THE LANGUAGE OF SURAH AD-DUHA: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPLORATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND VISUAL DIMENSIONS IMPACTING READERS

Abstract

This paper intends to bring psychological comparison about Surah Ad-Duha ‘the 93rd Surah of the holy Quran’. The current work reveals characteristics of this Surah containing 11 informative verses.  It employs extensive use of parallelism, repetition and imagery to present inclusivity. Aside from the moral lesson taught in the Surah; it also provides a comforting and psychological response in the hearts of the reader.  On the theoretical framework of Dual Coding Theory, that offers the connection between linguistic and visual elements on which this study is based. Through an analysis of the cognitive interactions among these elements, the research aims to reveal the deep influence of Surah Ad-Duha on readers' emotional encounters in the framework of Islamic interpretation.  Thus, one can critically analyze how the language density and visualization positively influence the concepts of emotional experiences as well as reader’s spirituality.  The research employs a mixed-method approach employing co-relative survey method where 100 participants are engaged within a 2.5 month time frame. The assessment of the changes in mental state and the structural and semantic features of the Surah shows that this passage can be useful for reducing psychological distress and perhaps contributing to the human spirit’s rehabilitation. The study proves the efficiency of the Qur’an especially in relation to Surah Ad-Duha. There is still need for more works done in the collective format for the purpose of revelation of the Scriptures’ potential for the later stages of therapeutic process.