THE DESCRIPTION OF MORAL VALUE IN MAHER ZAIN’S THANK YOU ALLAH ALBUM A PAPER BY WEN DENIS SIMAHATE REG. NO. 152202051 DIPLOMA III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2018 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, WEN DENIS SIMAHATE declare that I am the sole author of this paper. This paper except where the reference is made in the text of this paper. This paper contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a paper by which I have qualified for or awarded degree. No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for award of another degree in any tertiary education. Signed : Date : November 29th, 2018 i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION Name : WEN DENIS SIMAHATE Tittle of paper : The Description of Moral Value in Maher Zain’s Thank You Allah Album Qualification : D-III / AhliMadya Study Program : English I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at the discretion of the liberatarian of the Diploma III English Department Faculty of Culture Studies USU on the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia. Signed : Date : Thursday, November 29th, 2018 ii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Penelitian ini berjudul “A Description of Moral Values in Maher Zain’s Thank You Allah album”. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendeskripsikan nilai moral dan makna nilai moral yang tergambarkan dalam kehidupan melalui album Maher Zain yang berjudul Thank You Allah. Penelitian ini menggunkana metode deskripsi analisis. Data penelitian yang digunakan adalah enam lirik lagu dari album Maher Zain tersebut. Metode dokumentasi digunakan dalam penelitian ini guna untuk mengumpulkan data penelitian. Langkah-langkah dalam meneliti sumber data sebagai berikut, yaitu : membaca 6 lirik lagu dari internet sebagai referensi untuk lebih memahami lirik lagu dan kemudian data dianalisis untuk mengetahui macam-macam nilai moral dan makna yang tergambar dalam melalui lirik lagu dari Maher Zain. Setelah menganalisis data, dapat disimpulkan bahwa album Maher Zain yang berjudul Thank You Allah tersebut sangatlah menarik untuk diteliti. Karena album tersebut memiliki beberapa contoh nilai aspek kehidupan manusia yang nyata mengenai tentang ilmu agama. Yang mana nilai agama itu merujuk pada, kepercayaan, kasih sayang, kesetiaan, rasa terima kasih, baik hati, cinta damai, dan saling menghormati terhadap sesama. Makna nilai moral dalam kehidupan manusia juga tergambarkan dalam album Thank You Allah album milik Maher Zain. Kata kunci : Nilai Moral, Makna, Lirik Lagu, Thank You Allah Album. iii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This study entitled “A Description of Moral Values in Maher Zain’s Thank You Allah album. The purpose of this study is to describes the Moral Values and the Significance of Moral Values in life that portrayed in Maher Zain’s Thank You Allah album. This study used descriptive analysis method. The source data are six songs lyrics from from Maher Zain’s. Documentation method is used in this study in order to collecting data. The data were analyzing by following steps : Reading six songs lyrics from internet as a reference to understanding the lyrics more and analyzing kinds of Moral Values and the Significance of Moral Values that portrayed in Maher Zain’s song lyrics. After analyzing some Moral Values, it can be concluded that Maher Zain’s Thank You Allah album is an interesting album, it contains with some parts of human’s life about true experience that is related to religious teaching, which is reflected to Believe, Love, Loyalty, Sincerity, Thankfulness, Kindhearted, Peace- loving, and respecting others. The significance of Moral Values in human’s life portrayed in Maher Zain’s Thank You Allah album is also reflected to religious teaching. Keywords : Moral Values, Significance, Song Lyrics, Thank You Allah Album. iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLAGEMENTS Alhamdulillah, I would like to thank and praise to Allah SWT for blessing and give me opportunity, health, and ability to accomplish this paper. Afterwards, invocation and greetings I deliver to the last prophet Muhammad SAW who has brought us into time humanities. I would like to thank the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S.head of Diploma III Engish Study Program, Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum who has shared time to guide me in the process of my study. Then i would like to express my special gratitude to my supervisor,Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Humfor his time, advice, and guidance to correct this paper during the process of writing. The most special thank is dedicated to my parents, my lovely father,Cut Ali, and my lovely mother,Suryatiwho have given me love, cares, advices, supports, motivations, financial, attentions and always pray for me in order to get my best, to my beloved sister,Cut Lusiyanaand her husband Rudi Santosowho also always give me advices and pray for me. My dear friends who always beside me,Muhammad Aref,Camela Sari Ginting, Nadya Utami Daulay, Vivi Armayani, Khalida Sabrina Batoebara, Muhammad Ali Syahbana. Also all of my great classmatein class A in English Diploma Study Program 2015 Faculty of Cultural Study, thanks for your good cooperation, time, and support. Finally, I do realize the paper is still far from being perfect. I welcome any constructive criticism and suggestion toward this pape Medan, November 2018 The writer Wen Denis Simahate REG.NO.: 152202051 v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ............................................................. i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ......................................................... ii ABSTRAK ............................................................................................. iii ABSTRACT ........................................................................................... iv ACKNOWLEGDMENTS .................................................................... v TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................... vi 1.INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 1 1.1 Background of the Study ................................................................ 1 1.2 Problem of the Study ...................................................................... 4 1.3 Purpose of the Study ...................................................................... 4 1.4 Scoope of the Study ....................................................................... 5 1.5 Method of the Study ....................................................................... 5 1.6 Reason for Choosing ...................................................................... 5 2. THE REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ........................ 6 2.1 Literature ......................................................................................... 6 2.2 Music & Lyric ................................................................................. 6 2.3 Values .............................................................................................. 9 2.4 Moral ............................................................................................... 10 2.5 Moral Values ................................................................................... 11 2.6 Religious Values ............................................................................. 12 3. ANALYSIS DATA AND FINDINGS .......................................... 14 3.1 Analysis Data .................................................................................. 14 3.2 Findings ........................................................................................... 27 3.3 The Significance of Moral Values in The Lyrics ............................ 28 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 3.3.1 The Significance of Moral Values in The Love and Affection .... 30 3.3.2 The Significance of Moral Values in The Loyalty....................... 31 3.3.3 The Significance of Moral Values in The Sincerity..................... 32 3.3.4 The Significance of Moral Values in The Peace-Loving ............. 33 4. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS .................................... 34 4.1 CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................. 34 4.2 SUGGESTIONS ............................................................................. 34 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................. 36 APPENDIX ............................................................................................ 38 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA CHAPTER I 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study As we know, today we are sorrounded by globalization that brings us both positive and negative impact. Globalization makes our social life more easier from all the way we used to be. The development of globalization is growing very significance from years to years. Such as in Science, Technology, Economy, Education, Art, etc. Because of globalization, art can be developt very fast and we can enjoy the products of art very easy. Music or song is one of the branches of art that very close with people. As an entertainment, music can give a story from the lyric by mental image to the hearer that giving the illusion so we can feel what the singers want to share from the song lyric. William (1824:2)