Author Guidelines
Papers submitted for publication must conform to the following guidelines:
- Papers should discuss issues related to quranic and hadith studies, such as ‘Ulūm al-Quran, ’Ulūm al-Ḥadīth, Tafsir al-Qur'an, Living Quran, contemporary perspective on quranic and hadith studies;
- The paper should be typed with one and a half spaces on B5 paper size;
- The length of the paper is about 5,000-7,000 words;
- All submissions must include an abstract of 150-200 words;
- Full names of authors must be included, along with their institutions;
- The paper should be sent to the Online Submission Diya al-Afkar : Journal of Qur'anic and Tafsir Studies with http://www.syekhnurjati.ac.id/jurnal/index.php/diya/index (registered). The register guide can be downloaded here;
- The structure of the article includes Title; Author, email, institution; Abstract and Keywords; Introduction, including the research methods used; Discussion; Conclusion; and Bibliography;
- All manuscripts must be in OpenOffice or Microsoft Word document file format;
- Arabic letters must be written: ', b, t, th, j, ḥ, kh, d, dh, r, z, z, s, sh, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ, ’, gh, f, q, l, m, n, h, w, y. Short vowels: a, i, u. Long vowels: ā, ī, ū. Diphthongs: aw, ay. Tā marbūṭā: t. Emphasis: al-. For detailed information on Arabic romanisation, please see the Library of Congress (LC) Guidelines transliteration system click here.
- Bibliographic references should be written in footnotes and bibliography according to Diya al-Afkar: Journal of Qur'anic Studies and Tafsir
- When a source is cited for the first time, full information is given: full name of the author, title of the source in italics, place of publication, publishing company, date of publication, and pages cited. For subsequent citations of the same source, include the author's surname, two or three words from the title, and the specific page number. The word ibid. should not be used, nor should cit. and loc.cit.
Examples of Footnote Style:
Toshihiko Izutsu, God and Man in The Qur’an: Semantics of the Qur’anic Weltanschauung (Malaysia: Islamic Book Trust, 2002), 234.
Muḥammad al-Ṭāhir Ibn ’Āshūr, Al-Taḥrīr Wa al-Tanwīr, vol. 17 (Tunisia: al-Dār al-Tunisīyah li Nasyr, 1984), 186.
Toshihiko Izutsu, 234.
Hassan Abedi Jafari, Pooya Pirmaleki, and Mostafa Kazemi Najafabadi, “Influence of Piety (Taqwa) on Ethical Decision-Makings in Business: Integration of Religious and Scientific Views,” in Handbook of Ethics of Islamic Economics and Finance, ed. Abbas Mirakhor, Zamir Iqbal, and Seyed Kazem Sadr (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020), 410–38, https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110593419-021.
Nadirsyah Hosen, “Shari’a & Constitutional Reform in Indonesia,” Master Thesis (Singapore: National University of Singapore, 2005).
Kevin William Fogg, “The Fate of Muslim Nationalism in Independent Indonesia”, PhD. Dissertation (Yale University, 2012), http://gradworks.umi.com/35/35/3535314.html, accessed 16 Feb 2016.
Example of Bibliography:
Journals
Nazam, Fauzia, Akbar Husain, and Mubashir Gull. “Standardization of Taqwa (Piety) Scale for Muslims: An Exploratory Study.” Islamic Guidance and Counseling Journal 5, no. 1 (January 31, 2022): 30–39. https://doi.org/10.25217/igcj.v5i1.1662.
Books
Izutsu, Toshihiko. God and Man in The Qur’an: Semantics of the Qur’anic Weltanschauung. Malaysia: Islamic Book Trust, 2002.
Theses/Dissertation
Fogg, Kevin William. “The Fate of Muslim Nationalism in Independent Indonesia.” PhD. Dissertation, Yale University, 2012.
Hosen, Nadirsyah. “Shari’a & Constitutional Reform in Indonesia.” Master Thesis, National University of Singapore, 2005.
Websites
Eksa, Golda. “Perpres 37/2019 Dinilai Degradasi Kemampuan Sipil,” accessed on October 17th, 2019. https://mediaindonesia.com/read/detail/244031-perpres-372019-dinilai-degradasi-kemampuan-sipil.
Magazines
Sone, Nyein Pyae, “At Rangoon Mosque, Buddhist Monks Accept Alms and Discuss Tolerance”, The Irrawaddy (2013). accessed on April 2015. http://www.irrawaddy.com/conflict/at-rangoon-mosque-buddhist-monks-accept-alms-and-discuss-tolerance.html, accessed 4 Jul 2013
Laws
Law No. 20 of 1982 on Principal Provisions for the Defense and Security of the Republic of Indonesia.
Presidential Regulation No. 37 of 2019 on Functional Positions of the Indonesian National Army.
Please consider the following creteria:
- Writing quotes and bibliography lists use the Mendeley, Zotero, and EndNote reference manager application with Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (full note, no Ibid.)
- The title of the article submittd to Diya al-Afkar : Jurnal Studi Al-Qur'an dan Tafsir should reflect a specific focus of study, based on researches--be they library or fieldwork researches--and thus the author can have a general statement and sub-title specifically confining the scope of study
- The article submitted should be based on research--be it library or fieldwork or other kinds of researches
- The article should present bibliography which entails primary sources--books, manuscripts, interviews, or observation--and updated secondary sources from books or peer reviewed journals
- The article should contain an argument/thesis/finding which contribute to scholarly discussion in a field of study which should clearly be mentioned and systematically presented in abstract, content, and conclusion
- The article should use good English, or at least can be understood; the author is fully responsible in fixing and editing English; the copy editor of Diya al-Afkar : Jurnal Studi Al-Qur'an dan Tafsir is responsible only for minor typos and understandable grammatical erros
- The style and format, including the structure of article, footnotes, bibliography, should follow those of Diya al-Afkar : Jurnal Studi Al-Qur'an dan Tafsir
- The template of Diya al-Afkar : Jurnal Studi Al-Qur'an dan Tafsir article in word document format is available for download here.
NOTE:
It is suggested to use a reference manager at styling the footnote and the bibliography, such as Zotero, Mendeley with the Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (full note, no Ibid.) citation style.
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