STIQ Isy Karima Holds Undergraduate Graduation Period VII

KARANGANYAR – Isy Karima College of Qur’anic Sciences held its VII Period Undergraduate Graduation. The graduation was held at Lembah Manah Mataram on Thursday, 12 September 2024. The graduation which was attended by 85 graduates carried the theme ‘Welcoming 100 Years of Islamic Awakening with Qur’anic Scholars’.

On that occasion, the Daily Chairperson of the Isy Karima Islamic Social and Education Foundation (YSPII), KH. Syihabuddin Abdul Mu’iz, advised that graduation is the first step of the struggle where after graduation the graduates must start working by doing great works as a form of devotion to Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala.

‘Congratulations to the graduates, barakallahu fiik, the work has begun. Bachelor’s degree means it’s perfect. Then it’s time for i’malu, beramallah. Don’t be picky in work. Do what you can do. There is no language of devotion. Devotion is only to Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala. You are not serving an institution. You do not serve individuals. But you serve Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala, ‘he ordered.

This time STIQ’s undergraduate graduation also invited Dr Apt. Kintoko, M.Sc. as a scientific oration speaker. On this occasion, Dr Apt. Kintoko, M.Sc. expressed his appreciation and motivation to the graduates who had just graduated.

‘Alhamdulillah, I am very happy to see the buds of scholars emerging from the Isy Karima College of Qur’anic Sciences,’ he said.

‘And I want to underline that the demands of being a scholar, someone who holds the keys to the Qur’an and As-Sunnah is to be adaptive to the times,’ he added.

He then provided motivation and direction so that graduates are not only satisfied to study one field of science, but they must also be willing to open themselves to study and explore other families of science. It is hoped that this collaborative study can be a solution to the needs of the people today.

Furthermore, at the graduation moment, a graduate from the Al-Qur’an and Tafsir Science Study Programme (Prodi), Dzulfikar Ridhwanul Haq, expressed his impressions and messages while studying at STIQ Isy Karima, he felt very grateful, because he had gained a lot of valuable knowledge and experience while studying at STIQ Isy Karima.

‘We hope and pray that STIQ Isy Karima can develop into a centre of superior knowledge civilisation, by improving the quality of education in the aspects of tarbiyah ruhiyah and jasadiyah and producing scholars and da’i who are mature in personality and knowledge,’ concluded Dzulfikar. A series of solemn prayers were offered by Shaykh Ramadhan Abdul Karim at the end of the graduation ceremony. Furthermore, the graduation ceremony was closed with a group photo session. The graduates were photographed with all the ranks of YSPII, the masyayikh Ma’had Isy Karima, the senate and the STIQ Isy Karima staff to capture the happy moment.