Values of Social Sufism in the Short Story “Burung Kecil Bersarang di Pohon” (A Little Bird Nesting on the Tree) by Kuntowijoyo

Abstract

This research aims at decribing the values of social Sufism in the short story “Burung Kecil Bersarang di Pohon” (A Little Bird Nesting on the Tree) by Kuntowijoyo. To reach the objective, heuristic and hermeneutic readings were conducted. The results of the research are as follows. First, the values of social Sufism is presented through the character of the old man-child, and the market-mosque as the setting. Second, the values of social Sufism is actualized through the portrayal of the importance of the balance of worship and work. The prayers directed for the life hereafter must be balanced with the working directed for the daily life. Third, the teaching of social sufism emphasizes the importance of keeping the horizontal and vertical relations. Vertical relation is for human-God relation, and the horizontal one is for human to human relation, and to other creatures on earth.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n4s2p93