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REPETITION AND THEME FOUND IN MAHER ZAIN’S SONG LYRICS IN RELATION TO ISLAMIC VALUES (A Descriptive Qualitative Research at Maher Zain’s Song Lyrics) THESIS Submitted by CUT ELSA RAMATRIANA Student of Faculty of Education and Teacher Training Department of English Language Education Reg. No: 140203056 FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING AR-RANIRY STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY BANDA ACEH 2018 M/1439 H i ii iii ABSTRACT Name : Cut Elsa Ramatriana NIM : 140203056 Faculty / Major : Faculty of Education and Teacher Training / Department of English Language Education Title :Repetition and Theme Found in Maher Zain’s Song Lyrics in Relation to Islamic Values Date of Examination : 6 June 2018 Thesis Thickness : 74 Pages Main Supervisor : Dr. phil. Saiful Akmal, S.Pd.I, M.A Co-Supervisor : Rita Hermida, M.Pd Keywords :Islamic Songs, Maher Zain, Repetition, Theme, Islamic Values. Currently, music and song become one influential part in people’s everyday life. However, people have to be more selective in choosing the songs, especially Muslims. Songs which have Islamic and moral lessons are suggested to be listened. People have to know the whole meaning of their favorite songs. Considering this problem, this research discusses about the songs of Maher Zain in his three famous albums. This research aims to find out the Repetition, Theme, and Islamic Values in Maher Zain’s song lyrics. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative with literature study. The results answered all of the research questions, the results are: 1) Most of all Maher Zain’s song lyrics are repetitive and used various kinds of repetition, the most repetition used is Epanaphora and the least used is Diacope, 2) The theme that mostly used in Maher Zain’s song lyrics is Faith, and 3) The mostly Islamic Values contained in Maher Zain’s song lyrics is Aqeedah (Faith). Thus, all of Maher Zain’s songs are inspiring and really suggested to be listened. The songs are contained Islamic Values and described a lot about belief to the existence of Allah SWT and Prophet Muhammad SAW. In addition, all of Maher Zain’s songs can be very useful to make people realize and be better as a Muslim. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all, I would like to express my highest gratitude Allah SWT for His blessing, health, opportunity and guidance to complete this undergraduate thesis entitled “Repetition and Theme Found in Maher Zain’s Song Lyrics in Relation to Islamic Values”. Prayers and greetings also presented to Prophet Muhammad SAW, who has brought human beings from the darkness to the lightness andhas been fighting for Islam and guiding people to be on the path of Allah SWT. I am using this opportunity to express my gratitude to everyone who helped and supported me throughout the process of completing this thesis. My deepest gratitude is addressed to my supervisors Dr. phil. SaifulAkmal, S.Pd.I, M.A and Rita Hermida, M.Pd who have given their times, their best advices, ideas, and supports with patience and sincerity. I also want to thank my academic supervisor Drs. Ayyub AR and all of PBI’s lecturers who have guided me and supported me throughout the years of my study. My warm gratitude goes to my lovely family. I dedicated this thesis to my beloved father (Alm) Teuku Mahmud who passed away in the first year of my study and to my beloved mother Cut Rahmatan. Their endless love and advices v alwayssupport me in finishing my study. I also want to thank my sister, my brothers, and my two little nephews for always reminding, entertaining and supporting me. Without my family’s prayers, I will not be able to complete this thesis. Moreover, I would like to express my gratitude to all lovely people around me. I want to address my special thanks to all of my close friends. They are my junior high school squad, senior high school squad, pejuangskripsi squad, dormitory squad, PPKPM squad, unit 2 squad, and teknos genius squad, which I cannot mention their names one by one. Thanks for all of your helps and cares. Finally, I wish this thesis could be useful for the readers. I sincerely appreciate and will accept all critics and suggestions. Banda Aceh, 5th June 2018 The writer vi TABLE OF CONTENTS APPROVAL LETTER ............................................................................................. i MUNAQASYAH LETTER ...................................................................................... ii DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY .................................................................... iii ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................................ v TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................... vii LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................... ix CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION A. Research Background ......................................................... 1 B. Research Questions ............................................................ 5 C. Research Objectives ........................................................... 5 D. Research Significance......................................................... 5 E. Definition of Key Terms ..................................................... 6 CHAPTER II : LITERATURE REVIEW A. Repetition ........................................................................... 9 B. Theme ................................................................................ 14 C. Islamic Values .................................................................... 15 1. Aqeedah(Faith) ............................................................. 16 2. Sharia (Worship) .......................................................... 18 3. Akhlaq (Moralities) ....................................................... 19 D. Song Lyric .......................................................................... 21 E. Maher Zain ......................................................................... 22 F. Previous Research .............................................................. 23 CHAPTER III : RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. Research Method ................................................................ 25 B. Source of the Data ............................................................... 25 C. Instrument of the Research .................................................. 26 D. Data Collection ................................................................... 27 E. Data Analysis ...................................................................... 27 CHAPTER IV : RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION A. Finding ............................................................................... 29 B. Discussion .......................................................................... 32 1. Repetition...................................................................... 32 2. Theme ........................................................................... 47 3. Islamic Values ............................................................... 55 vii CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion .......................................................................... 69 B. Suggestion .......................................................................... 70 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................... 72 AUTOBIOGRAPHY viii LIST OF TABLES Table 3.1 List of Maher Zain’s Song Lyrics and Albums...................................25 Table 4.2 Classification of Data Analysis...........................................................29 Table 4.3 Classification of Repetition Data........................................................ 36 ix CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Research Background Language is the tool in communication and used by people in the whole world. People are connected by the existence of language. Swaan (2001, p.3) argues that there are thousand groups of human species in this world which speak in different languages and do not understand any of the others. Fortunately, the entire human species remain connected. It is because the existence of people who are able to speak and understand more than one language. They can ensure the communication between different groups. From this statement, the writer can assume that learning a language is a must and important. People who can learn and understand more than one language can bring positive impact for the world community relation. In this contemporary world, English still considered as a global language which means it is used internationally. It is mostly spoken by people in all countries of this world. According to Crystal (2003, p.6), there are more than 15% of the world’s population already fluent and competent in speaking English. It grows steadily and no other language can match this growth. Moreover, English is also called as “key of communication”. Almost all of the information that provide on internet used English. Not only in internet, but English also used in most of the other media such as textbook, journal, newspaper, or magazine. This is the reason why people in this world really need to learn or to be mastered in English. 1 Perhaps in the pass, learning English is something hard to do. It is because lack of motivation and source. But in this globalization era, people can learn English independently. People may find a lot of sources