THE EVOLUTION OF QURANIC INTERPRETATION WRITINGS IN MALAYSIA FROM THE 17 TH TO 21 ST CENTURY

Abstract The arrival of Islam in the Malay region has played an important role on the development of intellectual, writing and education among the Malays. Various disciplines of Islamic knowledge has been spread by Malay scholar with the interpretations of Arabic scripts. One of the most important disciplines is the Quranic interpretation that was pioneered by Syaykh Abdul Rauf al-Sinkili (d.1693) from Acheh, Indonesia. The interpretation production continued to spread to Malaysia, Indonesia and Pattani by local scholars. This article will focused on the chronology of the interpretation script writing of the Holy Quran mainly in Malaysia. This is a qualitative research using data gathering method through history and documentation to get the information of the selected scholars and their scripts in Malay language and in Jawi script. Based on the research there are 24 famous Malaysian scholars that has written the interpretations scripts from the 17 th century until today. The name like Tok Pulau Manis, Tok Kenali and al-Marbawi proved that Malay scholars had played a very important role in spreading the interpretation of the Holy Quran in mainly in Malaysia and most importantly in the Islamic world