JIPIS Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan dan Ilmu Sosial

SOCIAL SETTING AND MESSAGES IN ’S SELECTED SONGS

Imam Sudarmaji English Language Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Islam Syekh-Yusuf [email protected]

Abstract This article presents the analysis of social setting in Maher Zain’s selected songs in an effort to discover the messages in the songs. In order to find out the social setting and messages hidden in the songs, the sociolinguistic theory is used to uncover the messages of the social setting found in Maher Zain’s selected songs. Keywords: messages, social settings, sociolinguistic theory, song, Maher Zain

1. Introduction have power to influence a person and In writing song lyrics, writer tries to deliver good messages. invite people who have same view and The writer merely focuses on mind to be better, so that the people can analyzing selected songs in order to learn from the lyrics. The song writer simplify the readers in understanding the sometime uses figurative language that social settings that the writer presents. The makes the listener interested in listening to song writer limits or focuses only on the the song. For example; simile metaphor, title “Social Setting in Maher Zain’s personification, hyperbole in the world, Selected Songs”. phrase, or sentences to explain the idea of Based on the explanation above, the the song. writer formulates the questions as follows: Singer, song writer and also producer a. What are the social settings found in Maher Zain is the new star of Modern Maher Zain’s selected songs? with his meaningful song b. What are the massages hidden in Maher that has an aim to inspire, entertain people Zain’s selected songs? and send a message of peace and hope to the world. With much more , 2. Theoretical Framework Instagram and fans than any other A. Sociolinguistics Muslimartist. He released his debut According to Ronald (2006) Thank You, and internationally successful “Sociolinguistics is ‘the study of album produced by Awakening Records in language in relation to society,’ whereas 2009 got Platinum Certifications from the sociology of language is ‘the study Warner Music and Sony Music of society in relation to language.’ In . He released his follow up album other words, in sociolinguistics we study Forgive Me in April 2012 under same language and society in order to find out production company with forth times as much as we can about what kind of Platinum Certification form Warner Music thing language is, and in the sociology Malaysia. of language we reverse the direction of The lyric of Maher Zain songs are our interest. interesting to listen and easy to understand According to Cloran (2011), and he also writes based on his experiences. sociolinguistic has some functions as In every song contained many words which follow:

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1) Orientation expresses the idea that the subject in 2) Uses of language (register & genre) question is “intelligent”. 3) Uses of language (semantic variation) 4) Personification 4) Future directions Personification is figuring of 5) Literature (selected) speech that comparison giving extinct objects with human characteristic. B. Figurative Language Georgia Archibald (2001:11) said that Figurative language is study of “Personification gives human alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor, characteristic to things or ideas”. simile, hyperbole, personification, and 5) Understatement idiom. Figure of speech is a definition Understatement is saying less than from the usual form of expression or one means that may exist in what are common way of thinking in an effort to said or merely in how one say it. obtain a more intense effect of 6) Hyperbole disclosure. Figurative language consists Greta Barclay L. (1998:46) are: Hyperbole is a figure of speech. It is 1) Metaphor device which uses a ridiculous The word metaphor was defined as exaggeration to give statement impact. a novel or poetic linguistic expression We hear it and use it frequently in every where one or more words for a concept conversation and read it often in books, are used outside of its normal newspaper, and magazines. It is so conventional meaning to express a common that we are often not aware that similar concept (Lakoff, 2011:1). From we are using this technique. The good the statement, the metaphor is the way to part is that people understand even express a feeling in the words play to though we are using hyperbole. become the meaningful words. So, from 7) Synecdoche the metaphors which are arranged in the Synecdoche is a literary device in lyric, the writer can analyze what which of something represents the whole message that the singer wants to deliver. or it may use a whole to represent a part. 2) Simile 8) Idiom Simile is comparison between two Gaines (1986) said that an idiom is different things, and usually used a word an expression that conveys something like, as, or so. A simile uses the words different from its literal meaning, and like or as to tell us that two very that cannot be guessed from the different things are similar. meanings of its individual words. 3) Litotes “Between a rock and a hard place” is an Litotes is a figure of speech that idiom that means “in a difficult or bad consists of an understatement that position with no good way of getting out confirm by negating the opposite. of it.” What makes an idiom different Litotes is commonly used in the from a figure of speech is that its employment of double negatives, for nonliteral meaning is already familiar to example “not unintelligent”. Litotes are speakers of the language. meant to express to opposite to word being used, so “not unintelligent’ 26 | Imam Sudarmaji

C. Music sung. It means that song is the group of Language and music are peculiar words which is delivered with the music or characteristics of human beings. The intonation as its background. In the other capability of producing and enjoying side; Paul (2014) has stated about the song language and music appears in every that the song reflects an attempt by a single human society, regardless of the richness of author or editor to compose his literary its culture (Nettl, 2015). Importantly, piece with artistic skill and rhetorical unity. language and music complement each other It means, the songs have some literary in many different ways. For instance, words which is artistic and they have some looking at music and language in terms of objects that the author or editor want to features, we can observe that music deliver. By analyzing songs, we will be able organizes pitch and rhythm in ways that to know, who, where, why, and what the language does not, and it lacks the meanings or messages of the song is specificity of language in terms of semantic attempted and what the imageries style that meaning. On the other hand, language is the author of the song used in delivering the built from categories that are absent in messages inside its songs. music (e.g., nouns and verbs), whereas Song lyric is the verbal symbol that music seems to have a deeper power over created by human. Human is the creature our emotions than does ordinary speech. that knows how to react not only in the Importantly, language and music physical environment but also in the complement each other in many different symbols that they made (Rivers, 2003:28). ways. For instance, looking at music and From the explanation above, it can be language in terms of features, we can concluded that song lyric is symbolic observe that music organizes pitch and reaction of human. It is a response of rhythm in ways that language does not, and everything that happened and felt by their it lacks the specificity of language in terms physical environment and it is influenced of semantic meaning. On the other hand, by common sense and rationality. Symbol language is built from categories that are is used by human to understand a reality absent in music (e.g., nouns and verbs), cannot be seen directly, but it can be seen whereas music seems to have a deeper and felt by human senses. This stimulus is power over our emotions than does processed and created by mind. Then, the ordinary speech. Composers, musicians, concept or the specific interpretation will be and researchers in poetry and literature formed a specific meaning appropriate with alike have been long fascinated by the what will be pronounced. combination of language and music, even since the time of the earliest written records 3. Research Methodology of music encountered in musical settings Based on the formulation and for poetry; despite this interest, and despite objectives of the problems the writer the long history of the interaction between analyzes, investigates and uses library and music and lyrics. media research. a. Library research, the writer searches D. Songs and Lyrics some information and a reference from Field (2008) stated that song is a the English books, the writer takes short piece of music with words which are several statements from the English JIP I S V o l . 2 8 N o . 1 J a n u a r i - J u n i 2 0 1 9 | 27

book which are related and also internet as the important sources to collect the In this song the lyric is based on data in completing the paper. song writer’s experience and related b. Media research, it is used by the writer with background of the singer. in order to find out which songs and According to Mirza (2015) mention lyric that have the social setting and that social setting is the things that you message and it will be described one by feel around and adopt yourself one. according to the atmosphere or the things that influence your behavior and 4. Research Findings thinking. It would be your surrounding In this the writer wants to analyze environment whether you are at home about social setting and message selected or you are at work, so that social setting song by Maher Zain. There are nine songs needs the resources symbol attires. In that the writer wants to analyze. The song this song, the writer finds the to be analyzes here are song telling about messageabout motivation that there the composer’s life story. The writer shows must be away in our problem, in our the data that are going to be explained sadness. See like this stanza: specifically as the result of this research. But don’t despair and never lose A. Finding Kinds of Social Setting and hope Messages in Maher Zain Lyrics Cause Allah is always by your side 1) The Lyric of Insha Allah InshaAllah (2x) In 2007, the Lebanese-born InshAllah you’ll find your way Swedish musician named Maher Zain. Everyone has a bad past, but they He lived and grew in the family who can be a better person for now and likes music. Mustafa Zain, his father forever if they believe that Allah is the was the famous singer in , the only one who can give the best way or country where he was born. He spent solution. No matter what is going on in his life with music so he loves music. your life, never lose hope. Stay positive When he was child, he really wanted to in bad times, stay humble in good be a singer like his father. Until times, and always trust Allah, because someday, he met with people know him the best part about it is Allah always as RedOne, his name Nadir Khayat. with us in every single step. They have made the production for At that time, he lived in the many music singers. Therefore, they darkness life because of the people move to New York for their better round him. He went to night club with career. Night life was going to him in his friends, sang in every night, but he New York. He lived with all his friends didn’t find his pleasure. He always who singers, music producers, but he feels confusion and thinks that is not felt lost and like live alone as he wrote the good way for him. He realizes that in the first stanza: something wrong with him and he must Every time find the best way. As in this stanza: You feel like you cannot go on All you see is night You feel so lost and that you're so And darkness all around alone 28 | Imam Sudarmaji

You feel so helpless you can't see You're the only one who can show which way to go me the way He was in the US preparing for After making some new Muslim the next stage of his career. He was friends in and finding solace in working with chart-topping artists and going to the mosque, he began to recording with the Grammy-winning practice Islam seriously. But music was music producer RedOne. Success was something he had loved from a young almost within his grasp. Much money age and he didn't want to abandon it. and he can get car and all the luxurious Instead, he made a transition: he life in New York. In other side, he lived swapped secular music for something in glamorous life; party, wine, even more religious. In the process, he ended drugs were the little bit things which up finding celebrity status anyway. enticed him. Deep in his heart, that he was wrong and he confused what 2) The Lyric of should he do. Until he thought whether Thank You Allah, released in he should be left or kept staying from late 2009, became a worldwide his career. He said "I felt that the music sensation: the record took top position business was very empty," stated from on Amazon.com's world music chart, a hotel room in Cairo, over Skype and was the best-selling album of the (Omar Shahid: 2009). He also describes decade in Malaysia. In Indonesia, it in the next stanza: even knocked Justin Bieber off the Every time leading spot.Zain has been criticized You commit one more mistake by some for using musical You feel you can't repent and that instruments – a contentious issue in it's way too late Islamic jurisprudence, with many You're so confused scholars insisting the voice should take Wrong decisions you have made minimal accompaniment. Music has Haunt your mind and your heart is given luxurious for MaherZain, but he full shame felt that not enough for him. There is RedOne knew that he looks very something wrong with him and he tired. Then, he went to Sweden left his really felt so far from Allah. He wrote career and this is the first step that he in the first stanza: can leave his darkness life. He felt I was so far from you better when he came back to Sweden Yet to me you were always so close and he prayed to Allah that he doesn’t I wandered lost in the dark want to come back to New York. Like I closed my eyes toward the signs in the stanza: You put on my way Turn to Allah I walked everyday He's never far away Further and further away from you Put your trust in Him In this stanza, Maher tells a part Raise your hands and pray of his life when he lived in New York, Ya Allah America. Full of luxurious, full of Guide my steps, don't let me go friends, but he cannot find his astray pleasure. Even he felt further from JIP I S V o l . 2 8 N o . 1 J a n u a r i - J u n i 2 0 1 9 | 29

Allah. He thinks that because of music he is working into music but in his life in the dark. Until he was different types. Maher and music are conscious that Allah made him came two things that cannot be separated. back to Sweden and he found his Maher wrote the lyric of Thank Islam and did not want come back to You Allah because after singing and New York. As detail in the stanza: he met with Bara Kherigi, co-founder I walked every day awakening worldwide, Maher got his Further and further away from You dream as aMuslim singer. In the O Allah, you brought me home beginning, Maher did not want to be a I thank You with every breath I take singer because he felt that he was Finally, Maher came back to afraid if he will come back to his past, Sweden. He knew that Allah still gives glamour. His friends and Bara Kherigi him the change to be better and thank gave the explanation that Maher Allah for the breath he takes. Maher should share his experiences in music. also gives the details in the next Finally, Maher agreed and made this stanza: album. I was too proud to see the truth And prostrate to you 3) The Lyrics of Open Your Eyes Until I took the first step In this song the song writer is And that’s when you opened the talking about how to get the truth, the doors for me people only open their eyes, their Now Allah, I realized what I was hearts, and their minds. Maher wrote missing the lyric repeated and he emphasized By being far from you the words. How possible the truth can When Maher was in Sweden, be received when the eyes, the hearts, met with old friends and this was the and the mind of the people are closed? first step that Maher did. Heshalat in Many examples that people can see, Stockholm Mosque, he really felt can hear and feel about that to get the amazed because he found the new truth. By looking around our self or family there. He felt safety with all looking our inside, the people can ask Muslims in Stockholm Mosque. His their self also. friends asked Maher to join the We just have to Islamic music in Mosque. His friends Open your eyes, our hearts, and want to Maher sing in Islamic song. minds Maher describes the details in the next If we just look bright we’ll see the stanza: signs Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah We can’t keep hiding from the truth All praises to Allah, All praises to Le it takes us surprise Allah Open Your Eyes is taken from Maher did not know what Thank You Allah album. When the should he said for all the things that he people read or hear the title, they must has received from Allah. When he ask what the meaning of the title is. wants to leave his music, his friend “What for we have to open our eyes?” asked him to join Islamic music. Still something like this about their 30 | Imam Sudarmaji

question. The lyric Maher wrote based No, and gives the answer in the next on his biography when felt that all stanza: people around him are really loved Open our eyes, our hearts and him. Maher live in religious family but minds when he lived in New York, he got the If we just look right, we'll see the dark life. In this lyric the people can signs know how that the meaning in every We can't keep hiding from the truth single word. Like this stanza: This is the answer of Maher’s Look around yourself question. By opening eyes, heart, and Can’t you see this wonder? mind, they can see the truth. In this Spreaded in front of you stanza, Maher also give the pray for The clouds floating by the people “May Allah take the people The skies are clear and blue in the best way, and guide the people Planets in the orbits in every single day”. The people also The moon and the sun can close to Allah until the end of the Such a perfect harmony time. Maher feel better in his new life In this lyric, describe about when he come back to Islam. He feels clouds, skies, planets, moon and sun. like that he has found the best way in There are created by Allah and make his life. When he joined in Stockholm such perfect harmony. Maher wants to Mosque, he met with all his friends tell that it is very nice to picture it if who he loved as his family. Maher’s the people know. Maher wrote the entire friend at Stockholm Mosque lyric same like his experiences before always accompanies him and he he know right way. He also make believes that this is the best way for simple question: him. Maher also gives more Let’s start question in ourself explanation about open your eyes Isn’t this proof enough in more. ourselves Look inside yourself Or are we so blind Such perfect order To push it all side Hiding in your cells No Running in your veins Maher calls the lyric before as What about anger, love, and pain? proof for the people. He emphasizes And all the things you're feeling the question and tries to the people Can you touch them with your answer the question by themselves. hand? When he comes back from New York So are they really there? to Sweden, he felt that he met his If in the first stanza Maher takes friends who gave knowledge about the listener to look around, but in this Islam. He never got the religious stanza Maher takes the listener to look experiences when he was in New inside. The factors are from our self York.Maher also gives chosen and often the people forget about it. question between “isn’t this proof When Maher active join in Mosque enough for us or are we so blind? And with his friends there, Maher more then, Maher answer the question with often ask himself what he felt. All JIP I S V o l . 2 8 N o . 1 J a n u a r i - J u n i 2 0 1 9 | 31

questions that in his heart which is have strength this against oppression. always haunt him until he got the best The singer and each other people want answer. Maher also gives simple to shake off the yoke. question in this stanza, he explains and Calling you for freedom, freedom gives example of miracle. We know you can hear our call ooh We’re calling for freedom, fighting 4) The Lyric of Freedom for freedom This song is dedicated to all the We know you won’t let us fall oh people struggling for freedom and We know you’re here with us dignity in the world. The new music In the stanza above, the word video is inspired by the revolutions in “for freedom” or “freedom” in the first Tunisia, , Libya, and across the and third line shows the figure of Arab world. It is a political need. speech categorized as repetition. The The first music video from the function of repetition to intensify and album was titled 'Freedom'. It was to give emphasize of the part of lyrics released on March 27, 2011 by so that the listeners are able to make Malaysian director, Mohd Hafizi bin focus and understand the meaning. Mat Khalib. The music video was Freedom is a substantial and basic filmed on February 25 and 26, 2011 at thing for family and community. Malawati Stadium, Malaysia. Maher And it makes me strong to see Zain is the in this song, the everyone song writer told people to encourage Standing together holding hands in them to fight against all oppressions. unity Gathered here with my family Shouting out load demanding their My neighbors and my friends right for freedom Standing firm together against In this stanza the song writer oppression holding hands describe about togetherness and unity. It doesn’t matter where you’re By the togetherness, they can achieve from their freedom for their place. The lyrics tell to other people to be united. Maher Zain’s family, 5) The Lyrics of Number One for friends, or neighbor strive for a word Me freedom. The singer and other people The second music video from frown upon what looked like the album was 'Number One For Me'. oppression in his country. The key of It was released on March 15, 2012. freedom is we become unite to be The video was directed by Mike fighting the oppressions. Harris, who had previously directed For giving us the strength to hold 'Insha Allah' from the album Thank on You Allah. 'Number One For Me' was And now we’re here together released on iTunes earlier on March Freedom song lyrics above tell 13, 2012. the listener tight Ukhuwah the tie of The actor is Massimo Loreti as a brotherhood. In case, we are working child. Maher Zain, and together and building the unity, so we Nano Omar are the in this 32 | Imam Sudarmaji

song; the song tells how the singer’s has a child. He wants to treat his child loved to his mother. The lyrics tell like the way his mother treated him about his personal experiences, when when he was a child. His mother he was child. His disobedient made his always loves him every time and mother always cries. The singer always be there for him. regretted because he made his mother Oh, if I could turn back time rewind cried with his naughtiness. He wanted If I could make it undone to make his mother always smile. I swear that I would I was a foolish little child I would make it up to you Crazy things I used to do The singer wants to tell to the And all the pain I put you through listener that every chance we have, we Mama now I’m here for you should use it very well. In the part of The stanza presents that he song lyrics above, the singer feels always does anything without think guilty for his mother when the singer it’s bad or good, so that makes his was child and he realizes his wrong mother is in pain. When he has growth doing. He also told that he wanted to up, he wants to always around his turn back the time so that he could pay mother. In these song lyrics also back his fault and made his mother Maher tell the regret feeling. The word happy always. “pain” refers to mother feeling of the You know you are the number one singer. His naughtiness when he was a for me (x3) child makes his mother hurts. Oh, oh, number one for me For all the times I made you cry There's no one in this world that The days I told you lies can take your place Now it's time for you to rise The word “you” in the song For all the things you sacrificed lyrics refer to “mother”. The singer’s The lyric above mention that he loyalty to his mother and make her to always makes his mother cry and be number one. She is the first person lies.He always does anything without who teaches everything to the children think it’s bad or good, so that makes from the beginning. She is a person his mother is in pain. When he has who always forgives her children’s growth up, he wants to always around mistake. It is a proved that the singer his mother. In these song lyrics also really loves his mother. Maher tell the regret feeling. The word Now I will to try to love you “pain” refers to mother feeling of the Like you love me singer. His naughtiness when he was a Only God knows how much you child makes his mother hurts mean to me I’ve learnt so much from you Maher Zain shows his sincerity Now I’m trying to do it too in the part of lyrics above. The song Love my kids the way you do lyrics tell to listener how the singer A part of song lyrics above loved his mother so much. Some teach to the listener experience of the naughtiness had been done when he singer when he was a child. And now was a child until grows up now, but he grows bigger to be an adult and he his mother always cares. He wants to JIP I S V o l . 2 8 N o . 1 J a n u a r i - J u n i 2 0 1 9 | 33

love his mother like she loves him. that take care him to be an adult. The Now, the singer feels his mother is singer reminds when he was a child, someone that important for him. he was naughty boy and now he wants I will use every chance I get to learn about anything that his mother To make you smile did to him (always cares and loves Whenever I’m around you him). Song lyrics are also elated, the The singer describes he will use singer feels happy because he has a every moment when he is together daughter and always says thanks to his with his mother. Together with his mother because of his caring to him. It mother to make her smile every time sounds shaking and cheerful. and make her happy when she stayed with him. Thankfulness feeling is 6) The Lyrics of Big Family shown when the singer wants to stay The writer found only one beside his mother and makes her quotation of lyrics that categorized as happy living with him. peace loving as having been described Even though I was so bad below: I’ve learnt so much from you I wonder why you and me fight The song lyrics tell about when each other the singer was a child. At that time he Don’t you see the similarities was so naughty. The singer always between us? makes his mother cried and felt pain. Take a minute and see yourself in Nevertheless, His mother always cares the mirror and loves him until he grows up. To You look like me: those eyes, lips – make him to raise him growing adult you can’t deny is not easy for her. In the part of stanza above, it Even though I was so bad talks about there is no differences And even though I was so bad between us. Peace loving is shown in I've learned so much from you the first line, the singer alert the Now I'm trying to do it too people that are in family. Become a Love my kid the way you do family also gives interdependent, care, Number One for Me song can be and protection. seen in the sentence “Even though I I care about you was so bad”. In the litotes expression And I wish you could realize in which the uses word “so bad”, There’s no difference between us lexically means badly behaved or two naughty. The singer feels when he was In the song lyrics teach love and a child, he behaved badly. affectionate because there is a word Finally, the singer becomes care. The song writer shows his adult and has a child, and he learnt attention to each other that all the anything from his mother during child same, no difference between one until adult. The lyrics of Number One people with others. for Me song is about affectionate and Part of one family elated. The affectionate in the lyrics No matter how far you are showed the singer’s love to his mother 34 | Imam Sudarmaji

And even if we don’t know each in this song. This song tells about the other death of someone special for singer. Oh, you and me, me and you, we The singerneeds long time to accept are one this truth. The lyrics tell that all of the You went so soon, so soon people belong to one family. You left so soon, so soon Although the people do not know one I have to move on ’cause I know another and they have not met before. it’s been too long The singer also tells about even so I’ve got to stop the tears, keep my the people are in different place, faith and be strong culture, skin, genre, they are belongs Here, the word “so soon” is to one family. written in first and second lines in the Take a minute a minute see stanza above. The function of yourself in the mirror repetition to intensify and to give You look like me: those eyes, lips – emphasize of the part of lyrics so that you can’t deny the readers are able to make focus Simile also found in the One and understand the meaning. It’s the Big family song lyrics. The singer reflection of the feeling of sadness by shows in the sentence “You look like the singer when someone he loved me: those eyes, lips – you can’t passed away. deny”, the characteristic of simile is Every time I close my eyes I see uses of word “look like” to compare you in front of me you (other people) and me (the I still can hear your voice calling singer). out my name You feel I feel, you bleed I bleed, And I remember all the stories you you cry and I cry told me We sleep and dream I miss the time you were around Sometimes we’re sad, sometimes But I’m so grateful for every we’re happy moment I spent with you In this case, the singer ‘Cause I know life won’t last describes his love to other people. forever The singer explains to the hearer how The singer brings an image deep the togetherness of this song about someone that very important lyrics. It means that what the people person and closed with him. Day by feel, the singer also feels it too. They day anything they do together. The are always together in sadness or visual imagery showed when the happiness. singer saw his beloved someone in front of him. 7) The Lyrics of So Soon I still can hear your voice calling The third music video entitled out my name So Soon was released on June 3, And I remember all the stories you 2012. It was directed by Mike Harris. told me Bara Kherigi, Maher Zain and I miss the time you were around Mohamed El-Kazaz are songwriters JIP I S V o l . 2 8 N o . 1 J a n u a r i - J u n i 2 0 1 9 | 35

In this stanza the singer misses him soul and pleasure to his eyes. He his parent. He always remembers could explain what his feeling cause what the parent said and called his be a father is the best thing that he name. could never ask for. And I remember you in every I pray that I’ll get the chance prayer that I make To be around and watch you grow Every single day may you be And witness your first steps shaded by His mercy And the first time when you will But life is not the same, and it will call me “dad” never be the same In this song the singer has a role But I'm so thankful for every as a father who has one-year old memory I shared with you daughter. In every pray, he hopes that 'Cause I know this life is not Allah give blessing on the growth of forever his daughter and see her in healthy This stanza he explains of condition. When his daughter tries to respecting to his parents passed away. speak at the first time he wishes that As a child he always prays to his she will call him “dad”. mother or father. He does it every day Just thinking of you, makes me and night when he made his prayer. smile holding you, looking in your eyes 8) The Lyrics of My Little Girl I'm so grateful for having you Maher Zain is the song writer of And every day I pray My Little Girl song, in these song I pray that you'll find your way lyrics shows that how the singer is In the second song lyrics the happy and thanks to God because he singer uses word holding to show his has a daughter. His daughter gives love and protect to daughter. She has spirit, motivation, and fills his soul. some behaviors that sometimes He always prays to God so that his makes funny, unique, and annoyed, daughter gets the best way and keeps however all of her behavior is his daughter every time. He hopes to wonderful. The singer holds and see and care her daughter until she is looks his child, he is a perfect man adult. because has a child. You are a miracle Holding you, looking in your eyes You are a blessing from above I’m so grateful for having you You brought joy to my soul My Little Girl song lyrics tell to And pleasure to my eyes listeners an amaze stories about the In my heart I can feel it singer have a child. He says thanks to An unexplainable feeling God who has given him a lovely Being a father child in his life. The best thing that I could ever You light up my world ask for I pray that I’ll get the chance The singer say that having a To be around and watch you grow daughter is a miracle ad a blessing from above. She can brought joy to 36 | Imam Sudarmaji

The word “you” in the lyric This song tells about the refers to the singer’s daughter. The confession of the singer that his heart singer uses the hyperbole sentence is for Prophet Muhammad (Peace be “you light up my world”, the word Upon Him) as a messenger of Allah. “world” refers to his life. A daughter He always sends blessings to his is able to give him happy feeling. love, “Muhammad” in every pray. Just thinking of you makes me May salutations be sent upon You smile O Messenger of Allah Holding you, looking in your eyes May salutations be sent upon you I’m so grateful for having you O my Beloved And every day I pray O Prophet of Allah, O Messenger I pray that you’ll find your way of Allah The lyrics explain that singer The song lyrics tell about awlays thinking of her daughter and Respect to Muhammad (Peace be makes him smile by holding her and Upon Him) as a Prophet. The singer looking in her eyes. He also feel so gives praises to his Prophet. grateful for having her and everyday Assalamu’alayka song disclose how he pray for his daugter may always the singer love and longing to bless her and she will find her way. Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon My baby girl Him). You light up my world O Taiba (Medina), your breeze is I pray that I’ll get the chance so blessed To be around and watch you grow Indeed it brought life back to my And witness your first steps spirit And the first time when you will In the stanza a part of call me “dad” Assalamu’alayka song lyrics, the In the part of song lyrics the point of personification can be seen singer presents his daughter very in the sentences “O Taiba (Medina), important for him. The singer wants to your breeze is so blessed. The see his daughter growth with his own abstract entity of “breeze” is treated eyes. like human being who is able to do things. The word “your” in the first 9) Social Setting and Messages line refers to Taiba or Medina. Even Song of AssalamuAlayka though it is his life spirit refreshed by Maher Zain and Bara Kherigi are influence of the “breeze” of Medina. the songwriters in this song. The song I left all my troubles and worries tells how the singer longs and loves to As I entered your Mosque so Muhammad as a Prophet. He wants to gently be able meet and always close to his And as I finally stood there before prophet. The singer also suggests the you people to always send blessing to I couldn’t stop my tears from Muhammad always. falling I’ve left my heart with my Beloved In your presence O Muhammad! Sending blessings on Muhammad JIP I S V o l . 2 8 N o . 1 J a n u a r i - J u n i 2 0 1 9 | 37

In the lyrics the singer wants to inside, the people can ask their self pray and enters to Mosque to break also. away from his problem. In his d. Freedom imagination he wants to be This song is dedicated to all the people congregation and Prophet Muhammad struggling for freedom and dignity in (Peace be Upon Him) is Imam in his the world. In this video Maher’s Zain praying. He feels very happy until his inspired by the revolutions in Tunisia, tears in his face. Egypt, Libya, and across the Arab world. The lyrics tell to other people 5. Conclusion to be united. Maher Zain’s family, Here, the writer concludes the result friends, or neighbor strive for a word of the research as follows, freedom. The song writer told people a. Insha Allah to encourage them to fight against all Everyone has a bad past, but they can her people frown upon what looked be a better person for now and forever like oppression in his country. if they believe that Allah is the only e. Number One For me one who can give the best way or The song tells how the singer’s loved solution. No matter what is going on to his mother. The lyrics tell about his in your life, never lose hope. Stay personal experiences, when he was positive in bad times, stay humble in child. His disobedient made his good times, and always trust Allah, mother always cries. The singer because the best part about it is Allah regretted because he made his mother always with us in every single step. cried with his naughtiness. He wanted b. Thank You Allah to make his mother always smile. Thank You Allah is indeed made o f. One Big Family givin motivation because of his lfe In this song, the singer describes his experience. Maher believes that music love to other people. The singer can be a media for his goodness. By explains to the hearer how deep the singing a song, he can give new color togetherness of this song lyrics. It in transfering the message of his life means that what the people feel, the aspecially in his religy life. singer also feels it too. They are c. Open Your Eyes always together in sadness or The song writer is talking about how happiness. to get the truth, the people only open g. So Soon their eyes, their hearts, and their This song Maher Zain explains of minds. Maher wrote the lyric repeated singer misses his parent and explains and he emphasized the words. How of respecting to his parents’ passing possible the truth can be received away. He always remembers what the when the eyes, the hearts, and the parent said and called his name. mind of the people are closed? Many h. My Little Girl examples that people can see, can hear Maher Zain is the song writer of My and feel about that to get the truth. By Little Girl song, in these song lyrics looking around our self or looking our shows that how the singer is happy and thanks to God because he has a 38 | Imam Sudarmaji

daughter. His daughter gives spirit, i. Assalamu’alayka motivation, and fills his soul. He Maher Zain and Bara Kherigi are the always prays to God so that his songwriters in this song. The song tells daughter gets the best way and keeps how the singer longs and loves to his daughter every time. He hopes to Muhammad as a Prophet. He wants to see and care her daughter until she is be able to meet and always close to his adult. prophet. The singer also suggests the people to always send blessing to Muhammad SAW.

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