Islamization of Error and Contrastive Analysis

Error and Contrastive Analysis is one of the prominent subjects in Linguistics that we should be highly concerned of. We have chosen the subject to be integrated with Islamization because to learn something without relating it to our religion and Creator seems to be deficient and incomplete. Unlike the westerns, we should never secularize our knowledge from our religion and Creator.

In general, Error and Contrastive Analysis teaches us about how we can analyze the types and causes of language errors. By looking at the errors that people constantly make, we can try to improve our language better and find solutions in order to overcome the problems faced in the contemporary usage. As language is the medium where messages are delivered to others as a way of communication, it is important for us to preserve our language and protect it from any harm that can diminish its aesthetical values. Plus, in this subject too, we have learned about how to compare between cultures that use different languages. By learning this, it helps us to understand how vast this world is to hold different varieties of cultures and languages and how we should embrace the differences and accept others without being prejudice and bias to our own culture. We have to respect other people’s different ways of life and try to understand them. 

This subject as we mainly know is taught in English and the researchers are mostly western scholars. Most of them hence, do not include the religion perspectives in their studies. In Islam however, we practice that everything in this world must be related to religion and Allah. Worldly matters cannot be secularized and should be integrated with religion especially education. Therefore, we should learn and practice the Islamization of knowledge as by doing so we are more grounded to our belief system and closer to Allah. By practicing this also, we can be more humble in our judgments and perceptions as Islam is a religion of moderation and humility.