osInternational Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET)
Volume 10, Issue 04, April 2019, pp. 2149-2156, Article ID: IJCIET_10_04_222
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SMART QURAN APPLICATION: AUTHORITY
OF DIGITAL MUSHAF USAGE IN MALAYSIA
Azizul Bin Hassan
Maahad Tahfiz Al-Quran Terengganu (MTQT)
Wan Mohd Khairul Firdaus Wan Khairuldin*
Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
(Corresponding Author)
ABSTRACT
Al-Quran is the great revelation promised by Allah SWT of its protection
encompassing the aspect of recitation and writing. The revolving time has witnessed
various innovations featured by Islamic scholars to ensure that Al-Quran is preserved.
Beginning with mushaf which was transferred from bone, stone, palm branch or animal
skin into sheets of paper until the latest form which is digital, scholars have never
missed out from paying attention to its protection from all aspects. Besides that,
concern of the community also has played its role in increasing the sensitivity of Muslim
people to any form of mistake that happens in the publication of Al-Quran mushaf and
at the same time the perfectness of Al-Quran can be preserved well and carefully.
Concern by the Malaysia government through development of this Smart Quran
application indirectly is capable of controlling the usage of various al-Quran mushaf
application nowadays. Hopefully, this effort can be continued for the sake of goodness
for the global community.
Keywords: Smart Quran, Digital, Mushaf, Application
Cite this Article: Azizul Bin Hassan and Wan Mohd Khairul Firdaus Wan
Khairuldin, Smart Quran Application: Authority of Digital Mushaf Usage in
Malaysia. International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 10(04), 2019,
pp. 2149-2156
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1. INTRODUCTION
Al-Quran mushaf has undergone through many innovations since it was revealed officially to
Prophet SAW. Along the long history of Al-Quran studio since the time of Prophet SAW,
Saidina Abu Bakar RA and Saidina Uthman RA had expressed innovative idea complying with
sharia aiming to fulfill the demand and need in every era. Mutual agreement achieved by the
Companions RA in the era of Saidina Uthman RA ruling has proved that there is need of
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authority in usage of accurate mushaf that any contradiction could be avoided. The formation
of lajnah for Al-Quran proofing guided by Saidina Zaid Bin Thabit RA also explains how
important it is for the authenticity of Al-Quran to be supervised carefully. Delivery of the
mushaf to several Islamic provinces which was accompanied by a qari as the teacher is a
preventive measure performed so that the read text of Al-Quran conforms with its writing
aspect. Three important bases lined which are the authority, authenticity and supervision are
the important element to preserve Al-Quran from any happening mistake.
The progress of Al-Quran writing does not just halt in the time of Saidina Uthman RA,
indeed it continues to occur throughout the time as their needs are different . That is the
situation in Malaysia which also follows the progress of time for the writing of Al-Quran until
it is recognised as the second largest country in the world for production and printing of AlQuran (Hakimin et al., 2018; Yasin et al., 2018). This progress is the result of strong Islamic
foundation since the Malay sultanate of Melaka under ruling by Parameswara and then
intensively progressed until the 15th century (Mukmin, 2014). Meawhile, for the writing of AlQuran Mushaf, it happened around the late 13th century when Pasai which is a state located at
the end of Sumatera Archipelago became the first government in Malay World embracing
Islam after Islamisation of their Sultan and King. According to Azmi and Abdullah (2017), alQuran manuscript which is perfect in the aspect of its illuminative decoration found for the
meantime is believed to be produced in the 17th century.
This progress keeps on enlivening the innovation in the writing of Al-Quran in Malaysia.
The result is a variety of mushaf version produced in which each of them owns its particular
properties. In the early stage, mushaf writing definitely focuses more on physical form such as
the existence of old manuscript and mushaf printing using better sheets of paper assisted by
latest technologies such as Mushaf Al-Quran Tab’ah Ma’arij Al-Jamal, Mushaf Al-Quran
Taba’ah Ain Al-Taqwa, Mushaf Malaysia and its translation (Hakimin et al., 2018) and Juz
Amma Multimedia (QUMP) which is a mushaf with multimedia concept developed with an
objective of strengthening Muslim community in ICT utilisation (Harun et al., 2016;
Khairuldin et al., 2018).
2. METHODOLOGY
Research methodology for this article is divided into two forms. First, data collection method.
This study used documentation method to collect data related to the position of smart Quran
apps in Malaysia. The data collection involved books and official websites in Malaysia. The
collected data from previous data collection level was then anaysed through content analysis
method. Content analysis was used to scrutiny and to explain the commentary in the collected
documents and books.
3. FINDINGS & DISCUSSIONS
However, the intensity of technology has sparked ideas of technocrat by not deserting its
progress from al-Quran. Thus, upon the base of current demand then mushaf of various
versions appear such as Digital Mushaf, Audio and mobile phone application which are
distributed free of charge. Among all those versions, usage of mushaf in form of application is
the highest in number due to its easy and user-friendly characteristics which can be downloaded
just through ‘playstore’ software free of charge (Hidayat, 2016).
As a result, there is uncontrolled piling of Al-Quran mushaf copies which do not only exist
in printed form but also in digital copy (Radzid et al., 2018). Besides that, easy internet access
has caused Al-Quran mushaf to be obtained easily either in Malaysia or overseas.
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This situation has raised worries among the users of smartphone who use application of AlQuran mushaf regarding its authenticity from authorised bodies. This is because if there is no
strict supervision then digital mushaf of Al-Quran is exposed to existence of mistakes such as
loss of diacritics, dots, letters and others. Moreover, its existence is overwhelming causing it
to be uncontrollable as there is no specific act to prevent the spread of mushaf among the
community.
3.1. Smart Quran Application
To ensure that the worries faced by Muslim community in Malaysia are resolved and as a
precaution to control digital mushaf then, Regulatory Unit of Al-Quran, Department of
Enforcement and Control, Ministry of Internal Security (KDN) have taken proactive initiatives
by providing alternative for Muslim community iin Malaysia in the production of digital
mushaf. This unit is an authorised body as it was formed through law allocation posed in the
129th Conference of Malay Kings on 8 February 1984 (Board of Control and Licensing of AlQuran Printing, Ministry of Internal Security, 2012). Resultantly, an act was successfully
drafted and gazetted on 15 May 1986 known as Act 326 “Act of Quranic Text Printing 1986”
containing 25 sections encompassing allocation on management, enforcement, scope of power
and exemption.
This effort finally succeeds to be implemented after Smart Quran application has
successfully been developed concretely. Smart Quran is a mobile application of Al-Quran upon
collaboration between Ministry of Internal Security (KDN), Department of Islamic
Development Malaysia (JAKIM) and Commisioner of Communication and Multimedia
Malaysia (SKMM). Hence, Muslim community in Malaysia dinasihati are advised to utilise
this application if they want to read Al-Quran through smartphone device. Among the
characteristics and specifications contained in this application are:
1. Has received approval from Board of Control and Licensing of Al-Quran Printing
(LPPPQ). Its membership consists of the respected Sahibul Samahah Mufti
representing every state in Malaysia. Among its functions are receiving, considering
and approving the authenticity of final proof for Al-Quran text before it is printed or
published. Before that, the proof is checked by Committee of Review and Evaluation
for Quranic Text (Lajnah Tashih Al-Quran). It is a committee formed by huffaz and
experts of Al-Quran field.
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2. Can be accessed bilingually which are Malay and English. It is suitable in the world of
globalisation that indirectly spreads further the usage of this Mushaf besides for Muslim
community in Malaysia.
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3. Choice of recitation according to Surah or juzuk. It provides more choices to the user
as one’s recitation is inconsistent either based on surah or juzuk.
4. Choices for mode of usage such as dimmed mode, tab style, anti-sleep, history and
feedback. This inset mode can help readers to use it like physical mushaf and even
better than that.
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5. Display of Al-Quran verse using Al-Quran text version 2.0 Mushaf Madinah printed by
Mujamma’ Malik Fahd, Arab Saudi and equipped with audio assistance, verse
translation approved by JAKIM, brief synopsis of surah and choice of verse shareable
to other user easily and directly through WhatsApp, Telegram, E-mail and others.
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4. CONCLUSION
After its launching, it is found that this application has received a warm reception when it
records a rating of 4.8 with more than 100 thousands of users downloading it into their devices.
This phenomenon is a positive event happening among Muslim community in the effort of
constraining any propagation and usage of application which does not receive approval from
the authority. Besides that, any weakness existing in the application is hoped to be fixed in the
future that it remains relevant and accepted widely as it is the only application that receives
endorsement from authorised body.
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