The Concept Of Fitnah In sūrah Al-Baqarah Verse 191 And 217 (By Analysis Of Mohammed Arkoun s Semiotic)

This thesis explores the concept of fitnah which contained in sūrah al-Baqarah verse 191 and 217. Fitnah words in ordinary people interpreted as a falsehood or a false accusation. In Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, fitnah means the words are meant to discredit someone (like tarnish the good name, honor harm others, and so on). Whereas the Arabic language to explain that the fitnah taken from the word fatana which originally meant burn gold to determine levels of quality . And in the Qur an, the word fitnah repeated no less than 30 times, and none of which contains the meaning of the kind described by the Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia. The purpose of this writing is to find the concept of fitnah which contained in Surah al-Baqarah verse 191 and 217, next is to determine the significance of this verse in social ethic dimension. This research which included in the category of data-based research or literature in the library so That this research which library research. Namely collect and analyzed data taken from Literatures; book, journal, newsletter, article, and the like. The writer Examined That Various Kinds of literature have relevance with fitnah which contained in sūrah al-Baqarah 191 and 217. To obtain the maximum results, the writer only focus the discussion on the meaning of fitnah contained in sūrah al-Baqarah verse 191 and 217 by using a semiotic analysis of Mohammed Arkoun.

From the research results can be seen that the fitnah contained in verse 191 الفتنة أشد من القتل it has the purpose or has meaning as, kufr, shirk to Allah, the persecution of Muslims, then from That fitnah which Greater danger of killings and expulsion was permitted by God . Because the torture inflicted more pain and it was terrible, and Because of this fitnah, God has allowed to fight, but if necessary, kill them, although in the Haram, In the second verse fitnah الفتنة أكبر من القتل has meaning as a test. Any act committed against the pagan Muslims (prevents people from Allah s way, blocking the entrance of the Grand Mosque, Hinder conduct of worship Such as Hajj and Umrah, disbelievers in Allah, to expel the Muslims from Mecca. All was done to test the faith of Muslims, in order to feel fear and doubt will come out of the religion of Islam so That Islam (apostate). Because of them that, it s fitnah to say a Greater sin than killings that has been done by Abdullah ibn Jahsyi in Haram month. And in terms of meaning fitnah based on the Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI), and the public perception of Indonesia is not false, but it is true. Because of that understanding is one of the parole of fitnah.The significance of the both verse when studied in terms of aqidah is, God forbid apostasy, out of the religion of Islam and died in the disbelief. The second problem about infidelity, do not believe in Allah and His Messenger with deny or not deny. And the third is the problem of shirk is the belief in an object that has a particular strength or associating partners with Allah. And associated with the moral is, God forbid we do lies, envy, hasut, terror, persecution, and spread the word lie.