Islamic Education. QALAMUNA: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama.
Sugiyono. (2022). Metode Penelitian Kualitatif. Bandung: Alfabeta.
Suyadi. (2021). Pendidikan Islam dan Neurosains. Yogyakarta: Pedagogia.
Tilaar, H. A. R. (2019). Pedagogik Kritis. Jakarta: Rineka Cipta.
Uno, H. B. (2021). Teori Motivasi dan Pengukurannya. Jakarta: Bumi Aksara.
Wahyudi, A. (2024). Implementasi Pendidikan Karakter dalam Pendidikan Agama Islam Berwawasan Multikultural di SDN 27 Bengkulu Selatan. Ghaitsa: Islamic Education Journal, 5(2), 218–230.
Zuhairini. (2018). Filsafat Pendidikan Islam. Jakarta: Bumi Aksara.
Zulkifli, M., & Hasanah, U. (2023). Value Internalization in Islamic Religious Education: A Narrative Learning Perspective. Journal of Islamic Education Studies, 11(2), 101–119.
Zulkifli, M., Rahman, A., & Hidayat, T. (2022). Faith Formation and Character Development in Islamic Education. Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies, 12(1), 55–78.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
Citation Check
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Nur Hayati, satriani, Fina Junita, Nur Naila, NurLini
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with the Journal of Indonesian Islamic Studies agree to the following terms:
- Authors have retained full articles copyright and grant the Journal of Indonesian Islamic Studies right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors can enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the Journal of Indonesian Islamic Studies published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or edit it in a book), with an acknowledgment of initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) before and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (see also deposit policy and archiving on page journal).
