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Quranic understanding among non-native speaker of Arabic: Malaysian experts’ perspectives

The relationship between language and religion is complex and past studies have shown the importance of language and religion. In Islam, the most fundamental religious text that Muslims refer to is the Qur’an. Appreciating and understanding the Qur’an are fundamental for the believers of Islam to un...

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Main Authors: Hazleena Baharun,, Saadah Abd Rahman,, Hishomudin Ahmad,, Noor Saazai Mat Saad,, Ikmal Hafiz Jamal,
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15281/1/39109-127331-1-PB.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.152812020-09-29T12:27:56Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15281/ Quranic understanding among non-native speaker of Arabic: Malaysian experts’ perspectives Hazleena Baharun, Saadah Abd Rahman, Hishomudin Ahmad, Noor Saazai Mat Saad, Ikmal Hafiz Jamal, The relationship between language and religion is complex and past studies have shown the importance of language and religion. In Islam, the most fundamental religious text that Muslims refer to is the Qur’an. Appreciating and understanding the Qur’an are fundamental for the believers of Islam to understand their religion. The Qur’an was revealed in the Arabic language. Hence, the aim of the study was two-pronged. One was to understand the importance of possessing knowledge of Arabic among non-native speakers of Arabic to understand the Qur’an and the other was to identify how non-native speakers of Arabic use the knowledge of Arabic to understand the Qur’an. The study employed exploratory design. A semi-structured interview method was used to collect data from five non-native speakers of Arabic. The collected interview data were analysed through thematic analysis. Results revealed that there was a need to have knowledge in Arabic to understand the Qur’an. Findings also showed that that non-native speakers of Arabic comprehend the Qur’an in three ways. One was using the translation approach; another was the lexical approach and the final one was using the linguistics approach. Thus, this has pedagogical implication. The teaching and learning to comprehend the Qur’an can be conducted in Arabic for specific purposes classes. The focus is on the Classical Arabic which encompasses the three approaches. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15281/1/39109-127331-1-PB.pdf Hazleena Baharun, and Saadah Abd Rahman, and Hishomudin Ahmad, and Noor Saazai Mat Saad, and Ikmal Hafiz Jamal, (2020) Quranic understanding among non-native speaker of Arabic: Malaysian experts’ perspectives. GEMA ; Online Journal of Language Studies, 20 (2). pp. 203-223. ISSN 1675-8021 http://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/issue/view/1267
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description The relationship between language and religion is complex and past studies have shown the importance of language and religion. In Islam, the most fundamental religious text that Muslims refer to is the Qur’an. Appreciating and understanding the Qur’an are fundamental for the believers of Islam to understand their religion. The Qur’an was revealed in the Arabic language. Hence, the aim of the study was two-pronged. One was to understand the importance of possessing knowledge of Arabic among non-native speakers of Arabic to understand the Qur’an and the other was to identify how non-native speakers of Arabic use the knowledge of Arabic to understand the Qur’an. The study employed exploratory design. A semi-structured interview method was used to collect data from five non-native speakers of Arabic. The collected interview data were analysed through thematic analysis. Results revealed that there was a need to have knowledge in Arabic to understand the Qur’an. Findings also showed that that non-native speakers of Arabic comprehend the Qur’an in three ways. One was using the translation approach; another was the lexical approach and the final one was using the linguistics approach. Thus, this has pedagogical implication. The teaching and learning to comprehend the Qur’an can be conducted in Arabic for specific purposes classes. The focus is on the Classical Arabic which encompasses the three approaches.
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author Hazleena Baharun,
Saadah Abd Rahman,
Hishomudin Ahmad,
Noor Saazai Mat Saad,
Ikmal Hafiz Jamal,
spellingShingle Hazleena Baharun,
Saadah Abd Rahman,
Hishomudin Ahmad,
Noor Saazai Mat Saad,
Ikmal Hafiz Jamal,
Quranic understanding among non-native speaker of Arabic: Malaysian experts’ perspectives
author_facet Hazleena Baharun,
Saadah Abd Rahman,
Hishomudin Ahmad,
Noor Saazai Mat Saad,
Ikmal Hafiz Jamal,
author_sort Hazleena Baharun,
title Quranic understanding among non-native speaker of Arabic: Malaysian experts’ perspectives
title_short Quranic understanding among non-native speaker of Arabic: Malaysian experts’ perspectives
title_full Quranic understanding among non-native speaker of Arabic: Malaysian experts’ perspectives
title_fullStr Quranic understanding among non-native speaker of Arabic: Malaysian experts’ perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Quranic understanding among non-native speaker of Arabic: Malaysian experts’ perspectives
title_sort quranic understanding among non-native speaker of arabic: malaysian experts’ perspectives
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2020
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15281/1/39109-127331-1-PB.pdf
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