This thesis research discusses the social phenomenon of the living Qur'an, namely the practice of khataman Al-Qur'an which shows the reception of the community or certain groups of the Qur'an. In this case, the Al-Mukhlishin Sibuhuan Islamic Boarding School is located in Barumun District, Padang Lawas Regency. This activity is open to all santri circles, but there are exceptions that must have several criteria such as riyadah before the practice of khataman, the place at the water depot also mainly has the memorization of the Al-Qu'an. The focus of the discussion of this thesis research, is related to how the practice of khataman al-Qur'an, the views of kyai, administrators, and participants interpret the practice of khataman al-Qur'an at the Al-Mukhlishin Islamic boarding school Sibuhuan. In analyzing this data, the researcher uses the theory of Karl Mannheim to analyze the existing data namely an effort to understand psychologically the behavior of people. The Sociological theory of knowledge offered by Karl Mannheim d as a basic reference in discussing the origin or background of the practice of Khataman al-Qur'an at Al-Mukhlishin Sibuhuan. The results of the research in this thesis show that the practice of completing the Qur'an at the Al-Mukhlishin Islamic Boarding School in Sibuhuan is carried out routinely every Friday night. The procession begins with a ritual, namely Fasting with a predetermined person, Asmaul Husna, tawasul, completing the Koran, and praying the completion of the Koran, closing. The meaning obtained from the khataman al-Qur'an activity is that the objective meaning is as a mandatory rule for the selected female students, the expressive meaning includes calmness, ease in thinking and understanding the lesson, its own blessing for the female students and a means of getting closer to Allah SWT. While the meaning of the documentary is to unconsciously produce a culture and describe the unity and integrity of Muslims.