@article{article_315095, title={THE PERCEPTION ON ULUM AL-QURAN COURSE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES}, journal={IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education}, volume={3}, pages={174–178}, year={2017}, DOI={10.18768/ijaedu.315095}, url={https://izlik.org/JA65UU59GX}, author={Ibrahim, Mohamed Akhiruddin and Yusoff, Zulkifli Haji Mohd and Yusoff, Adnan Mohamed and Shaker, Mohammad Hikmat and Sulaiman, Shahirah and Shah, Ahmad Shahir Mohd and Razli, Nur Sakina}, keywords={University,Ulum Al-Quran,Islamic studies,research universities,perception}, abstract={<span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;" xml:lang="en-gb">The study of Ulum Al-Quran explores the unique of style and arrangement of the Al-Quran and the various ways in which people have tried to understand its meanings comprehensively. For Islamic studies amongst public </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;" xml:lang="en-gb">research </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;" xml:lang="en-gb"> universities, they will need to study this course in order to complete their studies’ credit hour to fulfil the requirement of their respective faculty. Hence, this study focused on students’ perception of Ulum Al-Quran course in higher education at two research universities namely; National University of Malaysia (UKM) and </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;" xml:lang="en-gb">University of Malaya (UM) </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;" xml:lang="en-gb">. The aims of this research are to know the perception of students about Ulum Al-Quran course, the acceptance of Ulum Al-Quran course outline and Ulum Al-Quran reference book or syllabus. The results from the respondents’ feedbacks, is expected to assist the public </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;" xml:lang="en-gb">research </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;" xml:lang="en-gb"> universities and the lecturers; especially the department of Islamic Studies, to assess the strengths and weaknesses of what has been done in implementing the lesson towards better improvement in Ulum Al-Quran studies </span>}, number={7}