This Malaysian edition of Al-Hikmah is published by the Department of Da’wah and Leadership Studies, Faculty of Islamic Studies, National University of Malaysia (University Kebangsaan Malaysia UKM) in collaboration with Islamic National University of Imam Bonjol, Padang, Indonesia. This journal is published annually in Malay, English and Arabic. The published articles as well as comments, research reports, book reviews, conference papers and others are in Islamic da'wah studies as well as in other fields written from Islamic perspectives. All opinions given in the articles are not necessarily representing the Editorial Board and the department.

Articles in Al-Hikmah are indexed and abstracted in Malaysian Citation Index System (MyCite), Journal Management System (MyJurnal) and UKM Journal Article Repository (UJAR).