Prophetic Actualization of Buya Hamka in a Biographical Novel

Abstract

Prophetic, which initially only targeted literary works, developed into an attitude for other domains, including aspects of life. The virtue of prophetic itself is the attitude of humans who must work together to build a better life, fight against things that kill the essence of a human being, and strengthen faith in Allah SWT. Buya Hamka is a figure whose life should be used as a role model because his life has provided many good things for other humans. In relation to prophetic values, this research aims to reveal how the character Buya Hamka in the biographical novel actualizes prophetic values in his daily life. This research is qualitative research using content analysis techniques. The data source in this research is the novel Buya Hamka: A Biographical Novel written by Ahmad Fuadi. The data for this research are novel texts that reflect the actualization of Buya Hamka's prophetic values. The research results show that this novel shows the figure of Buya Hamka who actualizes his prophetic values with the same goal, namely to educate society so that it can escape adversity, oppression and the grip of the colonialists. To realize this goal, Buya Hamka took several steps that were relevant to his background and skills.