A STUDY OF MESSAGES ON MAHER ZAIN‟S SONG LYRIC Â„INSYAALLAH‟

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A STUDY OF MESSAGES ON MAHER ZAIN‟S SONG LYRIC „INSYAALLAH‟

THESIS

By:

FERRY BUDI ARIFIYANTO 09360300

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

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A STUDY OF MESSAGES ON MAHER ZAIN‟S SONG LYRIC „INSYAALLAH‟

THESIS

By:

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

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A STUDY OF MESSAGES ON MAHER ZAIN‟S SONG LYRICS „INSYA ALLAH‟

This thesis is submitted to meet one of requirements to achieve bachelor‟s degree in English Education

By

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

“

There is no God except Allah

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DEDICATION:

I dedicated this thesis to: 1. Allah Swt.

2. The Prophet Muhammad SAW 3. My families

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Alhamdulillah praise be to Allah SWT, as the main source that gives me opportunities to finish this thesis. And sholawat and greeting are always still given to The Prophet Muhammad SAW and his family.

I would express the gratitude to my advisors Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M.Si and Drs. Taufik Burhan, M.Pd who have helped me to do the thesis. I would say thanks to University of Muhammadiyah Malang and English Department which have given me chance to study, to get the knowledge and many experience. Thanks to all my lecturers at English Department, also special thanks to Dwi Poedjiastutie, M.A as my special lecturer in University of Muhammadiyah Malang.

Thanks to my mother and father who have supported me in material or non material. Thanks to all my best friends who have helped me and Nina Budi Arifiyanto who always gives support to me, so I can finish my thesis. I hope Allah SWT will give them in return all of the best things that have been given to me. The last, I hope this thesis is useful to other people. Because it contains the eternal spirit which motivate them every time.

Malang, 31 July 2013

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Approval………..i

Motto and Dedication………..iii

Acknowledgements………..iv

1.3Purpose of the study………...3

1.4Significance of study………..3

1.5Scope and limitation………...4

1.6Definition of key terms………...4

Chapter II: Review of Related Literature………. 5

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2.8.2 Kinds of Message……….13

2.8.3The Way to Get a Message………...14

2.9 Maher Zain………...15

CHAPTER III………...16

3.1 Research Design………...16

3.2 Approach………..17

3.3 Object of the Study………...18

3.4 Data Collection……… 18

3.5 Data Analysis………...19

CHAPTER V……….20

4.1 Research Finding………..20

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

Literature is human expression that is written in beautiful words. It means that

people use their feeling, emotion, creation, and imagination then they write their work

into a nice words and it becomes literary work. Mc. Milan (1984) claims that

literature offers an experience, but to have the experience and to make the words

come, the reader must use their imagination, participate with the writer in producing

or reproducing the experience of the literature.

There are several kinds of literary works. They are poetry, drama, prose, and

song. Literature is written art in which a writing device is used to put words on paper.

Here are some basic kinds of literature they are fiction, stage play, poetry/ song,

literary essay, creative nonfiction, screenplay, comic strip script, video script, comic

book script (http://www.tc.umn.edu/~jewel001/humanities/ book/13 literature.htm).

They are called imaginative literature. Imaginative literature therefore would be

showing imagination through the production of writing. Imaginative literature usually

refers to fictional works such as novels, poetry/ song, short stories, drama

(http://wiki.answer.com/Q/What_is_imaginative_literature).

Song is a literary work that contains beautiful and meaningful lyric. Usually

songs are played with the instrumental music and sung by the vocalist. Burton (1984)

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When we are listening to the song, we may get positive effect. We can clear our

bad mood by listening to the song. Wolf (2011) states when the listeners feel bad

mood they can clear it up by listening to the music or song. Song is the literary work

that can make the people feel happy when they listen to it. As we know the song can

convey the author‟s feeling to the listener by using their imagination. When the

people feel sad, sorrow, grief, and upset, they need something to get their good mood

back. The song can be the solution for those people. So the people should listen to the

song to make them happy and avoid the stress.

Song is one of the literary works that may contain a message. The author may

state the message explicitly or implicitly. In the song, explicit message can be gotten

by the reader by reading the song lyric directly. While the implicit message, the

reader should conclude it by using their own interpretation. To find out the implicit

message, the reader should know the general meaning and the detail meaning of the

lyric of song.

Based on the previous research conducted by Noviana from English Department

(2011) in A Study of Messages on Avril Lavigne‟s Song Lyric “I Will be”, she found

the message that true love does not only have each other but the reader also has to be

ready to face any problems that happened, as stated in “there‟s nothing I could say to

you, nothing I could ever do to make you see”.

The writer intends to analyze the Maher Zain‟s song lyric „Insyaallah‟ because

it has a deep meaning and beautiful words. The lyric contains a powerful meaning

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song lyric, their sorrows will melt away. So they will be more enthusiastic after they

listen to this song.

1.2 Statement of the Problem

Based on the background of the study stated above, this study is designed to

answer the following research questions:

1. What is the general meaning of the Maher Zain‟s song„Insyaallah‟?

2. What are the detail meanings of the Maher Zain‟s song „Insyaallah‟?

3. What are the messages of the Maher Zain‟s song „Insyaallah‟?

1.3 Purpose of the Study

1. To find out the general meaning of the Maher Zain‟s song „Insyaallah‟.

2. To find out the detail meanings of the Maher Zain‟s song „Insyaallah‟.

3. To find out the messages of the Maher Zain‟s song „Insyaallah‟.

1.4 Significance of the Study

1. To the students, the research findings will give contribution in terms of the use

English song in improving the their capability in listening subject.

2. To the teachers, the results will give information about the use of English song

as the media for teaching English. Besides the teacher can improve their

knowledge.

3. To the next researcher, it can be used for reference who need to conduct a

research to the study of English same study. This research also give them a

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1.5 Scope and Limitation

In this study the writer focuses on Maher Zain‟s song lyric „Insyaallah‟. The writer limits only on detail meanings, the general meaning and the messages on the

Maher Zain‟s song „Insyaallah‟.

1.6 Definition of Key Terms

1. Song

A short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, specially one in

rhyme stanzas: a lyric: (http://dictionary.refference.com/browse/song).

2. Lyric

Lyric is a short poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker

(as its Greek name suggest, a lyric originally was sung to the music of a lyre)

(X.J. Kennedy: 1983).

3. Message

Message is a lesson which is delivered by the author to the readers about the

main meaning of literary work to tell a story (Nurgiyantoro, 1995: 32).

4. General Meaning

The general meaning is a kind of summary of what the author expresses in the

poem (Perrine 1964).

5. Detail Meaning

Detail meaning is the meaning which should be given per line or per stanza

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6. Maher Zain

Maher Zain is a Muslim Swedish R&B singer, songwriter and music producer

of Lebanese origin. He released his debut album Thank You Allah, an

internationally successful album with strong Muslim religious influences, in