Turath Unpacked: Synthesizing the Knowledge of the Traditional Islamic Reference Books from the Gifted Muslim Students’ Perspective

Abstract

The integrated Islamic gifted curriculum model in Kolej GENIUS Insan, USIM emphasise the application of research and innovation in the understanding of Islamic knowledge with the contemporary science and technology subjects. Turath as the established traditional Islamic reference covers in detail various disciplines of the religion and how it affects every aspect of human life. This paper examines the use of the Turath text Tayyib Al-Ihsan Fi Tibb Al-Insan, an old Malay medical reference authored by Wan Ahmad Ibn Wan Muhammad Zayn Al-Fatani in the college students’ Ulumuddin project. There were nine Level 2 students identified for this assignment and they attended a series of lecture by an academic specialising in the Turath text. They were further assisted by the STEM lecturers, and Quran instructors to understand the information and knowledge of the text explained earlier. Towards the end of the project, each student produced an infographic based on the selected topic explained, and their works were checked by the respective lecturers for accuracy of the synthesized information. The early findings are discussed in this paper to evaluate the effectiveness of the project and assignment process. Using the data gathered here, the research team can improve and consider the Turath project as a form lesson enrichment process in the integration of Naqli and Aqli knowledge for the college’s students and academic staff.