BANGI: Muslims should learn and benefit from the teachings in the Quran, especially the lessons on strengthening unity in the community, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday.
he added that during the pre-Islamic Arabian society, the Arab tribes were divided, but they were reunited after they accepted Islam preached by Prophet Muhammad, who used the Quran as guidance. “The biggest challenge for Muslims today is how to restore the spirit and miracle of the Quran as a holy book that unites the ummah,” he said when opening an international seminar on the Quran, organised by Darul Quran at the Institute of Islamic Training Malaysia (ILIM).
Muhyiddin said the government paid serious attention to Quranic education, not only on tahfiz (memorisation) but also tafsir (interpretation), ulum (science of Quran) and al-Qiraat (reciting the Quran).
he said the tahfiz field was gaining in popularity and more institutions had been opened to meet the demand. he said Darul Quran, a college under the Islamic Development Department (Jakim), started with only eight students in 1996, but today, it has enrolled 800 students.
“The college received 1,600 applications for diploma courses and 1,300 for certificate courses.” Muhyiddin, who is also education minister, said because of this positive development, it was high time Darul Quran was upgraded to a university college to accommodate more students, offer more courses and play a more effective role in expanding the learning of the Quran in the country. “I hope Jakim will pursue an initiative to turn Darul Quran into a university college,” he said.
The three-day seminar is held in conjunction with the 53rd International Al-Quran Recital Assembly at the Putra World Trade Centre which ends tomorrow. Also present were Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim and Jakim director-general Othman Mustapha.
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