Concept Of Shifa' In Al-quran: Islamic Medicine Approach In Healing Physical Disorder

Al-Quran had mentioned about its function as cure and remedy for human disease through word shifa' since 1400 years ago. Nowadays, Islamic medicine approach has been chosen as complementary treatment for physical disorders such as cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, and stroke. Islamic medicine practitioners usually implement particular quranic verses in their treatment so called as ruqyah and also suggest to the patient to recite selected quranic verses at all time of the treatment. However, those quranic verses were not specifically related to those diseases in terms of its meaning. Thus, it is essential to revise the verses as to ensure that those quranic verses were implemented in the right way as its holy status. Objectives: This study attemps (1) to amass various mufassirin views regarding to the interpretation of the word shifa', (2) to summarize the interpretation of word shifa' through various mufassirin views and (3) to determine the right concept of implementation of quranic verses as the treatment for physical disorder based on the interpretation of word shifa'. Methodology: This study applies literature reviews method in order to obtain the data from the past and existing scholars texts and then analysing the data through inductive approach. Results: Quranic verses give tremendous effects as cure or remedy for human disease physically and spiritually through the detail discussion among mufassireen and current researches. Therefore, instead of conventional medicine, this practice should be recognized and implemented among Muslim as complementary treatment.