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AN ANALYSIS OF MORAL VALUES IN MAHER ZAIN’S SELECTED SONG LYRICS
A THESIS BY:
MAYA SOPA
REG.NO. 110705002
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
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AN ANALYSIS OF MORAL VALUES IN MAHER ZAIN’S SELECTED SONG LYRICS
A THESIS BY
MAYA SOPA
REG.NO. 110705002
SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR
Dr.Siti Norma Nasution,M.Hum Drs.Siamir Marulafau,M.Hum NIP : 19570720 198303 2 001 NIP: 19580517 198503 1 003
SUBMITED TO THE FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF SARJANA SASTRA FROM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
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Approved By Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan As a Thesis For The Sarjana Sastra Examination.
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Accepted by the Board of Examiners in Partial fulfillment of Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Medan.
The Examination is Held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on May 25th, 2015.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Alhamdulillahirabbil’alamin.
First of all, i would like to thank to the Almighty Allah SWT for the blessing and mercy, so that i can finish my study, which is titled An Analysis of Moral Values in Maher Zain’s Selected Song Lyrics. Blessing and salutation upon the most honorable Prophet Muhammad SAW, his families, all his disciples, and those who follow them in goodness till the any of judgment.
By this chance, i would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, MA the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara. Then to Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS the Head of English Department, and Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, MA. Ph.D the Secretary of English Department, for their advice and support to me as the student of English.
I also want to thank to my Supervisor, Dr. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum and my Co-Supervisor Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M. Hum, for their guidance to make better my study. And all of my lecturers in English Department , especially to Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M. Hum, for his help in sharing ideas when i got some blocks in my mind.
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Then not forget my thankful to my families in Takengon, my friends in lodging Irma yanti, Asmalinda, fitra Umami S, k’sri , & k’fitri, i will remember the times we have, also thanks for my friends Evy K, Hanna, dj, asep, Runi, Aya’, Irma C, Pyut, Rani, and Vivi Anggreni she always accompanies me to campus and give me ideas and support. And All of my friends in English Department 2011 that i can not mention one by one, thanks for everything, guys. The spacial thanks for my beloved Adham Lisa Putra, S.Pd, who has supported me, thanks for the love, attention, help and understanding, that makes me safe to complete my study.
After all a lot of thanks to my relatives and friends around me that i can’t mention one by one but also have much contributions for me in finishing my study. May allah SWT bless you all, amin ya robbal’alamin.
Medan, May 25th, 2015 The writer
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This study is entitled “An Analysis of Moral Values in Maher Zain’s Selected Song Lyrics”. The study is aimed to describes the moral values and the significance of moral values in life portrayed in Maher Zain’s selected song lyrics. The research method used in this study is Descriptive Analysis method. The source of data are tenth lyrics from Maher Zain’s album. Method of collecting data is the documentation method. The data of this study were analyzed by following steps : Reading tenth lyrics from album Maher Zain.Understanding the contents of Maher Zain’s song lyrics, and analyzing kinds of moral values and the significance of moral values in Maher Zain’s selected song lyrics. After analyzing the moral values, it can be concluded that Maher Zain’s selected song lyrics is an interesting song. It concerns with some parts of human’s life true experience that is about religious teaching, which reflected to believe, love, loyalty, sincerity, thankfulness, steadfastness, humbleness, peace loving, brotherhood, and respecting others. The significance of Moral Values in human’s life portrayed in Maher Zain’s selected song lyrics is religious teaching. A man without religion is a man who does not have purpose in life. In religion, man is guided in order to worship the God and do good in life, both for human being and a nature. Human are taught by religion to help each other, mutual tolerance in accepting human’s diversity. So, religious teaching can lead people to live happily in the world and hereafter. In addition, the depiction of moral values found in the song lyrics are usually close from the singer’s life. From the case, it can describes the society’s behavior, which is good or bad. Furthermore, moral value refers to what is good or bad. People may communicate to each other with the standard of morality. So, moralism is the good way to get a good behavior to be evaluated in life.
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Penelitian ini berjudul “An Analysis of Moral values in Maher Zain’s selected Song Lyrics”. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan nilai-nilai moral dan manfaat dari nilai moral tersebut dalam kehidupan yang digambarkan dalam lirik lagu Maher Zain. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Deskriptif Analisis. Sumber data penelitian ini adalah album Maher Zain yang berjudul “Thank You Allah” yang terdiri dari 10 lagu. Teknik yang digunakan dalam pengumpulan data ialah teknik analisis dokumenter.Teknik yang digunakan untuk menganalisis data yaitu dengan melakukan beberapa langkah, antara lain (1) membaca dan mendengarkan 10 lirik lagu Maher Zain dalam album Thank You Allah, (2) memahami isi dari lirik lagu Maher Zain, dan (3) menganalisis nilai-nilai moral serta manfaat dari nilai moral tersebut dalam kehidupan yang digambarkan dalam lirik lagu Maher Zain. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa lirik lagu Maher Zain adalah lagu yang menarik untuk diteliti. Lagu Maher Zain ini menyangkut pengalaman kehidupan manusia yang di cerminkan melalui ajaran agama, yang mengacu pada kepercayaan, cinta dan kasih sayang, kesetiaan, ketulusan, rasa syukur, ketabahan, rendah hati, cinta damai, persaudaraan, dan menghormati orang lain. Nilai moral yang bermanfaat dalam kehidupan manusia yang digambarkan dalam lirik lagu Maher Zain adalah nilai moral agama. Manusia tanpa agama merupakan manusia yang tidak memiliki tujuan. Dalam ajaran agama, manusia dituntun agar beribadah kepada Allah dan melakukan kebaikan dalam hidup, baik antar sesama manusia maupun dengan alam. Manusia diajarkan oleh agama untuk saling tolong menolong antar manusia, saling toleransi dalam menerima keberagaman manusia baik berdasarkan suku, agama, ras dan kelompok. agama juga mengajarkan manusia untuk tidak melakukan hal yang merugikan orang lain maupun lingkungan sekitarnya. Selain itu, penggambaran nilai moral yang ada dalam lirik lagu Maher zain tidak jauh dari lingkungan kehidupan pengarang, dari sanalah digambarkan bagaimana prilaku kehidupan masyarakat tentang penggambaran baik buruknya akhlak manusia dalam bertingkah laku. Nilai moral juga mengacu pada sesuatu yang baik atau buruk. Seseorang dapat berkomunikasi dengan sesamanya dengan standar dari moral/etika. Jadi, bermoral adalah cara yang baik untuk berprilaku baik dalam hidup.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ...v
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... vii
ABSTRACT ... ix
ABSTRAK ...x
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... xi
CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION ...1
1.1 Background of the Study ...1
1.2 Problem of the Study ...5
1.3 Objective of the Study ...5
1.4 Scope of the Study ...5
1.5 Significance of the Study ...6
CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF LITERATURE ...7
2.1 Literature ...7
2.2 Values in Literature ...8
2.2.1 Cultural Values ...9
2.2.2 Religious Values ...9
2.2.3 Moral Values ...10
2.3.4 Social Values ...10
2.3Definition of Moral Values ...11
2.3.1 Moral ...11
2.3.2 Moral Values ...12
2.4 Song Lyric ...13
2.5 Hermeneutic Theory and Sociology of Literature ...16
2.5.1 Hermeneutic Theory ...16
2.5.2 Sociology of Literature ...18
2.6 Thank You Allah Album ...19
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CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ...24
3.1 Method of the Study ...24
3.2 Object of the Study ...25
3.3 Sources of Data ...25
3.4 Method of Collecting Data ...26
3.5 Technique of Analysing Data ...27
CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS AND FINDING ...28
4.1 Analysis ...28
4.1.1 An Analysis of Moral Values ...28
4.1.2 The Significance of Moral Values Portrayed in the Lyrics .. ...44
4.2 Finding ...49
CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ...50
5.1 Conclusion ...50
5.2 Suggestion ...51
REFERENCES ...52 APPENDICES
1. Maher Zain’s Biography
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This study is entitled “An Analysis of Moral Values in Maher Zain’s Selected Song Lyrics”. The study is aimed to describes the moral values and the significance of moral values in life portrayed in Maher Zain’s selected song lyrics. The research method used in this study is Descriptive Analysis method. The source of data are tenth lyrics from Maher Zain’s album. Method of collecting data is the documentation method. The data of this study were analyzed by following steps : Reading tenth lyrics from album Maher Zain.Understanding the contents of Maher Zain’s song lyrics, and analyzing kinds of moral values and the significance of moral values in Maher Zain’s selected song lyrics. After analyzing the moral values, it can be concluded that Maher Zain’s selected song lyrics is an interesting song. It concerns with some parts of human’s life true experience that is about religious teaching, which reflected to believe, love, loyalty, sincerity, thankfulness, steadfastness, humbleness, peace loving, brotherhood, and respecting others. The significance of Moral Values in human’s life portrayed in Maher Zain’s selected song lyrics is religious teaching. A man without religion is a man who does not have purpose in life. In religion, man is guided in order to worship the God and do good in life, both for human being and a nature. Human are taught by religion to help each other, mutual tolerance in accepting human’s diversity. So, religious teaching can lead people to live happily in the world and hereafter. In addition, the depiction of moral values found in the song lyrics are usually close from the singer’s life. From the case, it can describes the society’s behavior, which is good or bad. Furthermore, moral value refers to what is good or bad. People may communicate to each other with the standard of morality. So, moralism is the good way to get a good behavior to be evaluated in life.
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Penelitian ini berjudul “An Analysis of Moral values in Maher Zain’s selected Song Lyrics”. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan nilai-nilai moral dan manfaat dari nilai moral tersebut dalam kehidupan yang digambarkan dalam lirik lagu Maher Zain. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Deskriptif Analisis. Sumber data penelitian ini adalah album Maher Zain yang berjudul “Thank You Allah” yang terdiri dari 10 lagu. Teknik yang digunakan dalam pengumpulan data ialah teknik analisis dokumenter.Teknik yang digunakan untuk menganalisis data yaitu dengan melakukan beberapa langkah, antara lain (1) membaca dan mendengarkan 10 lirik lagu Maher Zain dalam album Thank You Allah, (2) memahami isi dari lirik lagu Maher Zain, dan (3) menganalisis nilai-nilai moral serta manfaat dari nilai moral tersebut dalam kehidupan yang digambarkan dalam lirik lagu Maher Zain. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa lirik lagu Maher Zain adalah lagu yang menarik untuk diteliti. Lagu Maher Zain ini menyangkut pengalaman kehidupan manusia yang di cerminkan melalui ajaran agama, yang mengacu pada kepercayaan, cinta dan kasih sayang, kesetiaan, ketulusan, rasa syukur, ketabahan, rendah hati, cinta damai, persaudaraan, dan menghormati orang lain. Nilai moral yang bermanfaat dalam kehidupan manusia yang digambarkan dalam lirik lagu Maher Zain adalah nilai moral agama. Manusia tanpa agama merupakan manusia yang tidak memiliki tujuan. Dalam ajaran agama, manusia dituntun agar beribadah kepada Allah dan melakukan kebaikan dalam hidup, baik antar sesama manusia maupun dengan alam. Manusia diajarkan oleh agama untuk saling tolong menolong antar manusia, saling toleransi dalam menerima keberagaman manusia baik berdasarkan suku, agama, ras dan kelompok. agama juga mengajarkan manusia untuk tidak melakukan hal yang merugikan orang lain maupun lingkungan sekitarnya. Selain itu, penggambaran nilai moral yang ada dalam lirik lagu Maher zain tidak jauh dari lingkungan kehidupan pengarang, dari sanalah digambarkan bagaimana prilaku kehidupan masyarakat tentang penggambaran baik buruknya akhlak manusia dalam bertingkah laku. Nilai moral juga mengacu pada sesuatu yang baik atau buruk. Seseorang dapat berkomunikasi dengan sesamanya dengan standar dari moral/etika. Jadi, bermoral adalah cara yang baik untuk berprilaku baik dalam hidup.
1 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Globalization brings both positive and negative effect. It gives great development in science, technology, economy, education and art. The development of art runs fast and music or song is one of the branches of art that has big influence for the people. Music is an entertainment that tells a story by mental image that giving the illusion and it is necessary because it becomes part of human life in this modern era. As William (1824:2) said “The only reality in music is the state of mind which it induces in the listener”. Music may represent the bad or good of human feeling; it is able to express their thoughts, experiences, emotions, and faith. Besides that, music also invites the hearer to come into the new world or new life, when they are listening to the lyrics of the songs. The effects of the music are not only influencing the people’s emotion but it is also changing brain waves and make the brain more receptive in learning.
In addition, music is a part of literary work. Literary work is the art of written work. Literary work is commonly classified into two major forms; fiction and nonfiction. The kind of literary works are poem, song lyrics, novel, movie, drama, and etc. Music and literary works are very useful since they have various values such as moral, religious, educational, and sociological values. As Goode (1977:4) has stated that values are:
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The staement above exlains that the sense of values are related to man’s belief of what is good or bad in the sense of moral behavior. Therefore, to decide which one is right or wrong is the man himself. It can be found out in one of the fragment of song lyrics by Maher Zain entitled “Insya Allah”. The lyrics are;
Every time you feel like you cannot go on You feel so lost That your so alone All you is see is night And darkness all around You feel so helpless
You can`t see which way to go Don`t despair and never loose hope Cause Allah is always by your side Insya Allah (3x) you`ll find your way
The fragment lyrics “Don`t despair and never loose hope, Cause Allah is always by
your side, Insya Allah (3x) you`ll find your way” show that there is a sense of moral value
which reflects the belief. The standars of belief are patient, struggle, and believe in Allah. Because if we are in trouble, we have to ask for directions to God earnestly , as God the Almighty will give us the way out. As Allah swt in Surat Al-Baqara: 286 says “Allah tidak
membebani seseorang melainkan sesuai dengan kesanggupannya” (Allah does not burden a
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People have to improve and maintain their good moral. Morality is a common word to say, but it is very difficult to imply in human’s daily life. Since people were born, they have been taught about morality, however as the time goes by, the morality is decreasing. Morality is something that must be owned by human because without morality human will not be respected by other people. It will be easy for people to socialize with other and they will be accepted in the community. As Hurlock (1985 ) (in Niken, 2014:14). says “Moral refers to what is good or bad people’s relation to others”. Moral values can not only be obtained by discussion in formal situation or books, but also people can use songs to deliver the moral message of the songs. In this case, people will get bored when they get moral values from textbooks and the advice from their teachers or parents. Moral values can be well delivered by using music, because many people use song to express their feeling at the moment. It can give enjoyment, fun, and pleasure in studying. As Ursery (2002:1) stated “moral values are the people beliefs about what is important in life”.
As already be known, every song must have lyric. Lyric as quoted from the
speaking or singing”. The word of “lyric” derived from Greek “Lyricos” meaning “singing to the lyres”, “the rhythm of the entire globe written out like poetry”. It contains the message that is used to express human feeling and experiences. It has imaginative quality and specific characteristic of language used in, such as denotation, connotation, figurative and symbol. In this study, the writer would like to please the reader by presenting the message that can be found in the lyrics of a song suggested the moral for many people who like listening to music.
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that aim to inspire and entertain people and send a message of peace and hope to the world. He has many popular songs and now he has two albums, Thank You Allah and Forgive Me. In january 2009, Maher Zain began to work on an album at Awakening Records. His first debut album was “Thank You Allah” 2009, with 10 songs and second debut album was “Forgive Me” was released in 2012.
Maher Zain has released two albums where both are well know all over the world. The hearers also want to memorize the songs and sing the songs anytime in every place. Because every song has many words which have power to influence people. He always presents moral values or message in his songs.
From discussion above, it is very challenging or interesting to do a research about the moral values in song lyrics. Therefore, the writer takes the title of this study as “An Analysis of Moral Values in Maher Zain’s Selected Song Lyrics”
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art of understanding ; an art which is specifically required when the meaning of something (text) is not clear.
1.2 Problem of The Study
In analyzing Moral values in Maher Zain’s selected song lyrics, the problems will be centered into two questions.
The questions that are relevant to the problem are :
1. What are the moral values found in Maher Zain’s Selected Song Lyrics ? 2. What is the significance of Moral values in life portrayed in the lyrics??
1.3 Objective of the Study
The writer has some objectives in writing this study, they are as following: 1. To describe the moral values in Maher Zain’s Selected Song Lyrics. 2. To describe the significance of moral values in life portrayed in the lyrics.
1.4 Scope of the Study
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(7) “Forgive Me”, (8) “Open Your Eyes”, (9) “So Soon” And (10) “Love Will Prevail”. Because those selected songs contain several values which is the background and the reason why the writer chooses this study.
1.5 Significance of The Study
The writer hopes that the result of this study will be beneficial both theoretical and practical.
1. Theoretical
The writer expects the result of this study can be advantageous to the world of literature as complement the study of song and contribute the development of moral values as reflected in
Maher Zain’s album.
2. Practical
1. To build the appreciation for the people towards the song lyrics and the moral values contained in it
2. To widen the horizon of students about values and other aspect from lyrics
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REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Literature
literature is one of the greatest creative and universal meaning in communicating the emotional, spiritual or intellectual concerns of mankind. In this book, Understanding the Elements of Literature, Taylor (1981: 1) says that “ Literature is essentially an imaginative act, which is an act of the writer’s imagination in selective ordering and interpreting life experience.” literature is an art of living together communication language. Without language there would be no literature. Through language, it can manifest itself in the form of oral and written literature. Abrams (1981) (in Selidik, 2013:1) Says “literature is seen as a means to convey a specific purpose, such as values or teachings to the reader”. The definition above, it means that literature is an art form both oral or written that contains values and other elements that are imaginative.
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that, the lyric as the type of poetry and the lyric as made by the song writer are the same, because the song is the type of the lyric, and nowadays the words content in a song called the lyric. Delise (1971:149) added that “originally the lyric was a poem composed if being sung, or at least so constructed as to be appropriate for singing”. It expresses the personal feelings of the one who wrote it, translated into words and word patterns that would effectively communicate those feelings.
2.2 Values In Literature
The theory of value begins with a subject matter. It is hard to specify in some general way exactly what counts, but it certainly includes what people are talking about. According to Ursery, (2002:1) states that “value is belief or attitude about what is good, right desirable, worthwhile and value system the ways people organize rank, prioritize, and make decision”. The writer concludes, people beliefs about what is important in life. Some values refer to how one should act. Other values refer to what one wants to accomplish or obtain in life. Schroeder, (2012:2) gives some distribution of value in daily life, he explains pleasure is good or bad; it would be good or bad if people did that. He gives another examples of value those are too much cholesterol is good or bad for health; it is better or worse for it to end now, than for us to get caught later. “Value are guidance to act or behave which coming from ourselves, principles about to live a life and to make a decision” Buzan, (2003:28). Values are moral and nature of behavior which desides for ourselves, involved the concept of universal truth, honesty, fair, justice and honor.
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simply a matter of how humans respond to things is controversial. It is clear that, the values influence what people will determine as ethical
Related to the contents of literary work, Amir (in Rahayu, 2005:7-8) said that “a good literary work should have the integrity and alignment, such as an aesthetic (cultural Values), ethical (moral values), philosophical (educational values) , and the sense of religious (religious values)”.
2.2.1 Cultural Values
The values associated with the customs / traditions prevailing in the society. As the complexity of values, culture includes various types of values. for example: truth, goodness, and beauty. Culture is also inner perfection. It can be interpreted that, the cultural values guide a person to reach the perfect life. Perfect in question is the perfection of human life as God's creatures, both religious dimensions, social and human person.
2.2.2 Religious Values
Lathief, (2008) (in Santoso 2011:6) argues that all literature is religious. The word religious taken from Latin “Relego”, intended to “scale back” or are “concerned about (something)”. A religious can be interpreted as a human, which means, that conscience serious, devout, conscientious, and full of spiritual discernment. Religiosity is seeing aspects 'in my heart', moving in the deep hart, ripple vibration personal conscience, personal attitude a little much a mystery to others.
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Moral refers to what is good or bad people’s relation to others. In other words, understanding the morality is good or bad and right or wrong. Social relationship can be judged by standards such as efficiency or produce (Sternberg,1994:938).
2.2.4 SocialValues
Social value is the value of the underlying, guiding and the goal of human action and social life in the hold, retain and develop human’s life Amir (1992) (in wardani, 2011:4). Social values are norms that govern human relationships in groups of life. Social norms are rules of human relationships, which according Goeman (1992) (in Wardani, 2011:4) is a principle which underlies the human to adapt to the geographical environment, human beings, and cultural environment. It is understood that the social value is the general guidelines in the community.
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2.3.1 Moral
Moral comes from Latin word “Mores”, it has meaning of custom and folkways. Moral behavior means behavior in conformity with the moral code of the social group. Moral development has both an intellectual and an impulsive aspect, people must learn what is right and wrong and given explanation of why this is right and wrong Hurlock (1985:386). Sternberg (1994:938) says that, Social relationship can be judged by standards such as efficiency or produce.
According to Barcalow (1994: 3), moral issues involve a way of behaving and having character, they are unavoidably coming in all shapes and sizes. Fundamentally, moral issues arise when the choice that people take will affect the good attitude of other by increasing or decreasing. For example, when other people are watching news in program television about criminal, it is can be a source to be more careful and getting on the ball with criminal. The negative or decreasing attitude is when the other people make it to be the source of their criminal.
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Moral values has been learned and taught since childhood. It is the first step to be a good person. Behavior is the way of behaving. Good behaviors is shown by how someone presented the politeness, for example speaks politely, dressed politely, and walks politely and etc. Ursery (2002:2) says, moral values are the people beliefs about what is important in life. Some values refer to how one should act such as become honest, altruistic, self-discipline while other moral value to what one wants to accomplish or obtain in life. Moral values are quite or not specific about what should be done. It is general beliefs or attitudes about something the people desire or like.
Moral value is value that can’t be separated with other values. Bertens (1997:142-147) says, every values will get quality if it has relation with other values, Moral values are characterized:
a. Responsibility
Moral values related to the human person who is responsible. A moral value only is realized in actions that are fully the responsibility of the person concerned. Humans themselves become a source of moral values.
b. Conscience
Value always contains some sort of invitation or appeal. Moral value is that only raising the value of the voice of conscience that accused persons when underestimate or against moral values and praised us when realizing moral values.
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Moral values that is required for granted unconditionally. These values apply to humans as humans. Expected and even demanded that everyone uphold moral values and practice. Moral obligation does not come from the outside or institutions but is rooted in people's own humanity.
d. Religion
Religion also gives manycontribution in moral values development. Someone who has religion, they should control their act and attitude because in the Holy Qur’an, there are prohibitation, commands, and punishment. Many people appeals to God’s Law the ultimate test of right and wrong. It can be understood that religion is a foundation of moral values.
e. Formality
Moral value is not stand-alone without other value. Moral values did not separate with other values. Moral values are nothing without other values. It is form of formality. Max Scheler mentioned in Bertens that moral values “get a lift” to other values.
2.4 Song Lyric
According to Little (1970:174) lyric derived from Greek “Lyricos” meaning “singing to the lyres”, “the rhythm of the entire globe written out like poetry”. The song lyric is specifically intended for singing. This intention affects diction, content and stanza form. The song lyric is particularly unified and simple. A tune has its own emotional character, and it is words will need to be of words and music. Human is the creature that knows how to react not only in the physical environment but also in the symbols that they made”.
14 1. Figure of Speech
Figurative language or figure of speech is a poet’s expression of his imagination. According to Perrine (1963: 54) figurative language is broadly defined as any way of saying something other than ordinary way. Figure of speech is a deviation from the usual form of expression or common way of thinking in an effort to obtain a more intense effect of disclosure. Figurative language consists 12 kinds, they are: simile, metaphor, personification, apostrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, symbol, allegory, paradox, hyperbola, understatement, irony Risdianto,( 2011:33-36).
2. Imagery
Imagery is one of the literary elements that also important in the poetry. The clear explanation of imagery is in below: Imagery is a peculiarly effective way of evoking vivid experience, and since it may be used by the poet in such a way as to convey emotion and suggest ideas as well as to cause a mental reproduction of sensations, it is an invaluable resource of the poet (Perrine, 1963:48)
3. Rhythm
Rhythm refers to any wavelike recurrence of motion or sound. In speech it is the natural rise and fall of language. All language is to some degree rhythmical, for all language involves some kind of alternation between stressed and unstressed syllables (Perrine, 1963:162). 4. Rhyme
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repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, most often at the end of lines in poems or songs.
5. Tone
Tone may be defined as the writer or speaker attitude toward his subject, his audience, or himself. It is the emotional coloring or the emotional meaning, of the work, and is an extremely important part of the full meaning. A correct interpretation of his tone will be an important part of understanding his full meaning. In poetry tone is likewise important (Perrine, 1963:135). Tone also can be defined an abstraction the singer make from the detail of a poem language, the use of particular of words and sentences pattern, of imagery and figurative language.
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2.5 Hermeneutic Theory & Sociology of Literature 2.5.1 Hermeneutic Theory
Schleiermacher (1969) (in Keserci 2013:1) Hermeneutics is a methodology for interpretation of all texts. Hermeneutics, the art of interpretation, was firstly used for the definition of Scripture and other texts by ancient Greek philosophers. In this sense, hermeneutics has a long history, reaching back at least as far as ancient Greece. In ancient Greek mythology, Hermes was the messenger of God who interpreted messages from the God to human and explained wishes of God to them. So, the word Hermeneus “hermeneutics” or the art of interpreting hidden meaning.
By Schleiermacher, the philosophy of modern hermeneutics has been developed. Hermeneutic was generally understood as techniques for understanding passages of a text that may be difficult to understand. Schleiermacher challenged this assumption and presented differences between the author and the reader-interpreter with respect to their personal histories, the use of language, culture, worldview, and stressed misunderstanding, rather than understanding in textual interpretation. Schleiermacher transformed hermeneutics from a technique to a general theory of understanding and interpreting texts. Schleiermacher mentions about three basic problems dealing with understanding : Difficulty in understanding, not understanding , and misunderstanding.
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the context of the language with its possibilities and limits. As distinct from grammatical interpretation, psychological interpretation aims to reconstruct the author's mental.
Primarily, Schleiermacher does not make a distinction between understanding and interpretation of texts unlike traditional hermeneutics. Because, he believes both are completely connected with each other. Each sense at the same time is an interpretation. In the same way each interpretation also is an indicative of a meaning. While these actions are done by reviewer using their concepts, he converts a foreign text into their own language. Schleiermacher removes understanding from being a special case that only applies to written texts and wants to convert to an indispensable element for situations such as mutual dialogue speech which as the principal tool of communication among people. However, in doing so in any kind of dialogue occurring among people does not want to act from the point at where understanding of actions occur.
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Any definitional problems that beset the sociology of Literature are resolved by assuming literature to be one social institution among many. As Levin ( in Escarpit, 1971:31) suggests, “Literature is not only the effect of social causes but also the causes of social effect”. Literature is a reflection of society. Through literature, the author reveals the problems of life that the author himself participated in it. Literary works influenced by the society and at the same time able to make an impact on society. Balzac (in Escarpit, 1971:36) stays “the Novelist analyses the ‘data’ of social life, interprets them, and tries to determine their essential features in order to transmit them in writing”. Original works have a revelatory function as regards the hidden, inadmissible aspects of what we call social, economic or psychological life; they are both the search for, and their expression of their sense, or, rather of their essence. Wellek and Warren (1982:94) discuss literature and public relations as follows: “Literature is a social institution, using as its medium of language, a social creation”. They are conventions and norm roomates could have arisen only in society”. In this sense, life includes relationships between people with the individual, interpersonal, and happens in the inner person. However, the events that occur in the mind of the often the subject of literature, is a reflection of one's relationship with others or with the community and foster a certain social attitudes or even to trigger certain social events.
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concerned with the documentary aspects of literature, with the cornerstone of the view that literature is a picture or portrait of a social phenomenon.
In essence, it is a concrete social phenomenon, happening all around us every day, can be observed, photographed and documented. By the author, the phenomenon was re-elected as the new discourse with the creative process (observation, analysis, interpretation, reflection, imagination, evaluation, and so on) in the form of literature.
2.6.1 Thank You Allah Album
There are tenth songs in Thank You Allah’s album, such as :
1. Thank You Allah (Alhamdulillah)
The first music video from the album was titled ‘Thank You Allah’. It was released in 2009 by Mike Harris. Maher Zain is the songwriter and the singer in this song.
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Maher Zain is the songwriter in Insha Allah’ssong, the song shows that how the singer alwasys believes God. He was really optoimis and believe that if we are in trouble, we have to ask for directions to God earnestly, God the Almighty give us the way out. So, in the song he gives the spirit, motivation, and fills in his soul to all people. He always works hard and prays to God to get the best way in his life.
3. The chosen one
Maher Zain and Bara Kherigi are the songwriter in this song. The song tells how the singer longs and loves to Prophet Muhammad SAW. In the lyrics, the singer tries to express many things to describes his love but never has he found to a nicety of words. He wants to meet and always close to Prophet Muhammad SAW . The singer also suggests the people to always send blessing to Muhammad SAW.
4. Freedom
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Maher Zain and Bara Kherigi are the songwriter in this song. The song tells how the singer is really loves his wife until the end of his time. The singer believes that he will stay on paradise with his wife. He prays every time to see it.
6. Number one for me
The sixth music video from the album was 'Number One For Me'. The video was directed by Mike Harris. The actor is Massimo Loreti as a child. Maher Zain, Bilal Hajji and Nano Omar are the songwriters in this song, the song tells how the singer loves his mother. The lyrics tell about his personal experiences, when he wa a child. His disobedient makes his mother always cries. The singer regretted because he makes his mother cry with his naughtiness. He wants to make his mother always smile. Finally, the singer becomes adult, and he learns anything from his mother during child until adult. 7. Forgive me
This lyrics are written by Maher Zain and Bara Kherigi. This song shows the singer wants to repent of his sin before he die.
8. Open your eyes
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The nineth music video entitled 'So Soon', it was directed by Mike Harris. Bara Kherigi, Maher Zain and Mohamed El-Kazaz are songwriters in this song. This song tells about the death of someone special for singer. The singer needs long time to accept this truth.
10. Love will prevail
Love will prevail lyrics are created by Bara Kherigi and Maher Zain. This is the special song from Maher Zain that given to support the Syrian who are oppressed by rulers. The song is very meaningful. The song tells how the singer trust to God. God creates people for free, there is no one can take that away from them, except God. So, the singer believes that love will prevail , by God’s it will.
2.7 Relevant studies
This following books are the main sources in finding data and information in analyzing this study. They are :
Hemeneutics And Criticism And Other Writings 1768-1834 by Schleiermacher, F.D.E.
Schleiermacher transformed hermeneutics from a technique to a general theory of understanding and interpreting texts. Schleiermacher mentions about three basic problems dealing with understanding : Difficulty in understanding, not understanding , and misunderstanding. The goal of interpreting a text for Schleiermacher is to recover the author's originally intended meaning.
Sociology of literature (1971) by Escarpit Robert. This book covers the element of
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A Handbook of Study of Literature (1977) by Sinha. This book contains the detail of
different literary types and some important topics on the history of English literature added by the writer to increase the usefulness of the book. It is written for those who are interested in literature and the study of literary works.
Philosophy of culture (1984) by Bakker. This book contains the subjective cultural values
that guide a person reaches a perfect life. Perfect in question is the perfection of human life as God's creatures, both religious dimensions, and social.
There are also some scholar who ever did the research about the values that related to the study such as :
An Analysis Of Love Values In Charlotte Bronte’s Novel : Jane Eyre (a thesis), by
Sekar, Kurniasih (2009) : has given me much help about values. She has made study of love value through Charlotte Bronte’s Novel. This study explains kinds of love values. But, I admit frankly that the thesis has been one of my references to make further analysis in my study.
The Moral Values In Some Of Robert Frost’s Poems (a thesis), by Elfira, Rizka (2010) :
24 CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
According to Silverman, (1993 :2) A methodology is “a general approach to studying a research topic”. It establishes how one will go about studying any phenomenon. He also states Research methodology is a set of knowledge about procedure of collecting data systematically and logically which related with some problems to be processed, analyzed, made conclusion, and found the solving problem.
In this research, method of study is expanded into five parts, namely (1) method of the study, (2) object of the study, (3) sources of data, (4) method of collecting data, (5) technique of data analysis. The explanation of each point will be discussed further into wide explanation.
3. 1 Method of the Study
Descriptive analysis method is applied in this study. According to Ratna (2004 in Lisa, 2014: 12): “Metode deskriptif analisis dilakukan dengan cara mendeskripsikan fakta-fakta yang kemudian disusul dengan analisis.” (Descriptive analysis method is done by describing
the facts then followed by analysis). From the method can be describe and explain the kinds of
25 3. 2 Object of the Study
The writer uses Maher Zain’s selected song lyrics as the object of study. Especially in the song lyrics of Thank You Allah’s album by Maher Zain was published in 2009, entitled “(1) “Thank You Allah (Alhamdulillah)”, (2) “Insya Allah”, (3) “The Choosen One”, (4) “Freedom”, (5) “For The Rest Of My Life”, (6) “Number One For Me” , (7) “Forgive Me”, (8) “Open Your Eyes”, (9) “So Soon” And (10) “Love Will Prevail”.
3.3 Sources of Data
In this study, the writer acquired the materials from books, journal, and the internet. Whereas, this research was literary study, they were considered as the material of the research. The writer used documentation method that was taken from primary and secondary data. They are:
1. Primary data source
Primary data is data selection or obtained directly from the sources without any intermediaries. Primary data is written on the data collection and analyzed functionally related to the role or function in the structure of poetry Siswantoro (2010 :78). The primary data is essential sources derived from Thank You Allah’s album, entitled:
1. Thank You Allah (Alhamdulillah) 2. Insya Allah
3. The Chn One 4. Freedom
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8. Open Your Eyes 9. So Soon
10. Love Will Prevail 2. Secondary source
Secondary data is the data that obtained indirectly or through an intermediary. Secondary data is recorded on the data collection and functioned to reinforce the validity of the primary data Siswantoro (2010: 79). It is the data source which used to support and complete the primary data. It is taken from books, journal, and relevant materials to support this study.
3.4 Method of Collecting Data
The method of collecting data is the way which used by the writer to collect the data. In collecting data, the writer utilized the documentation method. According to Arikunto (1990 :321), document study is “acquiring a data about case, book, transcript film, magazine, or newspaper”.
27 3.5 Technique of Analysing Data
The data of this study were analyzed by following steps :
1. Reading 10 lyrics from Maher Zain’s album namely “(1) “Thank You Allah (Alhamdulillah)” , (2) “Insya Allah”, (3) “The Choosen One”. (4) “Freedom”, (5) “For The Rest Of My Life”, (6) “Number One For Me” , (7) “Forgive Me”, (8) “Open Your Eyes”, (9) “So Soon” And (10) “Love Will Prevail”.
2. Understanding the contents of Maher Zain’s song lyrics.
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ANALYSIS AND FINDING 4.1 Analysis
4. 1.1 An Analysis of Moral Values
As the writer explains in previous chapter, moral values are the standards that can help us to determine the kind of action that are proper and worthwhile, whether it is right or wrong. In the Thank You Allah’ssong lyric, the writer finds the moral values delivered by the singer. The analysis based on the 10 lyrics of Maher Zain’s album, they are:
1. Thank You Allah (Alhamdulillah)
The first analysis is Thank You Allah , it is about the journey of his life, that’s when his youthful dream has become a reality, and his high career included him in to world-class musicians. But he felt his soul is empty. Because he was surrounded by glamorous and hedonistic life which close to disobedience. Finally he handed all of his affairs to God. He always pray, and really repent to Allah. Alhamdulillah , he was given a way out by Allah who All-Merciful. So, this song invites people to encourages to the right ways, especially for the singer that he really thanks to God because change his life become truth. As in the analysis of song lyrics below:
I was so far from you
Yet to me you were always so close I wandered lost in the dark I closed my eyes toward the signs
You put in my way I walked everyday
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In the song lyrics above, the singer wants to describe that Allah always loves him and closes with him, even though he is far from God. It is found in the first and second line of the stanza above. the last line of the stanza above, it shows that there is no one can handle all trouble in his heart, except God. God will give points for every problem people face. Therefore, we must always remember God in our lives.
I never thought about
All the things you have given to me I never thanked you once
I was too proud to see the truth
The singer describes that he is not aware before. He also never think about what God has given to him. He will give the massage for human being that we don’t have to be proud to God, but we have to thank of God by doing all of His commands.
I was too proud to see the truth And prostrate to you Until I took the first step
And that's when you opened the doors for me Now Allah, I realized what I was missing
By being far from you
A part of song lyrics above tells to the hearer about the experience of the singer when he is so far from God, and never gives thank to God. But in one day, he realizes that he is missing God, so, he follows the religious teachings and prays to God and believes that God will always accept his repentance.
Allah, I wanna thank you
I wanna thank you for all the things that you've done You've done for me through all my years I've been lost
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In the lyrics of Thank You Allah above, the writer describes that he really wants to thank to God for what God has done to him. Although he loses the way, but God still forgives him. thats why, people We must thank to Allah sincerely, by follow all of his commands.
Allah, you brought me home I thank you with every breath I take
The song lyrics tell that his life is far from God. The singer tries to deal with what he gets and learns about his experiences. He tries to stop his bad behaviors and become strong. He has to face everything, even though it is very difficult for him but he believes that, God will give the way out to him, and God will give His guidance to mankinds steadfastness and effort.
Alhamdulillah All praises just to Allah
Loyalty is also showed in the part of Thank You Allah song lyrics. The singer always feels grateful to Allah and he shows his loyalty by praising him. It can be found in the third line the singer said Alhamdulillah, the word comes from Arabic which means “thanks to Allah” and “praises to Allah”. God gives him strength to make him stronger in difficult time. To improve him self, Allah brings him to the right way. Allah is the only one who inspires his life.
2. Insha Allah
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people. He always works hard and prays to God to get the best way in his life, as in analysis below:
Every time you commit one more mistake You feel you can`t repent
And that it’s way too late
You`re so confused, wrong decisions you have made Haunt your mind and your heart is full of shame
Don`t despair and never lose hope Cause Allah is always by your side
In the stanza above, the singer conveys his love and affection to God. God always loves human when human still remember Him, even though human leaves His commands. Allah does not love those people who are in despair and lose hopeless, because everything that happens in life will have way out. As Allah says in QS. Fushilat : 49. “Sesungguhnya sesudah kesulitan itu ada kemudahan”.
Insha Allah, Insha Allah Insha Allah you`ll find your way
The word of “Insha Allah” above comes from Arabic which means “by God’s will”. So, the singer teaches the hearer that in Islam, human can only work hard and pray. However, by God’s will everything will happen and any problems that human face will have the way out.
Turn to Allah He`s never far away Put your trust in Him Raise your hands and pray
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Guide my steps don`t let me go astray Yo’re the only one that showed me the way
The singer teaches the hearer to always be a humble person in every situation. People must always pray to God and not far away and astray from God. So, by God’s will, Allah will lead us into the right way.
3. The Chosen One
The song tells how the singer loves to Prophet Muhammad SAW. In the lyric, the singer tries to express many things to describes his love to Prophet Muhammad SAW. He wants to meet and always close to Prophet Muhammad SAW. The singer also suggests people to always send blessing to Muhammad SAW. As in analysis below :
In a time of darkness and greed It is your light that we need You came to teach us how to live
Muhammad ya Rasool Allah
The singer wants to share about how big the struggle of Prophet Muhammad SAW when people get lost. The Prophet comes as the messanger of God to teach people and lead them to the right way.
You were so caring and kind Your soul was full of light You are the best of mankind Muhammad Khaira Khalqillah Sallu ‘ala Rasulillah, Habib Al Mustafa
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The song lyrics tell about being respect to Muhammad SAW as a Prophet. The singer gives his praises to prophet. The words Muhammad Khaira Khalqillahb, Sallu
‘ala Rasulillah, Habib Al Mustafa are Arabic language, it shows that Muslim people
really appreciate and love prophet Muhammad SAW. They express it by singing (shalawat) to the Prophet. The meaning of the song is “shalawat to the Messenger of Allah, God’s love”. So, thesong disclose how the singer loves the Prophet Muhammad SAW.
From luxury you turned away And all night you would pray Truthful in every word you say
Muhammad Ya Rasul Allah
In the part of stanza above, the singer explains that the prophet Muhammad SAW never arrogant to anyone, he is very humble. The quotation is in the first line of the stanza above. He always prays to God with his sincerity and ask for Allah’s forgiveness.
Your face was brighter than the sun Your beauty equaled by none
You are Allah’s Chosen One
From the lyrics above, the singer also describes how he adores the prophet Muhammad SAW, because there is no other like him and he is the best creature of God. In the song, the singer expresses that there is nothing in this world, even the most beautiful one, can describe how amazing Prophet Muhammad SAW. The Prophet Muhammad SAW is the most beautiful above all.
I will try to follow your way And do my best to live my life
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I pray to be close to you On that day and see you smile
When you see me
The singer wants to be a person who follows the path of Muhammad SAW. The loyalty is shown in the first and third line. In his pray, he hopes that Allah will bless him to be closer to Muhammad SAW.
4. Freedom
The song invites people to encourage them to fight against all oppression. As in analysis below :
Gathered here with my family
My neighbors and my friends standing firm together against oppression holding hands
It doesn’t matter where you’re from
The lyrics tell the hearer to be united. People who are around Maher Zain strive for freedom. The singer frowns upon the oppression in his country. The key of freedom is unity to fight the oppression
Oh God thank you
For giving us the strength to hold on and now we’re here together
Freedom song lyrics above tell the hearer to become Ukhuwah; the tie of brotherhood. It
35 5. For The Rest Of My Life
The song tells how the singer is really loves his wife until the end of his time. The singer believes that he will stay on paradise with his wife. He prays every time to see it. As in analysis below:
I praise Allah for sending me you my love You found me home and sail with me
And I`m here with you
For The Rest Of My Life song lyrics above told to hearer an amaze stories of the
singer and his wife. He says thanks to God for giving him a lovely wife for his life.
For the rest of my life I`ll be with you
I`ll stay by your side honest and true Until the end of my time I`ll be loving you, loving you
For the rest of my life Through days and nights I'll thank Allah for opening my eyes
Now and forever I I`ll be there for you
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I know it deep in my heart & now that you`re here In front of me I strongly feel love
And I have no doubt
And I sing it loud that I will love you eternally
From the second song, the singer wants to convince his wife that he really loves his wife. In the third lines, he shows that love will be strongest when his wife is there with him. In the last line, he believes that the true love given by God for them.
I know it deep in my heart I feel so blessed when I think of U
And I ask Allah to bless all we do You`re my wife & my friend & my strength
And I pray we`re together in Jannah
For The Rest Of My Life song lyric tell about believe. The singer and his wife
believe that they will be together in Jannah (paradise). Paradise is place where people will live enduringly. His wife always loves him every time, she can be friend and strength for him. He and his wife always pray to put them together in paradise.
6. Number One for Me
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If I could turn back time rewind If I could make it undone I swear that I would I would
make it up to you
Through this lyrics, singer wants to tell the hearer that we should use every chance very well. As in part of lyrics above, the singer feels guilty for his mother, he realizes about his mistakes in his chilhood. He also tells that he wants to turn back the time so that he can pay back his fault and make his mother happy.
Even though I was so bad I’ve learnt so much from you
The song lyrics tell about the singer’s chilhood. At that time, he is so naughty. The singer always makes his mother cry and feels pain. Nevertheless, His mother always cares and loves him until he grows up. It is not easy to grow him up .
I’ve learnt so much from you Now I’m trying to do it too Love my kids the way you do
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You know you are the number one for me
The word “You” in the Number One For Me song lyric above refers to the “Mother”. It is about the singer’s loyalty to his mother. His mother is the first person who teaches everything to him in his life. She is a person who always forgives her children’s mistake. the line above shows that the singer really loves his mother.
I will use every chance I get
To make you smile Whenever I’m around you
The singer describes that he will spend every moment with his mother. He wants to make his mother smile everytime, and make his mother happy beside him. Thankfulness feeling is shown when the singer wants to stay beside his mother and make her happy living with him.
Now I will to try to love you Like you love me Only God knows how much you mean to me
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This song shows the singer wants to repent his sin before he is die. As in analysis below :
I know O Allah You’re the Most-Forgiving And that You’ve promised to
Always be there when I call upon You
Forgive Me song lyrics above show that, God has a modest characteristic. God always
Forgives the one who wants return to His way. He is always around the people who needs Him.
8. Open your eyes
This song tells how he proud to Allah, aware of the greatness of Allah, and tries to invite people becomes a loyal servant and always remember God. God not only irradiate his heart but also to be end his goal. The writers describe how God show His love to him, straight off the power and hope will be the end in peace. As in analysis below :
Lets start question in ourselves Isn’t this proof enough for us?
Or are we so blind To push it all inside
No..
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Open our eyes, our hearts, and minds If we just look quiet we’ll see the signs
We can’t keep hiding from the truth Let it take us by surprise
Take us in the best way
In a part of song lyric above refers to Allah SAW. The singer wants to describe that all of phenomenas and events that happens in this universe are the power of God. It clearly shows that we believe to the power of God.
(Allah)
Guide us every single day (Allah)
Keep us close to You Until the end of time
Through this lyrics, singer wants to convey to hearer that everyone has to surrender to God , by always prays, works hard, and beliefe in God. So tha, so we will closer to Him till the end in the world and hereafter.
When a baby’s born So helpless and weak
And you’re watching him growing.. So why deny
What’s in front of your eyes The biggest miracle of life..
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You created everything We belong to You Ya Robb we raise our hands
Forever we thank You.. Alhamdulillah..
In a part of song lyrics above the singer wants to convey the hearer that, there is no power that can beat power of God. The whole universe is a God’s creation, as shown in the second line of the stanza above, so, it means that we should be grateful to God.
9. So soon
This song tells about the death of someone special for singer. The singer needs long time to accept this truth. As in analysis below :
Every time i close my eyes i see you in front of me I still can hear your voice calling out my name
And I remember all the stories you told me I miss the time you were around
but I’m so grateful for every moment I spent with you cause i know life won’t last forever
The word of “You” in So Soon song lyric above refers to the singer’s parent. He always remembers and misses the nice conversation with his parents. When his father or mother pass away, he feels lonely. For the singer, their togetherness is the most beautiful moment.
You went so soon, so soon You left so soon, so soon
I have to move on ’cause I know it’s been too long I’ve got to stop the tears, keep my faith and be strong
I’ll try to take it all, even though it’s so hard I see you in my dreams but when i wake up you are gone
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The song lyrics above tell about his steadfastness when his father or mother leaves him alone. He tries to stop his tears and keep strong. He has to face everything, even though it is very difficult for him.
Night and day, I still feel you are close to me and I remember you in every prayer that I make every single day may you be shaded by His mercy
The lyrics describe about how deep the sadness when he looses his beloved parents. The singer feels that his parents always beside him in every single day. The loyalty is found when the singer always prays his parents in hereafter. The singer hopes his parents will always in God’s mercy.
10. Love will prevail
The song tells how the singer trust to God. God creates people for free, there is no one can take that away from them, except God. So, the singer believes that love will prevail , by God’s it will. As in analysis below :
There's no fear in my heart Got nothing left to lose I saw my loved ones die Oh, I swear that I won't give in
By God you'll never win I'll fight for what's right And nothing can stand in my way
Even if I get knocked down I will stand my ground
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A part of song lyrics above are about the support of Syrian population who are oppressed by rulers. The singer wants to show the Syirian’s struggle that they will never give up to fight for the truth in God’s way. It is because in Islam, people who protect and care each other will get the reward from God.
Love will prevail By God it will Love will prevail
I refuse to fail Love will prevail
In the lyrics above, the singer expresses that love and affection are the strength of life, as love to God, Prophet, and love each other. Love can overcome everything. It means that, when people love someone or their beloved people, they will struggle for them, there is no fear in their heart, and they won’t give in to protect them. Therefore, we have to love each other.
I saw my loved ones die Oh, I swear that I won't give in
By God you'll never win I'll fight for what's right
In a part of love will prevail lyrics above, the singer describes about their loyal to their beloved people. They fight for the right, as seen in the first and last lines above. They will fight for beloved companions who have died, and they will never give up before they win the war.
I have a dream And my dream is to see To see all my people smile See all of them free and proud
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The stanza above talks about the peace loving among each other. Peace loving is shown in the first, second and third lines. The singer wants to see people’s smile. He wants to see everybody free from the threates of others and being in peace. He believes to God that every difficult situation will be come easy.
4.1.2The Significance of Moral Values in Life Portrayed in the Lyrics
In this chapter, the writer would like to discuss about the significance of moral values in life portrayed in the song lyrics of Thank You Allah’s album by Maher Zain. The significance of moral values is portrayed by Religious which reflected to love, loyalty, sincerity, thankfulness, steadfastness, humbleness, peace loving, brotherhood and respecting others. The significance of religious teaching in human’s life portrayed in the lyrics of Thank You
Allah’s album are:
a. Provide guidance and teach the human’s life.
A man without religion is a man who does not have purpose in life. In religion, man is guided in order to worship the God and do good in life, both for human being and a nature. Human are taught by religion to help each other, mutual tolerance in accepting human’s diversity. For example, ethnic, religion, race and groups. Religion also teaches people to not do things that can hurt other people and environment.
b. Provide Answer for Human’s Problem
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answers of problems that cannot be discovered by human. Religion will lead men to discover the essence of life, it is one of the many significances of religion.
c. Introduce the Bad and Good
Basically, people want to get all the things in this world because of their passion. Anyway, it would lead human into geediness. By learning from religious teahing, people will know which things should be done and which ones should not be done.
d. Teach how to balance human’s physic and soul
Human’s health is not only seen from the physic, but also from the soul. Religion gives guidance to people to be able to obtain the serenity and maturity of the soul. So, when they worship God, they can get calmness in their soul.
Love and affection portrayed in the lyrics of Thank You Allah’s album by Maher Zain describes about love for the God, the Prophet, mother, family, human, the opposite gender, and the nation, connected to the religious teaching, as follows:
a. Love to God and Prophet Muhammad SAW
As Allah says in QS. Ali-'Imran :31 :" If you (really) love Allah, then follow Me, Allah will love you and forgive your sins. "Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. It means that, if we love God and Prophet Muhammad SAW, so, Allah and Prophet will love us too. b. Love to Mother
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If loves and affections exist in a family, of course the family will always be harmonious and have togetherness feeling. We will feel alive and happy, and it will be ease for us to accept and love each other.
d. Love to Human
If we love each other, God will mercy us. As Allah says in Qs. Al-Hujuraat:10 “orang yang beriman itu sesungguhnya bersaudara”( the believers are truly brothers). So, we will get the peace relationship between human, nations, and states.
e. Love to the Opposite Gender
As in the lyric of For The Rest of My Life above, the writer describes that a husband can obtain serenity and vitality in life from his wife. A husband also feel comfort, couragous, safe, and strong because of his wife. A wife can be a lifelong friend in this world and hereafter.
f. Love to Nation
People who love their nation will have self confidence to protect their nation. People will advocate and maintain the prosperity of their country because they love their nation.
The loyalty which contained in the lyrics above are the loyalty of Allah SWT to human, the loyalty of prophet Muhammad SAW to Allah SWT, husband to his wife, and Parents that also connected to religious teaching, such as:
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b. Prophet Muhammad SAW becomes the Messenger of Allah SWT because of his sincerity, his loyalty, his candid in doing everything and his faith to God. He also gives some benefits to people to always follow his way.
c. The loyalty of the partners a wife or husband, being closer to our partner will creat love among us.
d. The loyalty of parents to their children will create the positive attitude of their children, it means that, they will study from their parents to become loyal and love Allah SWT, Prophet, and people around them.
The significance of sincerity is people will feel safe and appreciate others, and surely they will not be deceivable by other. People who are sincere always tell the truth, and not distort the facts, this explanation are related to religious teaching.
People who are always being grateful attitude, will encourage the establishment of brotherly and friendly relationship among human. In addition, being grateful also affects hman’s health, whether it is physically, spiritually or socially.
As human being, we have to face all kinds of situation, such as trial and tragedy with patience. Because, patience has noble place in Islam. As Allah said in QS. Al-Baqarah:153 “Hai orang-orang yang beriman, jadikanlah sabar dan Shalat sebagai penolongmu, sesungguhnya Allah beserta orang-orang yang sabar”
Someone can be appreciated when he doesn’t exaggerate himself, just like Prophet Muhammad SAW.
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After classifying and analyzing the moral values in Maher Zain’s selected so
