231 Al Quran At The Grand Mosque Of Al Jabbar Bandung Raib

Illustration. A resident reads the Koran that is freely accessed in a local mosque or prayer room. (Ibrahim Mucahit Yildiz-Pixabay)

A total of 231 Al-Quran free access available at the Al Jabbar Grand Mosque, Bandung City, West Java Province (Jabar), was declared missing.

Secretary of the Prosperity Council of the Grand Mosque, Alkohr Dedi Supandi, said that the hundreds of Qurans that disappeared were out of 5,000 provided in the house of worship.

"This number refers to the initial number of 5,000 Al Qurans at the inauguration of the Al Jabbar Mosque at the end of 2022," he said in Bandung, West Java, Monday, June 26, which was confiscated by Antara.

"After being recalculated, there are currently 4,769. So actually there are those that are not in their place if the verification is calculated from the absence of only 231," he continued.

Although the number of Qurans that have been lost is not up to thousands as is the news circulating, Dedi said, the Mosque Prosperity Council will still increase the security of the mosque environment.

Moreover, he continued, the residents who visited the Al Jabbar Grand Mosque were thousands in a day.

"An average day of 9,000 visitors," he said, adding that mosque visitors on weekends could reach 36 thousand people.

In order to improve the security of the mosque environment, Dedi explained, the reach of surveillance cameras will be expanded to minimize areas that are not monitored by the camera.

"Security officers also do not supervise the congregation, but we want to remind each other to change culture while explaining to visitors," said Dedi, who also serves as Assistant for Government and People's Welfare of the West Java Provincial Secretariat.

Dedi also explained that the Alkohr Grand Mosque had received an additional 1,000 Al Quran waqf.

He advised the users of the Alkohr Grand Mosque to help maintain and care for the facilities and infrastructure in the mosque, including the Al Quran.

According to him, the Quran provided at the Al Jabbar Mosque was specially designed.

"Dijid khusus, terus di dalamnya selain ada artinya juga tajwid dengan warna-warna kualitas bagus, dan paper bagus," katanya.

According to him, the mosque management plans to form a cooperative to provide souvenirs for visitors, including the Al Quran with a special design.

"In addition, we have also prepared signs that can be read and followed by people who come to Al Jabbar. So let's take care of and take care of Al Jabbar together," he said.