The formation of Universal Social Moral Values (USMV) is considered as one of the backbone of the Malaysian education curriculum to create harmonious individuals living in the society regardless of religion, race and belief. Nevertheless, the inculcation of these social moral values is not clearly seen in the Arabic grammar curriculum even though the main source for the curriculum comes from the al-Quran, which is loaded with values. On that account, this research analyses verses of the al-Quran containing USMV. At the same time, this research attempts to prove the universality of these values, the matching of community values according to the major religions in Malaysia such as Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism. To achieve these objectives, a qualitative approach through content analysis is used to describe the USMV that takes place deductively and inductively in the al-Quran. The findings of the study reveal that Mutual Respect and Humility are two universal social moral values in the Malaysian context that may be used as curriculum material for Arabic-Quranic Grammar in the framework of value-based education.
Language serves to bring out the message of moral values, which is the backbone of the education curriculum to produce balanced and harmonious individuals in a multi-racial and religious society. However, this element has not been directly highlighted in the Arabic grammar curriculum although the source of the primary language is the al-Quran that is loaded with pure values. As such, this study contributes to the literature by identifying the verses of the Qur'an as shāhid (language source text) of Arabic syntax; to carry the message of Universal Social Moral Values (USMV) as also recommended by other religions. This qualitative study selected content analysis as its method of analysis for the deductively and inductively captured data. The study outcomes revealed six elements of USMV, namely: 1) respect, 2) tolerance, 3) justice, 4) graciousness, 5) faithfulness to promises and 6) love. This study proves that these six elements may be deployed as curriculum material for Arabic-Quranic grammar values based on the topic of nominal and verbal sentences with various forms and functions.
Graciousness, tolerance and affection are part of Universal Social Moral Values (USMV) which is one of the substantial elements in human development, where it is able to create a balanced and harmonious human being in terms of intellectual, spiritual, emotional and physical regardless of religion, race and belief. However, the application of these social values is not clearly seen in the Arabic syntax curriculum even though the main source of the curriculum is from the Quran which loaded with values. Therefore, this study will analyse the verses of the Qur'an that convey the three USMVs: graciousness, tolerance and affection. To prove the universality of these values, this study will match the themes of social values according to the major religions in Malaysia such as Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism. To achieve these objectives, a qualitative approach is implemented using content analysis to describe the USMV found in the Quran deductively and inductively. The findings of the study reveal thirteen surahs which are
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