UNS — Student Association (UKM) or Qur’an Study Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta held a series of National Seminar on Quranic Research on Saturday – Sunday, 25—26 September 2021. The seminar was held online and offline from UNS Inn to discuss the “Multidisciplinary Research on Revealing God’s Omnipotence Through Al Asmaa’ Al Husna: A Qur’anic Based Study Approach”.
Prof. Ahmad Yunus, M.Si., as Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs UNS, mentioned in his opening remark that this seminar was initiated in April 2021 as a part of Al-Qur’an research conducted by UNS students under the supervision of Dr. Sutanto, S.Si., DEA., a faculty member of Mathematics Program FMIPA UNS and the Director of Academic Reputation and Student Affairs UNS.
“We studied the role of Al-Qur’an in managing community life in the society and the nation. How Islamic teachings are implemented in society and national life. Hopefully, these research findings could contribute to the field of science,” Prof. Yunus stated.
Experts and public figures were invited to this event, both from Indonesia and abroad, including Syaikh Adil Al Bahri Al Yamani, Expert in Tafsir and Al-Qur’an from Yemen, Dr. Sutanto, S.Si., DEA., Dr. (Cand) Kholili Hasib, M.Ud. (Director of Institut Pemikiran dan Peradaban Islam – Islamic Thoughts and Civilization Institute), and Dr. Arifuddin, Lc., M.A (Arabic Linguistic Expert UNS).
Syaikh Adil Al Bahri Al Yamani stated that Al-Qur’an has a high linguistic value in terms of linguistic beauty, sentences compositions, and at the same time contain scientific and literary values. He added that Al-Qur’an is an Islamic treaty that brings humanitarian messages and eternal miraculous values as long as it is studied and explored by the next generations. “When the scientific knowledge in Al-Quran was explored, it contains great messages. It is ahead of its time—answering questions from the following ages (after it is introduced). The more advanced our researches, the closer its results to Al-Qur’an,” the Syaikh explained.
Dr. Arifuddin, Lc., M.A., as an Arabic Linguistic expert from UNS, shared the components that accompanied a miracle, such as a great occurrence, introduced by a prophet, contain challenges to those questions the prophet, and challenges that cannot be defeated by those questioning the prophet. The challenge in the form of linguistic value was because the Arabic people were known for their linguistic excellence, linguistic beauty, poetic, and rhymes. “Al-Qur’an that was bestowed to the prophet challenges the old poets who question Al-Qur’an and Muhammad to create poetry as beautiful with language as advanced as Al-Qur’an. Nobody could answer to this challenge,” Dr. Arifuddin explained. He added that as a miracle, the challenge is still alive today because it is immaterial and not physical.
Various results of Al-Qur’an researches were also shared in the seminar. Dr. Sutanto, S.Si., DEA, as the Supervisor and Person in Charge of Quranic Research UNS, shared his study on Index of Coincidence for Arabic Language (Cryptanalysis of Vigenere Cipher Algorithm) that had been presented in Istanbul, Turkey. The seminar received great responses from participants that joined through the Zoom Cloud Meetings and Al-Qur’an Study UNS YouTube channel. Humas UNS
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