KONSEP PSIKOLOGIS PENDIDIKAN ISLAM DALAM IHYA’ ‘ULUM AL-DIN KARYA AL-GHAZALI

The psychological concept of Islamic education in Ihya’ ‘Ulum
al-Din by al-Ghazali is an effort of at-Tazkiyah an-Nafs that is pursued
through learning. The purpuse of this study is to determine: (1) the
psychological concept of Islamic education in Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din by
al-Ghazali (2) Analyzing the psychological concept on Islamic
education in al-Ghazali’s Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din and modern educational
psychological theories. (3) findng the application of the Ihya’ ‘Ulum alDin book by al-Ghazali to the psychology of Islamic education today.
This research is a library research which examine one of al-Ghazali’s
works, namely the Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din book.
The result of this study indicated that (1) the psychological
concept of Islamic education contained in Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din book
required the integrity and balance between knowledge, educators and
students as a potencial ‘soul’ to change a person’s behavior or
character. (2) the psychology of Islamic education in the Ihya’ ‘Ulum
al-Din book has an influence on the world of psychology in general. It
has been tested through modern theoretical analysis, namely
behaviorism, psychoanalysis, humanistic, and transpersonal. (3) there
is great potential and contribution to contemporary psychology of Ihya’
‘Ulum al-Din book. It can be seen from the effort of balancing and
integrity principle between science, educators and students, and also to
help in analyzing the phenomenon of earlier Islamic education on
psychological perspective.