DOI: https://doi.org/10.54956/edukasi.v9i2.35 5 Fazlurrahman's Perspective Islamic Education Imron Rasyadi (Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Sultan Thaha Saifuddin, Jl. Arif Rahman Hakim No.111, Simpang IV Sipin, Jambi, Indonesia) imronrasyadi@uinjambi.ac.id Abstract: Islamic education, which should be able to answer the challenges of the times because it has multidimensional (profane and intrinsic), in reality, is not able to display its self-image firmly. At the same time, Islamic education is needed to ensure the survival and existence of Islamic society. The purpose of this study is to reveal one side of Fazlurrahman's thoughts on Islamic education because Fazlurrahman, one of the Islamic reformers, tries to find solutions so that Islamic education is more advanced and can answer the challenges of the times. This type of research is library research, and the data source is primary and secondary data. The analytical methods used are inductive, deductive and comparative. The research approach used is qualitative. The results of this study indicate that the background of his intellectual experience influences Fazlurrahman's thoughts. He believes that many things must be reconstructed and reformed in the world of Islamic education, including the goals and the education system. The purpose of Islamic education, which has been defensive-oriented to the hereafter, must be changed to be oriented to the world and the future. In addition, Muslims must take knowledge from the modern West. Fazlurrahman's thoughts are still very relevant today. Keywords: Islamic Education, Thoughts of Fazlurrahman. Introduction Talking about Islamic education today cannot be separated. One of the contributions of thought put forward by a Muslim thinker named Fazlurrahman can be categorized as one of the most severe and productive neomodernist thinkers and a Muslim intellectual figure, which has an interesting background (Ikhwan, 2014). Rahman has a scientific tradition background that contradicts the traditional Indian Pakistani madrasa scholarship and liberal Western scholarship, both influential in shaping his intellectualism. Presumably, that is what is meant by Syafii Maarif, one of the people who had studied with him who reported that (in his teacher, Rahman