Motivasi Belajar dalam Perspektif Al-Qur’an

Abstract

Islam has regulated all the activities of its people, including studying. Learning is the obligation of the people all the time. Allah began to send down the Quran as a guideline for the people's life with a verse that commands us to read (iqra'). Iqra' (reading) is one of the manifestations in learning activities. By reading, it will enrich and expand knowledge. Because of the importance of learning, Allah also promises to raise the status of those who have knowledge and faith in Him. Reading is one of the ways to acquire the knowledge needed by everyone to achieve happiness in this world until the hereafter. The meaning contained in Iqra' is instructed to always study, explore, research, convey, and know about everything both in writing and unwritten. The Qur'an hints that Muslims use the potentials of psycho-psychic organs, such as the intellect, the sense of sight (eyes), and the sense of hearing (ears) to carry out activities to learn various kinds of sciences. Learning must function as the main tool, namely the intellect, because it is a human psychological potential in the form of a complex psychological system to absorb, process, store, and reproduce items of information and knowledge (cognitive domain).