I Lovë My al-Quran (ILMA)

I Lovë My al-Quran, known as ILMA, is an illustrated Indonesian children's Qur'an with simplified translation and interpretation, first published in 2007 by Pelangi Mizan, one of Indonesia's leading Islamic publishers; its title is English though its content is Indonesian. ¹

A second edition followed in 2008, then several reprints; in 2015 the publisher repackaged it with improved educational games, a tajwid bookmark and audio for an electronic smart pen. ¹ Production ceased after its main writer left the publisher in 2019. ¹

Each package holds the mushaf in fifteen volumes, fifteen volumes of simplified interpretation and translation, a dictionary of Qur'anic words and an audio CD; it uses the authorised translation of Indonesia's Ministry of Religious Affairs. ¹ Its illustrations avoid realistic depictions of living beings and do not depict prophets, its language is simple and lively, and its explanations quote Quraish Shihab, Abdullah Yusuf Ali and Muhammad Asad. ¹

Irfan Amalee was its main writer and concept designer, working with a team of over twenty scholars; the first edition was endorsed by figures from Indonesia's largest Islamic organisations, among them Nahdlatul Ulama, Muhammadiyah and the Indonesian Ulema Council. ¹

• Yulia Riswan, "Qur'an translation of the week #216", The Global Qur'an, 2025. ¹