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Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal – Vol. 10, No. 11
Publication Date: November 25, 2023
DOI:10.14738/assrj.1011.15947.
Ibrahim, M. A. (2023). The Achievement of Memorizing Al-Qur’an among Students at Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP) in
Implementing the Tahfiz Model Ulul Albab (TMUA). Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 10(11). 305-311.
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The Achievement of Memorizing Al-Qur’an among Students at
Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP) in Implementing the Tahfiz
Model Ulul Albab (TMUA)
Mohamed Akhiruddin Ibrahim
Faculty of Quranic and Sunnah Studies,
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
ABSTRACT
The implementation of Tahfiz Model Ulul Albab (TMUA) program is an effort of
Ministry of Education in expanding tahfiz education, which has an increasing
demand for admission among parents every year. After ten years of the program
implementation since 2014, there were still many problems and issues arose such
as the level of students’ achievement in memorizing Al-Qur’an is still not yet
satisfactory. Past research findings show that not all TMUA students able to
complete the Al-Qur’an memorization of 30 juzuk within five years of study as
outlined by the Ministry of Education. Hence, this study aims to see the achievement
of Al-Qur’an memorization among Sekolah Berasrama Penuh students in the period
of five months. The percentage of students’ achievement records were taken
starting from school opening in March until August 2023 to examine the level of
students’ achievement in completing their Al-Qur’an memorization based on
prescribed syllabus. The findings show that all the SBP schools have achieved more
than 50% of students who were able to complete the Al-Qur’an memorization target
within the set time, however the number of students that unable to reach the
prescribed syllabus are still high and not yet satisfactory.
Keywords: Tahfiz Model Ulul Albab, Sekolah Berasrama Penuh,Hifz Al-Qur’an, Kurikulum
Bersepadu Tahfiz.
INTRODUCTION
The early emergence of memorizing Al-Qur’an studies in Malaysia, which was seen as isolated
and less promising for job opportunities, caused the tahfiz study institutions to receive less
favorable reactions among the community, especially parents. This situation increases in a
more positive direction when looking at the high number of applications to enter educational
institutions that provide a syllabus for memorizing Al-Qur'an, whether privately or federally.
The growing demand for studies in the field of memorizing Al-Qur'an, has received the attention
of the Malaysian Ministry of Education in ensuring that the development of the tahfiz
curriculum in this country is in line with the current needs of education [1]; [2]. Therefore, an
educational transformation curriculum that makes the Al-Qur'an as the main focus began to be
applied, namely the Tahfiz Model Ulul Albab (TMUA). TMUA is the rebranding of the ulul albab
program that was first introduced through the establishment of the Sekolah Menengah Imtiaz
under the Terengganu Foundation, then expanded to educational institutions under the Majlis
Amanah Rakyat (MARA) which is Maktab Rendah Sains MARA (MRSM) [3];[4]. In 2014, the
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Ministry of Education began to implement the ulul albab program by combining this program
with the National Curriculum and the Kurikulum Bersepadu Tahfiz (KBT) known as Tahfiz
Model Ulul Albab (TMUA) [3];[4];[5].
TMUA implements three specific approaches namely Quranic, Encyclopaedic and Ijtihadik
which are interconnected with each other even though each element carries a different
meaning. Quranic is seen in the student's ability to memorize the 30 juzuk of the Qur'an as well
as to cultivate the Qur'an in everyday life, while Encyclopaedic refers to the student's ability to
become an expert in various fields of knowledge and language, and Ijtihadik is seen as the
student's ability to maximize the use of mind bestowed by Allah SWT in contributing ideas and
solving problems [3];[4][5][6]. The main goal of the implementation of TMUA which makes the
Al-Qur'an as the main reference is to produce a generation of professionals, technocrats, and
hafiz entrepreneurs who have various knowledge skills in line with the Pelan Pembangunan
Pendidikan (PPPM (2015-2025) which is Kemahiran Berfikir Aras Tinggi (KBAT) [4];[5];[6]. In
addition, the Malaysian Ministry of Education prioritizing the multilingual aspect of Malay,
English and Arabic as the core languages in TMUA besides other international languages offered
as optional subjects such as Japanese, Mandarin and French [4].
Problem Statement
Implementation of TMUA has been applied for ten years starting from 2014, but there are still
issues and challenges that need to be overcome. The issues and challenges that existed
indirectly have interfered with the process of achieving the objective of TMUA in producing a
generation of professionals, technocrats, and hafiz entrepreneurs who have various knowledge
skills. The study of [3] on the Al-Qur’an memorization achievement level of TMUA students in
Johor shows that there are students who were not able to achieve the prescribed syllabus,
focused on Form Three students. According to [5], this problem is clearly visible when third
grade students who have not yet completed their Al-Qur’an memorization based on the
syllabus, which is until juzuk 18 enters the fourth grade, who need to start memorizing juzuk
19 as a SPM syllabus. Thus, this matter will contribute to the cumulative missed of Al-Qur’an
memorization syllabus and becoming a big implication to the achievement and performance of
TMUA students.
Objective
Past research findings show that not all TMUA students able to complete the Al-Qur’an
memorization of 30 juzuk within five years of study as outlined by the Ministry of Education.
Hence, this study aims to see the achievement of Al-Qur’an memorization among SBP students
in the period of five months (March-August 2023).
METHODOLOGY
Referring to the Aplikasi Pangkalan Data Murid (APDM) 2023, there are 35 schools under the
Ministry of Education that implement TMUA, consisting of Sekolah Agama Bantuan Kerajaan
(SABK) 20 schools, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama (SMKA) 11 schools, and Sekolah
Berasrama Penuh (SBP) 4 schools [8]. The implementation of TMUA that uses KBT has two
subjects namely Hifz Al-Qur'an and Maharat Al-Qur'an. The Hifz Al-Qur'an subject requires
students to memorize 30 juzuk of the Qur'an and understand the meaning, while the Maharat
Al-Qur'an subject includes learning Al-Qur'an Recitation, Tajwid, Adab Al- Qur'an, Manhaj al- Qiraat, Amali Qiraat and Rasm Uthmani [4];[9]. In this study, the researcher has focuses on the
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Ibrahim, M. A. (2023). The Achievement of Memorizing Al-Qur’an among Students at Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP) in Implementing the Tahfiz
Model Ulul Albab (TMUA). Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 10(11). 305-311.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.1011.15947
Quranic approach which is focused on the subject of Hifz Al-Qur'an in identifying the
achievement of students in memorizing Al-Qur’an at Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP). There
are 4 schools included namely Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Rawang, Sekolah Menengah
Agama Persekutuan Bentong, Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Selandar and Sekolah
Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Batu Rakit. The percentage of students’ achievement records were
taken starting from school opening in March until August 2023 to examine the level of students’
achievement in completing their Al-Qur’an memorization based on prescribed syllabus.
DISCUSSION
Hifz Al-Qur’an
Kurikulum Bersepadu Tahfiz (KBT) aims to produce huffaz generation who practicing Islam
and have various knowledge skills in line with the National Education Philosophy [8].
Therefore, TMUA has introduced the subject of Hifz Al-Qur'an which requires students to
memorize 30 juzuk of the Qur'an within a period of five years of study with the guidance from
tahfiz teachers [4];[5]. Based on the schedule provided by KPM, tahfiz teachers who are
responsible for teaching and learning activities of Hifz Al-Qur'an and Maharat Al-Qur'an are
given a time period as early as 6.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. then continue from 7 to 9 p.m. including
Maghrib and Isya' prayers [9]. The execution of learning activities focused on the subject of Hifz
Al-Qur'an includes activities as shown in the table below [4];[9].
Table 1: The activities of Hifz Al-Qur'an subject
Activities Execution Time Ratio of teachers and
students
Tahriri Students write one page of new memorizing
verses of the Qur'an in the book provided for the
tasmik preparation
7.00-7.30 p.m. 1:30
Hafazan
baharu
Students memorize one page of new memorizing
verses of the Qur'an for the tasmik preparation
7.45-8.45 p.m. 1:30
Tahdhir Students repeat one page of new memorizing
verses of the Qur'an in front of the teacher
individually before the tasmik activity (1 student
= 4 minutes)
6.30-7.10 a.m. 1:10
Tasmik Students recite one page of new memorizing
verses of the Qur'an in front of the teacher
individually (1 student = 4 minutes)
7.30-8.10 a.m.
(Monday- Thursday)
1:10
Murajaah Students repeat the verses of the Qur'an that
have been memorized in front of the teacher
individually
• New Murajaah:
Repeating the memorization of two pages of the
Qur’an before the tasmik page (1 student = 4
minutes)
• Past Murajaah:
Repeating the memorization of one juzuk of the
Qur’an before the tasmik juzuk (two pages per
person in turn according to the tadarus method)
(1 student = 4 minutes)
8.10-9.30 a.m.
(Monday- Thursday)
1:10