KEPENTINGAN SKEMATA ARAB TERHADAP KEFAHAMAN AL-QURAN DAN PENCAPAIAN HAFAZAN\n(The Importance of the Arabic Language Schemata towards Understanding of the Quran and Memorisation Achievement)

Abstract

Tujuan – Walaupun pendidikan tahfiz berkembang pesat mutakhir ini, pencapaian hafazan al-Quran di institusi tahfiz didapati masih kurang memberangsangkan. Salah satu faktor kelemahan pencapaian hafazan dipercayai berpunca daripada kelemahan memahami makna ayat al-Quran dalam kalangan pelajar tahfiz. Walaupun banyak kajian telah dijalankan, namun terdapat jurang pengetahuan tentang faktor di sebalik masalah kefahaman al-Quran. Sementara itu, beberapa sarjana Islam didapati menekankan pengajaran bahasa Arab dalam sistem pendidikan tahfiz. Justeru, kajian ini meneroka kepentingan skemata bahasa Arab dalam meramal pencapaian hafazan melalui kefahaman al-Quran.\n \nMetodologi – Dengan mengambil pendekatan kuantitatif, kajian ini menyelidiki pengaruh skemata bahasa Arab terhadap pencapaian hafazan dalam kalangan pelajar tahfiz yang mempunyai latar belakang pengajian bahasa Arab. Faktor pengantara, iaitu kefahaman al-Quran turut diteliti. Kajian dijalankan terhadap 246 sampel dari empat buah institusi tahfiz di Malaysia yang mensyaratkan pelajar mempunyai skemata bahasa Arab pada peringkat Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui teknik ujian bagi mengukur tahap skemata bahasa Arab yang terdiri daripada nahu, saraf dan kosa kata, tahap kefahaman al-Quran dan juga pencapaian hafazan.\n \nDapatan – Hasil analisis menggunakan Partial Least Square – Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) dan prosedur Bootstrapping menunjukkan bahawa skemata bahasa Arab mempunyai kesan langsung dan kesan tidak langsung terhadap pencapaian hafazan melalui kefahaman al-Quran.\n \nSignifikan – Dapatan kajian ini menjelaskan bahawa skemata bahasa Arab dan kefahaman al-Quran menjadi faktor peramal yang relevan terhadap pencapaian hafazan.\n \nKata kunci: skemata Arab, kefahaman al-Quran, pencapaian hafazan, nahu, kosa kata.\n\nABSTRACT\n \nPurpose – Even though tahfiz education has been developing tremendously lately, memorisation achievement of the Quran at tahfiz institutions is still not very encouraging. One factor leading to this situation among tahfiz students is believed to originate from their weakness in understanding the meaning of Quranic phrases. Despite the fact that a lot of research has been carried out, there still exists a knowledge gap about the factors underpinning the problem of understanding the Quran. In the meantime, a few Islamic scholars have been found to be emphasising on the teaching of the Arabic language in the tahfiz education system. Thus, this research is aimed at exploring the importance of the Arabic language schemata in predicting memorisation achievement through understanding of the Quran.\n \nMethodology – Utilising the quantitative approach, this research explores the influence of the Arabic language schemata in memorisation achievement among tahfiz students who possess knowledge of the Arabic language. The mediating factor, which is the understanding of the Quran was investigated. Research was carried out on 246 samples from four tahfiz institutions in Malaysia that had made it compulsory for students to possess the Arabic language schemata at Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) level. Data collection was carried out through testing techniques to measure the Arabic language schemata level that comprised of nahu (Arabic syntax), saraf (Arabic morphology) and vocabulary, the understanding level of the Quran and also memorisation achievement.\n \nFindings – The results of the analysis using the Partial Least Square - Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) and Bootstrapping procedure showed that the Arabic language schemata had direct and indirect effects on memorisation achievement through understanding of the Quran.\n \nSignificance – The findings of this research clearly show that the Arabic language schemata and understanding of the Quran are relevant predicting factors for memorisation achievement.\n \nKeywords: Arabic language schemata, understanding of the Quran, memorisation achievement, syntax, vocabulary.