Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Linguistics and Cultural (ICLC 2022)

The Essence of Shalat as an Islamic Spiritual Ritual in Semiotics Study

Authors
Noerjihad Saleh1, *, Ayub Khan1
1Cultural Sciences Faculty, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: noerjihad.fibunhas@gmail.com
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Noerjihad Saleh
Available Online 27 June 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-070-1_35How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Islam; Shalat; Semiotics
Abstract

This article discusses one of the ritual actions among Muslims, namely Shalat or Prayer. The meaning of Shalat based on Islamic law is some words and deeds that begin with takbir and end with greetings, Muslims worship Allah SWT or God of the Universe according to predetermined conditions. The meaning of movement and speech in Shalat needs to be researched to socialize the benefits of prayer so that the faith of Muslims is getting stronger and stronger. The method used in this research is semiotics, a scientific study that is oriented towards signs, signifier, and signified. The discussion on the object of study is carried out through the representation of the sign or representation in terms of the object (denotatum), namely the analysis of the performance of the prayer ritual by using the concepts of icons, indexes, and symbols in it. This study found the fact that spiritual rituals, Shalat is a kind of ritual where various types of worship activities are gathered both outwardly and inwardly. The combination of physical movements with tuam’ninah (slowly), poetic utterances that are sung softly and whispered in the heart with full tawajjuh (heartfelt supplication facing) to God has an impact on physical health, mental health, and spiritual health.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Linguistics and Cultural (ICLC 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
27 June 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-070-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-070-1_35How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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