An Analysis of Al Qalb in the Holy Qur’an and Its Implication for Character Education

Abstract

The objective of this study are: 1) to explain the gramatical forms of alqalb in the Holy Qur’an, 2) to explain the meanings of al-qalb in the Holy Qur’an, 3) to describe the implication of al-qalb for character education in Senior High School. This study uses descriptive research. The data is collected by documentation. The primary data is taken from the Holy Qur’an in every surah as the main source of the data. The secondary data were taken from English translation in electronic Holy Qur’an. The procedure of analyzing the data begins by analyzing the grammatical of al-qalb in Holy Qur’an, the meaning of al-qalb and the implication of al-qalb for character education. The result of this study shows that the grammatical form of al-qalb are noun,133 data (79.16 %), Adjective 0 %, preposition 0%, verb 35 data (20.84 %), and foradverb 0%. The meaning of al-qalb there are heart 133 data ( 79.16%), turn back 11 data ( 6.54%), return 15 data (8.92%), turn away 1 data (0.60%), Organize 1 data (0.60%), Come back 6 data (3.58%) and unstable 1 data (0.60%). The implication of the result, it is focused for character education in senor high school. There are fourteen characters in English cyllabus ( religious, honesty, tolerant, dicipline, hard work, curiosity,stand alone, democratic, enthusiasm, love, respect, friendly, care, and responsibility.All of the meanings of Al Qalb in Holy Qur’an can be applied in all characters in cyllabus except “turn back” in QS Al Baqarah: 144 and “turn back” in QS Al Hajj : 11.