What is Tarbiya?
The word "Tarbiya" is an Arabic word that
linguistically means the increase, growth, and
loftiness. Conventionally, Tarbiya means the
development and the training of people in
various aspects. The word is commonly used to
describe children upbringing as the parents
provide them with physical, educational, moral
and spiritual needs to help them grow up and
become useful parties in the society.
In MAS terminology, the word means the
systematic development and training of human
resources. In MAS, all members are subject to
this comprehensive way of development and
training in all aspects such as physical,
educational, moral, and spiritual aspects. The
word Islamic Tarbiya implies that the
development process conforms to Islamic
guidelines and standards. This means that the
goals that the process is supposed to achieve in
individuals conform to Islamic teachings and the
means used to establish such goals are Islamic
or Islamic compliant means. The Tarbiya process
exceeds the level of individuals to the level of
the group trying to establish team sprit that
Islam teaches such as love, brotherhood, and
mutual trust.
At MAS, the Tarbiya process is considered the
most important process and the Tarbiya
department is one of the permanent departments
in the organization. This belief traces its
origin to the teachings of Prophet Mohamed as he
-peace be upon him- invested a lot of effort
doing Tarbiya for his companions. As a result of
his effort, he did not only leave a great
message, the message of Islam, but also left a
great generation that carried the message and
spread it all over the land and moved humanity
from darkness to light. Islamic history proved
that whenever this process was considered,
Muslims were able to succeed and Islam
prevailed.
