TARBIYAH, TA'LĪM AND TA'DĪB: THE CONTESTATION OF DEFINITIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ISLAMIC EDUCATION

Abstract

This article reveals some terms of education in Arabic, including tarbiyah, ta'līm and ta'dīb. Education is the development of learners (tarbiyah), the transmission of knowledge to learners (ta'līm), and also the teaching of manners to learners (ta'dīb). These terms are often used by scholars to explain Islamic education. The focus of this article is to reveal the terms of education in Arabic that have different meanings due to differences in text and sentence context, but in certain cases have similar meanings. By using the interpretation of Arabic terms, this article argues that the Arabic terms of education serve as a foundation for formulating Islamic education in Indonesia. The term education in Arabic is a reconstruction of tarbiyah, ta'līm, and also ta'dīb.