THE PRINCIPLE OF GOD AS STATE MORALITY: THE RELEVANCE OF ISLAMIC POLITICS MUHAMMAD IQBAL

Abstract

Purpose: This research aims to analyze the extent to which the existence of divinity is the highest principle in a country. This is the political establishment and principle of Mohammad Iqbal in promoting the establishment of an Islamic state. Iqbal is of the view that in Islam, religious politics cannot be separated, that the state and religion are two wholes, each of which is not separate from one another.
Method: The research method used is qualitative research using a doctrinal and conceptual approach (Conceptual Approach). This research also uses the literary method by examining the literature on the thoughts of Mohammad Iqbal by tracing his works that are relevant to this paper.
Finding: This study reveals that the concept of political thought initiated by Iqbal emphasizes the strengthening of Khudi (personality, self-confidence, intuition, the world and God). By involving the principle of divinity as a fundamental moral value and identity, then in the administration of the state, of course, the differences in social groups can be accommodated.