Learning Methods and Problems of Qur’an Reciters (Malays and Africans)

Abstract

This article tries to analyse Qur’an reciters. A survey was conducted to identify the problems in reciting the Qur’an for Arabic speakers (Malay and Africans) and non-Arabic speakers (Malay), to identify methods of teaching/learning how to recite the Qur’an, to determine whether there are any relationship between the method used in teaching the Qur’an with the problems encountered by the reciters, to determine whether there are relationship between problems in reciting the Qur’an with the age of the reciters which can be linked to the method of learning the Qur’an. The results shows that there is evidence that fluency of recitation, remembering tajwid rules and comprehending the words in the Qur’an increases with the ability to speak the Arabic language, the higher level of reciters of the Qur’an the lesser problems encountered in their recitation and problems encountered by the reciters of Qur’an can be reduced by increasing the general learning method i.e. making more effort towards learning Qur’an or providing the alternative methods on learning Qur’an.