The Role of Al-Azhar Lounges in Teaching the Holly Qur’an in the Governorates of A.R.E.

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قسم التربية الإسلامية، كلية التربية بنين بالقاهرة، جامعة الأزهر.

Abstract

The study aimed to reveal the role of Al-Azhar  lounges in teaching the Holy Quran in the governorates of A.R.E., and to identify the most important difficulties facing the educational process in the lounges and how to overcome them. The study used the descriptive and the rooting approaches. It was revealed that Al-Azhar lounges are interested in memorizing the Holly Qur’an for adults and children in the governorates of Egypt, and that lounges used distance memorization in order to overcome the Corona Virus Crisis. The study also revealed the need for the lounges branches in the governorates to provide technological means for distance-learning the Qur’an at all levels, and these lounges focused on memorizing the Qur’an without understanding its verses. Thus, the study recommended adding a material of the Qur’an similar verses to help master memorization, and adding a brief tafsir (interpretation) in teaching the Holy Qur’an, especially for adult learners. The study suggested studying the role of Imam Al-Tayyeb School in teaching the Holy Quran to international students.
 

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