Al-Ilam : Journal of Contemporary Islamic Communication and Media

Drama writers have great importance in writing history in people's minds in contemporary societies, which makes historical drama an important source of information. This study aims to research how to present events and information in Arab historical drama in accordance to the directions of dealing with the information on which the dramas of Islamic history are based. The study used the descriptive-analytical approach and the two methods of content analysis and statistical analysis, it took the series of "Omar" as a case study to research in the treatment of historical information. The study concluded the importance of informational accuracy in the treatment of events in increasing audience confidence in the series, Therefore, the series of Omar benefited from specialists in history and Sharia to review texts and historical events. While the dramatist may use fantasy in details in which no texts were mentioned, relying on understanding the nature of life in this time that is being simulated, but relying on imagination is not correct in dealing with the history of sensitive personalities such as Sahaba, while this is possible with other characters and with a positive portrayal of them.

This study aims to discuss and analyze stories from Noble Qur’an that included the use of drama to understand this use, and how to benefit from simulationin conveying the Qur’anic message in light of the dramatic structure. The study used the descriptive analytical method and content analysis of the Quranic stories that used simulation.The study concluded that Qur'an included dramatic models that perform representation and simulation through the characters that were present in the dramatic scenes; such as Yusef's brothers, Al-Aziz's wife, the hypocrites, and the crow in the story of the two sons of Adam,These stories included elements of dramatic structure, and there are several directions for drama in Holy Qur’an, including: some of them aim to achieve an educational goal, such as the story of the crow that Allah sent to teach Adam's son how to bury his brother, others were in the form of drama that a person practices in his life to get out of difficult situations, as happened in the story of the sister of Prophet Musa, also, some of them were for characters who practised evil, such as Al-Aziz's wife in the story of the Prophet Yusuf, who made a drama to escape from the truth, also, the hypocrites who appear as Muslims but are non-Muslims, In addition to Yusef's brothers, who represented the scenario of getting rid of their brother and used simulation to escape from the consequences of their wrongdoing. This study contributes to researching a topic in Holy Quran from the perspective of the science of communication and drama, which is considered a new addition to this field.