PERSPEKTIF AL-QUR’AN TENTANG PEMBERDAYAAN EKONOMI UMAT MELALUI PENINGKATAN KOMPETENSI PERANGKAT GAMPOENG

Abstract

The Village Fund (VF) is an important program of the government of Indonesia that improves the welfare of rural communities. The allocation of funds for Aceh is a relatively large amount, reaching IDR 4.79 trillion in 2024. The VF is expected to encourage infrastructure development and people's economic empowerment to minimize poverty. However, the VF in Aceh is still not optimally managed by village officials so it does not reduce the poverty rate. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) noted that Aceh is the poorest province in Sumatra and the sixth in Indonesia. This research investigated leadership competence according to the Qur'an, transparency and anti-corruption commitment in the management of public funds. This is a library research, in which the data obtained from from reading materials consisting of verses of the Qur'an, traditions of the Prophet Muhammad, interpretations of scholars, and other written documents for further analysis. This study found that the Qur'an talks about the capacity of leaders. Among them is found in Surah An-Nisaa verse 58 which talks about the capacity of leaders. There are two lessons that Allah commands in this verse, namely to deliver the mandate to those entitled to receive it and to be fair to fellow human beings. The discussion of corruptive actions can be seen in several verses in the Qur'an such as the verse that prohibits eating other people's wealth by false means, the verse prohibiting bribing.