Qur’an and Social Sciences

Qur’an and Social Sciences

Analysis of Male Students' Lived Experience of "Failure" in Memorizing the Qur'an (Study Case: Specialized Quranic Schools in Isfahan City)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
zahra Abyar 1
Seyyed Mustafa Tabatabai 2
Mohammad Mehrabi Kushki 3
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Isfahan Azad University (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran, (corresponding author)
2 PhD student of Islamic history, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran
3 Sociology doctoral student, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran
10.22034/arq.2023.178299
Abstract
Memorizing the Holy Qur’an is one of the most prominent ways of socializing Qur’anic beliefs and values and promoting it in Islamic societies. The institutionalization of these norms requires a mechanism that can be used to achieve the goal of promoting the Holy Qur’an. Specialized schools for the memorization of the Holy Quran are a clear example of such a mechanism, which have sought to promote the Holy Qur’an for more than a decade alongside the structure of formal education. Although the methods of memorizing the Qur’an and its psychological effects on the personality of successful memorizers have been studied in these schools, but the lived experience of students who did not succeed in this path has not been analyzed. However, the purpose of this research is to discover and construct the lived experience of students who were in these schools and did not succeed in memorizing the Qur’an.
The approach in this research was qualitative, and the phenomenological method was used in data analysis. To collect experimental data, a purposeful sampling method was used and an in-depth and semi-structured interview was conducted with 12 students and members of the community involved. The result of this research was made in the form of 141 descriptive codes and 16 interpretative codes, and then reduced to five explanatory codes as follows: "Lack of reliance on values in (memorizing) the Qur’an, stressed ethical behavior of teachers, stereotypes about intellectual belief, lack of follow-up, and increasing boredom".
Keywords
Lived Experience
Male Students
Qur’an Memorization
Specialized Schools for Qur’an Memorization

Subjects

  1. . Iman, Mohammad Taqi, (1390), Paradigmatic foundations of qualitative and quantitative research methods in humanities, Tehran, Hawzah and University Research Institute.

    1. Aghayousofi, Alireza et al., (1386), General Psychology, Tehran, Payam Noor University Press.
    2. Thighat-ul-Islam, Alireza, Akbari, Majid, Javadi, Mohsen, (1393), "Ethics of information technology based on the positivist approach of technology", Quarterly Journal of Ethics in Science and Technology, pp. 1-10.
    3. Elson, Mito H, Harganhan, BR, (1390), An Introduction to Learning Theories, translated by: Ali Akbar Saif, Tehran, Doran Publishing House.
    4. Hosseinkhani, Hadi, (1389), "Psychological strategies for memorizing the Qur'an", Islam and Educational Research, Year 2, No. 1, pp. 147-187.
    5. Zarean, Mustafa, (1391), the application of psychological principles in memorizing the Holy Quran, Tehran, Telawat Publishing.
    6. Saif, Ali-Akbar, (1387), Modern Educational Psychology, Tehran, Doran.
    7. Arefian, Mohsen, Kajbaf, Mohammad Baqer, (1400) "Investigating the effect of the Holy Quran on mental health, quality of life and positive and negative emotions", Journal of Islam and Health, Vol. 6, No. 1.
    8. Kadivar, Parvin (1385), Educational Psychology, Tehran, Samt.
    9. Kadivar, Parvin (1388), Psychology of Learning, Tehran, Samt.
    10. Mohammadpour, Ahmad, (1390), Qualitative research method against method, Vol. 1, second edition, Tehran, Sociologists Publications.
    11. Mohammadpour, Ahmad, (1392), Qualitative research method against method, Vol. 2, second edition, Tehran: Sociologists Publications.
    12. Masoumi Rad, Reza, (1394), "Attitude measurement, barriers and solutions for the spread of Qur'an memorization among the families of martyrs and veterans", Journal of Research in Islamic Education and Training, No. 27.
    13. Monfared, Leila, (1382), "Pathology of Qur'an memorization /A report from the Qur'anic Cultural Research Institute", Journal of Golestan Qur'an, No. 157.
    14. Najafi, Reza, (1391), Methods of Memorizing the Holy Quran in Islamic Countries, Tehran, Telawat Publishing.
    15. Nari Abyaneh, Mohammad Reza, (1380), Theoretical foundations of memorizing the Holy Quran, Tehran, Karin.
    16. Nosrati, Kobra, Karmi Nouri, Reza, (1381), "Investigation of types of memory in female students who memorize the Quran and those who do not memorize the Quran", New Journal of Cognitive Sciences, No. 15.
    17. www.isna.ir/news/1401023020138
Qur’an and Social Sciences
Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 9
Spring 2023
Pages 139-173

  • Receive Date 19 June 2023
  • Revise Date 23 July 2023
  • Accept Date 31 August 2023