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LEARN, BENEFIT FROM FROM QURAN'S MIRACLE - DPM
BANGI (Selangor, Malaysia), July 21 (Bernama) -- Muslims should learn and benefit from the miracle of the Quran to strengthen unity under the shade and guidance of the holy book, said Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
He said this was evident during the pre-Islamic Arabian society when conflicting tribes were reunited after they accepted Islam, which was preached by prophet Muhammad using the Quran as a guidance.
"The biggest challenge confronting 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 Qur'an at the Malaysian Islamic Training Institute here Thursday.
Muhyiddin said the government gave serious attention to Quranic education, not only on tahfiz (memorisation) but also tafsir (interpretation), ulum (science of) and al-Qiraat (recitation) of the Quran.
"Many tahfiz institutions had been set up to meet the growing needs of the Muslim community to learn the Quran," he said.
Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said from a humble beginning with only eight students when it started in 1996, Darul Qur'an, a college under the Islamic Development Department, now enrolled 800 students.
"Darul Qur'an received 1,600 applications for diploma courses and 1,300 for certificate courses this year," he added.
Buoyed by this positive development, he said it was high time that Darul Qur'an be upgraded to a university college to enable it to accommodate more students and offer more courses and play a more effective role in expanding learning of the Quran in the country.
"I hope Jakim will pursue an initiative to make Darul Qur'an a university college.
"With achievements made by Darul Qur'an, I believe it will become a leading academic institution on the Quran in the country," he said.
He said this was evident during the pre-Islamic Arabian society when conflicting tribes were reunited after they accepted Islam, which was preached by prophet Muhammad using the Quran as a guidance.
"The biggest challenge confronting 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 Qur'an at the Malaysian Islamic Training Institute here Thursday.
Muhyiddin said the government gave serious attention to Quranic education, not only on tahfiz (memorisation) but also tafsir (interpretation), ulum (science of) and al-Qiraat (recitation) of the Quran.
"Many tahfiz institutions had been set up to meet the growing needs of the Muslim community to learn the Quran," he said.
Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said from a humble beginning with only eight students when it started in 1996, Darul Qur'an, a college under the Islamic Development Department, now enrolled 800 students.
"Darul Qur'an received 1,600 applications for diploma courses and 1,300 for certificate courses this year," he added.
Buoyed by this positive development, he said it was high time that Darul Qur'an be upgraded to a university college to enable it to accommodate more students and offer more courses and play a more effective role in expanding learning of the Quran in the country.
"I hope Jakim will pursue an initiative to make Darul Qur'an a university college.
"With achievements made by Darul Qur'an, I believe it will become a leading academic institution on the Quran in the country," he said.
