Yesterday when I was reading the three surahs those included in our memorization project, it just like a great pleasure for me when I found that many verses in those surahs are related to our discussion about operant conditioned learning in our last few classes. What did relate to the topic is reinforcement and punishment which in the holy Quran, Allah mentioned both of them clearly. The most obvious one is in the surah al-Waqi’ah whereas Allah told us about three different groups of people; al-Sabiqun al-Awwalun, Ashab al-Yamin and Ashab al-Syimal.
The first two groups of al-Sabiqun al-Awwalun (the foremost in performing righteous deeds) and Ashab al-Yamin (those on the right hand) are people whom Allah promised with many various rewards in the hereafter. They all will enter the Jannah (paradise) peacefully as a blessing by Allah because of what did they have done during their worldly life before. Meanwhile the third group known as Ashab al-Syimal (those companions of the left) are people who will be punished by God with a grievous chastisement which consists of different types of punishment such as eating the Zaqqum-tree, drinking boiling water, the shadows of pitch-black smoke, scorching winds and all these of course are in the Fire of Hell (Jahim).
Through this surah, Allah wanted to remind us about His great rewards towards anyone who is doing good deeds and at the same time, He warned us on His painful punishment. Therefore, if we truly understand this surah, as a Muslim should we learn to avoid any sin and do a lot of worships for the sake of Allah in order to become His beloved servant as well as Ashab al-Yamin; not the Ashab al-Syimal one. Indirectly, we can see that this will indicate the process of operant conditioned learning which stressed on the reinforcement (reward) and the punishment.
By the way, now I already understood the contents of those surahs generally so far and if Allah wills, I will finish my memorization by tomorrow after doing a lot of maintenance rehearsal everyday by using repeated recitation and echoic method as I told before in my past posts. May Allah bless us……. :^)
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