TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The business of printed Quran continues to grow strong despite many websites and online applications providing a digitalized version of the holy book of Muslim. Among others, the Al-Quran printing factory in Kudus District, Central Java, has survived the digital transition era.
Menara Kudus Printing Director Ahmad Fathoni stated that the printed Al-Quran business is continued to go strong. He further said that the demand of Quran is increased during the Islamic Holy month of Ramadan.
“Menara Kudus received a big demand of printed Quran from Islamic boarding school students,” Ahmad said on Wednesday, May 31.
Ahmad revealed that his company prints 10,000 of Al-Qurans in various sizes and types. Now the demand from many regions in Indonesia has doubled the normal printing quota.
“The increase can be felt since Ramadan started,” he explained.
He admits that the older version of the Al-Quran is still in production because older generations prefer them more. Meanwhile, the latest versions have attracted the younger generations.
In avoiding mistakes in printing, there are several stages of corrections from the pre-production, production, until the correction phase. Before the Quran is mass-produced, it is usually checked by a local cleric or ulama.
“We would continue its production only after we received a green light from the ulama,” he explained.
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