Kepentingan Nahu Arab dalam Menghafaz al-Quran

Abstract

© 2016, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press. All rights reserved.This study examines the perception of Tahfiz students towards the importance of the knowledge of Arabic grammar in memorising the Qur`an. To achieve this, likert-scale survey questionnaires were distributed to Tahfiz students who are currently studying at higher learning institutions. The selected respondents are those who have studied Arabic language at the Malaysian Certificate of Education (SPM) level. This study employs purposive sampling. The questionnaire was distributed to respondents via WhatsApp application using Google form. 109 students from 21 higher learning institutions, locally and abroad, participated in this study. 70.6% of them have memorised 30 juz’ of the Qur`an, and a large percentage of them (89%) achieved excellent results in the Arabic examination of Malaysian Certificate of Education (SPM). A factor analysis using the Principle Component Method showed validity of the established construct items, while Alpha Cronbach exceeding 0.7 showed the reliability of the items under study. Two factors which are the constructs have been extracted from 15 items presented. The first factor is the importance of Arabic grammar as a memorisation strategy, and the second factor is the importance of Arabic syntax as a motivational factor. Descriptive analysis has showed that Tahfiz students have high perception towards the construct of the importance of Arabic grammar as a motivational factor. As for the importance of Arabic grammar as a memorisation strategy, respondents gave moderate perception. The findings of this study highlights the importance of Arabic grammar as a motivating factor and a memorising strategy in the process of memorising the Qur`an among Tahfiz students.