Minister: Socialization of the Qur'an is a superior program

Jakarta, NU Online
The socialization of the holy Qur'an is an important activity for Muslims. Many efforts were made to optimize the program. These efforts include the launch of a public consultation portal regarding the translation of the Qur'an.

The statement was made by Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin when the official launch of Public Consultation Portal Revised Translation of Al-Qur'an of Religious Affairs Ministry at Bayt Al-Qur'an Building and Museum Istiqlal (BQMI), Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), Jakarta, Tuesday (28/11).

The portal can be accessed by http://quran.kemenag.go.id/public consultation

“We are the Religious Ministry try to socialize the Qur'an in order can be superior program. That is why the existence of Lajnah Pentashihan Mushaf Al-Qur'an or LPMQ becomes very important, "said the minister.

The youngest son of Minister of Religious Affairs, K.H. Saifuddin Zuhri hopes that some books which have been presented can be translated into English and Arabic so on. According to him, Indonesia becomes one of the models of the world that placed the Islamic books and the Qur'an becomes the main source.

"So, it must be able to accessible to the wider global society. Continue to do various innovations and the important one is all of it must be done professionally. It means done by experts, and occupied as well as possible, "said the Minister.

On the occasion, in particular Lukman as the Minister of Religious Affairs told the admin who will guide the portal to handle it continuously. "Because  our society is very diverse. It will be mixed with criticism, why it is translated like this, that's so. And so on," he explained.

He also reminded some of challenges when facing with the questions that are both ridiculous and annoying. "Because I active in social media, twitter, also often answer questions from the community, for example, why the Qur'an is translated, moreover in some of regional languages. What do we get? " he said.

Lukman mentioned in Puslitbang Lektur, Khazanah Religious, and Organizational Management of Balitbang Diklat translates the Qur'an into several regional languages. "Alhamdulillah, on December 20, 2017 perhaps we will launch three regional language translations again to the 10th, 11th and 12th. Because there are nine languages that we have translated," he said.

According to him, this translation is also done in order to popularize the Qur'an, especially for citizens who are more comfortable to understand the Qur'an with the local/regional language compared with the Indonesian language. "We have the results of study (research) that some of our society is better understand the local language than the Indonesian language," he said.

As the Minister of Religion, Lukman say thanks to all who supported the launch of a public consultation portal related to the revised translation of the Qur'an. "Thank you also to Yayasan Mitra Netra which is part of our efforts to popularize the Qur'an in the broader field especially for our brothers the disability," he said.

Besides attended by Religious Ministry officials such as a Head of Balitbang Diklat Abdurrahman Mas'ud, a Head Puslitbang Penda Amsal Bachtiar, a Head of LPMQ Muchlis M Hanafi, attended also a Head of Development and Founding Language Agency of Kemendikbud (Ministry of Education and Culture), Dadang Sunandar. The scholars and national figures who also attended were Hj Khuzaemah Tahido Yanggo, KH Quraish Shihab, KH Malik Madani, KH Ahsin Sakho 'Muhammad, and KH Abdul Ghofur Maemoen. (Musthofa Asrori/Dwin)