Patterns Of Acoustical Studies On The Quran: A Fifteen-year Empirical Research (2000-2015)

The inimitability of the Quran has been regarded by Muslim as a vindication of the prophethood of Muhammad. The conventions of its miraculous nature are divided into few dimensions including scientific miracle, mathematical, legal, revealing the Ghaybiyyat (unseen world) and acoustical elements. While each elements has its general emblem and characteristic, acoustic miracle of the Quran has its own insignia. It was known with different terminology, such as phonology of the Quran, phonetic miracle and rhythm of al-Quran. Exploring the acoustical nature of the Quran, scholars of the 21st century have advancing various methods and researches in analysing its miraculous nature. Thus, the present study aims to analyse studies conducted on the acoustical elements in the Quran from 2000 to 2015. The researcher, in this study, employed Systematic Literature Review (SLR) as its main methodological tool with the adaptation of PRISMA technique. The result shows that there are three major patterns in the study of acoustical element of the Quran, which could be concluded as: (1) the study on phonetic element in the Quran that was embedded in its pronunciation, specific phonic characteristic and structural wording, (2) analysis on the organisation, repetition and rhyme at the end of verses and (3) the exploration on interrelation between the meaning of the Quran and its phonetic element. Indeed, this study is a prolegomenon in which would clear the path for further exploration in interdisciplinary or interdisciplinary studies.