Khair al-Ummah in the Age of AI: Reconstructing STEM Curriculum Through Qur’anic Ethics and Future Thinking

In the disruptive age of artificial intelligence (AI), Islamic education faces an urgent challenge: how to reconstruct its STEM curriculum without losing its spiritual and ethical core. This paper proposes a conceptual framework that integrates the Qur’anic concept of Khair al-Ummah with future thinking theories to design a STEM curriculum that is both ethically rooted and future-ready. Using qualitative conceptual and document-based content analysis, this study explores current Islamic STEM education literature, Qur’anic ethical foundations, and AI’s impact on learning. Findings suggest that current models often lack ethical coherence and futuristic alignment. As a solution, the paper introduces the Qur’anic Future STEM Framework, structured around Qur’anic ethics, ummatic responsibility, and anticipatory thinking. This study contributes to global Islamic education by offering a value-based curriculum design suitable for the age of AI while aligning with the prophetic vision of education.