The Concept of Togetherness and its Implications for the Unity of the Society: Study of Elucidation by Quthb

The influence of the concept of the congregation outlined by Quthb in his exegesis has brought effect to the emergence of various movements of the Muslims with various ijtihad motives to be united. The novelty of this research is the implications of the concept of togetherness in Indonesian nuance wihdatu al-ummah. The purpose of this study is to find the implication of Sayyid Quthb’s interpretation of togetherness on the establishment of wihdatu al-ummah. This research used library research and content analysis methods. The data of this research were taken from books and information obtained from various sources. The primary data in research acted as the source information, in this case, was the book of Fî Zhilâl al-Qur’an. The data collection technique used a documentation study. The data had been collected were then analyzed through 5 stages: analysis, grouping, validation, data connection, and interpretation. The results of this study show that the factors forming wihdatu alummah are the unity of law and rules, institutions, leadership, and ummah as wihdatu al-ummah. In the context of Indonesian nuance, wihdatu al-ummah can be formed into three aspects: deliberation, forum, and state structure.