Colored-Text Qur'anic Mushaf in Modern Indonesia

Abstract

This article describes the varieties of colored-text Qur'anic mushafs in modern Indonesia. The colors in Qur'anic texts started at 2005s. There is at least four model of this coloredtext Qur'anis mushafs in modern. 1) Coloring the a word (Allah, Ilah, Rabb, Rahman and Rahim) with red and blue colors. 2) Coloring the letters: a) The letters are red-colored. On the top of letters, there is a number telling the tajwid and many colors for many letters for many rules of pronunciation (tajwid). This category is very common used by the publishers.3) Coloring and Blocking the verse: a) The text of Qur'an is colored blue and some groups of verses are blocked with light blue, while other groups remain. The blue colored text (more than one word) is initial word. b) blocking the verse with certain color for certain purpose. The al-Qur'anul Karim for Special Women is the kind of category. It blocked the verses related to the women issues. Coloring the initial words of Qur'anic verses. 4) The colored text of this mushaf is at the beginning of ayats or verses, usually more than one word. The text is colored with red. This mushaf is for those who learn to memorize the Qur'an. Coloring the Qur'anic text is one of creativity in presenting mushaf. This creativity should be attracting the people to read and learn the Qur'an.