The Quran is a Muslim's guide to life. Therefore, this study aims to examine the validity and reliability of the instrument to evaluate test questions that will be used in an actual study to assess the level of mastery of the Quran among students in the field of Islamic studies in institutions of higher learning (IPT), by focusing on four main constructs, namely tilawah, tajwid, tahfiz, and tadabbur. Content validity was obtained by distributing test questions to 10 experts, five of whom experts in the Quran and Malay language are. Expert validation is required to obtain feedback on the items developed from the aspects of the content built, as well as the selection of words, language, and sentence structure. A pilot study was conducted on 30 students at the Faculty of Contemporary Islamic Studies, Sultan Zainal Abidin University. The results found that the Cronbach's alpha coefficient value was at ? =.972. This shows that all the items that were constructed have gone through the measurement phase, have high reliability values, and are suitable for use as a measurement tool in assessing the level of mastery of the Quran in terms of recitation, tajwid, tahfiz, and tadabbur among students in the field of Islamic studies at IPT. Therefore, this study can provide an initial picture of the level of mastery of the Quran among students in the field of Islamic studies, which can then potentially be the basis for improving the teaching and learning methods of the Quran at the higher education level.
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