Essay on the importance of reading

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Reading can be defined as: a mental, motivational, emotional process that includes understanding, interpretation, recognition of written and printed symbols, and drawings that the reader receives through looking, understanding new meanings, linking these meanings, previous experience, criticism, conclusion, tasting, and judgment. and solving problems, in addition to eliciting, testing, remembering, organizing, innovating, and balancing, just as reading: an intellectual, mental, and visual activity accompanied by moving the lips, and producing sound in aloud reading, and in silent reading it is accompanied only by moving the lips without producing sound; As the aim is to understand the ideas and meanings contained in the symbols, and thus the concept of reading has developed in our current era. Reading no longer represents recognizing words and letters, spelling them, and pronouncing them correctly, but it is also: an integrated intellectual activity, and a complex process that includes many high-end mental operations.

the importance of reading

Reading has many benefits that cannot be limited to a specific number, and below we mention some of the benefits and importance of reading for humans:

• Developing the language skills of the reader, and developing his own taste.
• Developing skills and mental abilities in imagination, focus, and the ability to distinguish between reality and imagination.
• Expanding the circle of knowledge, information, and horizons of thinking for the reader, and providing him with real experiences.
• Achieving a high degree of accuracy, accuracy in obtaining information, and how to judge things realistically.
• Helping greatly in knowing God Almighty, how to perform acts of worship and acts of worship, and knowing the purified Sunnah of the Prophet, and the hadiths of the Prophet correctly.
• Knowing the biography of the Prophet - may God bless him and grant him peace -, his lifestyle, the morals he was characterized by, and emulating his morals.
• Achieving the virtue of seeking legal knowledge, knowing the rulings and foundations of religion, enriching oneself with knowledge, and acting with the knowledge achieved.
• Distinguishing between what is lawful and what is forbidden, what is permitted and what is hated, what is obligatory, and what is desirable, in addition to knowing the acts of worship such as zakat, fasting, Hajj, prayer, and many other rulings.
• Get to know the enemies of Islam, from deviant groups, and know the plots they make, and beware of them, and warn others of them.
• Calling to God Almighty is a true call without ignorance or error.
• Achieving the great reward, and the great reward by reading what is beneficial, such as reading the Holy Qur’an, the hadiths of the Prophet, and religious books that forbid evil and indicate goodness.
• Knowing the conditions of past civilizations and nations, and benefiting from the lessons and sermons that occurred with them.
• Human acquisition of good, benign, and high morals, and correct and upright behavior.
• Achieving human elevation in this life and the hereafter; It is an important reason for knowledge, and the more a person reads what benefits him, the more knowledge he has, which means the prosperity of his work.
• Achieving the principle of land architecture, and access to the sciences that lead to this.
• Reaching a state of elevation, appreciation, and people's respect for the reader.
• Achieving psychological comfort, solving problems, and treating misguided thoughts and mental defects.
• Proficiency in crafts and various professions.
• The child knows the areas that his parents want to teach him.
• Achieving entertainment, enjoyment, and entertainment for children, by reading stories and books that are purposeful, interesting, and easy in style; So that it takes into account the mind of the child, and his way of thinking.

Types of reading and the importance of each

There are many types of reading; According to its objective, and the method in which it is carried out, and each of these types is a method and method, and below we mention these types, and the importance of each of them:

• Skimming Reading: It is quick reading and quick browsing, by turning the pages and looking at them without paying attention to the details. To find out whether a person wants to buy it or not, or to determine the priority of the book for him, or to explore the general type of reading material in the book, its level, and its nature, and to reach the general meaning of an article or a specific text.
• Scanning Reading: It is also known as introspective, researcher, or investigative reading: it is rapid reading; With the aim of reaching an answer to a specific question, and not paying attention to anything but it; In this type of reading, the entire text is not read, but is passed by looking at the lines; In search of specific information or content, such as searching for a phone number, a specific phrase, or an address, and capturing reading is similar to browsing reading in terms of search and speed, except that the reader in the first type searches for a general idea about the book, while in the second type The search is for a specific, specific thing.
• Reading for study (in English: Study Reading): It is reading with the aim of understanding and assimilating aspects of the reading material, and achieving success in education and study. Where reading in this type is done carefully and focused, and thus it differs from the two readings: catching and browsing.
• Critical reading: It is reading in depth and concentration, and requires the use of higher thinking skills, mental and physical preparation; With the aim of evaluating the material read, and expressing an opinion on it, and this type of reading requires creating the appropriate atmosphere for it, through an initial reading; To understand the text, comprehend it, define the goals of reading, and stay away from distractions, sources of disturbance, and wandering of the mind. It also requires comprehending the material, taking it well, and dividing the long material into parts. to make it easier to understand.
• Creative reading: It is considered the highest type of reading, and the most positive and active one. It aims to understand the reader, express an opinion on it, and present a new and innovative product, based on what has been understood from the reader, and scientific research is one of the areas of application of this type of reading; Where the researcher reads the same topic from several references, and looks at it from several angles; To discover all the events, facts, and matters contained in the reading material.