Islam, with all its aspects, successfully brightened and became the torch of civilization. Despite the doctrine, Islam, which we understand, akidah and syariat, could also mean as social regulation, a beacon of civilization, treasure of knowledge and culture. Islam presence in worldwide society has an excellent archaeology-theology history relies on local culture. Moreover, Islam development and dakwah has a tremendous interesting pattern and strategy, which was the key to the successful spread of Islam in Indonesia.
In this article, I want to discuss the well-known legendary book in the nahdliyin society. This book successfully became the fundamental resource for Nahdlatul Ulama society for studying, learning, analyzing, and searching for accurate data about the history of the prominent Kanjeng Sunan. Inevitably, this book has successfully drowned its reader into the content since the data provided were collected from a massive number of resources. Hence, the objectivity is unquestionably strong and – moreover – is became a reference for all levels of society.
No wonder the book Atlas Wali Songo; Buku Pertama yang Mengungkap Wali Songo Sebagai Fakta Sejarah is the first book about Wali Songo’s existence in a lot of historical sites and Indonesia predecessor struggle legacies, including mosques, schools, et cetera. Furthermore, Atlas Wali Songo attempted to answer the hesitation among readers about the validity of Wali Songo as an existing history, not just a myth.
A Nahdlatul Ulama historian wrote this fantastic book. KH Agus Sunyoto discussed a little about Nusantara, implemented Islamic Wali and dakwah, Majapahit kingdom setback, and the presence of Islamic empire in the old java territory. Additionally, Agus Sunyoto also displayed the detail of Wali Songo arrival, origin, dakwah strategy, and science development.
Agus Suntoyo, in his book, outlined a few names of legendary Wali Songo, which are Sunan Ampel, Sunan Giri, Sunan Bonang, Sunan Kalijaga, Sunan Gunung Jati, Sunan Drajat, Syaikh Siti Jenar, Sunan Kudus, Sunan Muria, and Raden Patah. Their presence was always adorned by hospitality, excellent capacity to understand the local culture, wisdom guidance, and ma’ruf method for doing Islamic dakwah in Nusantara. For that reason, Kanjeng Sunan role achieves a successful output on making Nusantara residents recognize Islam as religion, well until the present.