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AN ANALYSIS OF BACKGROUND AND MORAL MESSAGE

IN “THANK YOU ALLAH” ALBUM BY MAHER ZAIN

By

AGUS KHOIDLORI

NIM 201032092

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY

2015

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AN ANALYSIS OF BACKGROUND AND MORAL MESSAGE

IN “THANK YOU ALLAH” ALBUM BY MAHER ZAIN

SKRIPSI

Presented to the University of Muria Kudus

In a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana

Program

In English Education

By

AGUS KHOIDLORI

NIM 201032092

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY

2015

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MOTO AND DEDICATION

MOTO

1 “Make a great job with Bismillahirrohmanirrohiim”

2 If you know what is wrong, fix it!! The best strategy is the simplest thing.

3 “There is no too late to be success”

4 “We don’t know what is going on the future, but we should try to make it

better”

5 Despair is forbidden!

DEDICATIONS

This Skripsi dedicated to:

1. His beloved parents H. Noor Chasan and

Hj. Sukarti thank for your love, pray, and

support.

2. His brothers and sisters

3. His nephew and nieces

4. All of his lecturers and friends in English

Education Department of Muria Kudus

University.

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ADVISORS’ APPROVAL

This is to certify that the skripsi of Agus Khoidlori (NIM: 2010-32-092)

has been approved by the advisors for further approval by the examining

committee.

Kudus, December 2014

Advisor I

Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd.

NIS. 0610701000001146

Advisor II

Farid Noor Romadlon, S.Pd, M.Pd.

NIS. 0610701000001227

Acknowledged by

The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

Dean,

Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd

NIP. 196212191987031015

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EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL

This is to certify that the Sarjana Skripsi of Agus Khoidlori (2010-32-092)

has been approved by the Examining Committee as requirement for the Sarjana

Degree in the Teaching of English as Foreign Language.

Kudus, January 2015

Skripsi Examining Committee:

Fajar Kartika, SS, M.Hum , Chairperson

NIS. 0610701000001191

Farid Noor Romadlon, S.Pd, M.Pd. , Member

NIS. 0610701000001227

Drs. Moh Syafei, M.Pd , Member

NIP.19620413 198803 1 002

Nuraeningsih, S.Pd, M.Pd , Member

NIS. 0610701000001201

Acknowledged by

The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

Dean,

Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd

NIP. 196212191987031015

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillah, thanks to Allah SWT the Almighty for the blessing, health,

inspirations, ease blessed and tremendous power in accomplishing the skripsi

entitled “ An analysis of background and moral message in thank you Allah

album by Maher Zain”.

Furthermore, the writer would like to express the sincerity gratitude and

appreciation for the available assistance given by many people in finishing this

research. They are:

1. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd. as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education

Faculty University of Muria Kudus and also the first advisor who has given

valuable and continuous guidance in making and completing of this skripsi.

2. Diah Kurniati, M.Pd. as the Head of English Education Department of Teacher

Training and Education Faculty University of Muria Kudus.

3. Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd. as the first advisor who has been so helpful and wisely

in advising and encouraging for this skripsi.

4. Farid Noor Romadlon, S.Pd, M.Pd. as the second advisor who has given a lot

of guidance in the finishing of this skripsi.

5. All of lecturers of English Education Department Teacher Training and

Education Faculty who help the writer in finishing this skripsi.

6. His beloved father (H.Nor Chasan) and mother (Hj. Sukarti) who always give

love, care, support, advises, and motivations.

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7. His beloved old sister (Tutik Musyarofah) and (Anik Muslimah) who always

give support and motivate him.

8. His nephew (Naufal Wafi Quzzaky) and his nieces ( Fadhila Ainiyah Zahra

Syifa) and ( Jihan Nafisatul Faizah) who make him happy.

9. All of friends in Riyadlus Sholikhin Islamic boarding house who support him

to finish this skripsi.

10. All friends who helped in writing this skripsi

11. All people involved during the writing of the final project.

Finally, this skripsi can give contribution and motivation to the teaching

learning process.

Kudus, December 2014

The writer

Agus Khoidlori

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ABSTRACT

Khoidlori, Agus. 2015. An Analysis of Background and Moral Message in Thank

You Allah Album by Maher Zain. Skripsi. English Education

Departement Teacher Training and Education Faculty. Muria Kudus

University. Advisors: (1) Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd. (2) Farid Noor

Romadlon, S.Pd, M.Pd.

Key Words: Background, Moral Message, Analysis.

Literary work is not only as a medium of education, social control,

rebellion, but also has the function as the delivery of messages to the public about

problems which is exist, so that we can have an idea of what we should do when it

comes to facing the same problems with what is happening in a literary work. In

Indonesia, there are many cases of violence in schools. Recorded violence among

students in 2014 increased by 20% compared to 2013. The writer argued that this

occurs because of a lack of moral education. Songs not only consist of music and

lyrics for entertainment, but also delivers some message to listeners. Song lyrics

make a big contribution of listener to deep understanding about the message

contained in song. Through the song can help students in improving four English

skills.

The objectives of this research are: (i) To know the backgrounds of

English song lyrics in Thank You Allah album by Maher Zain. (ii) To know the

moral messages of English song lyrics in Thank You Allah album by Maher Zain

that reveal education.

The design of this research is descriptive qualitative. Data of this research

are data of background and messages in Thank You Allah, Insya Allah, Guide Me

All The Way to Your Jannah, Hold my Hands song lyrics in Thank You Allah

album by Maher Zain. The data sources are song lyrics in Thank You Allah album

taken from internet.

The result of this research are: (i) The background of Thank You Allah

album are: 1) Thank you Allah song contains background life of Maher Zain in the

past which is far from God, until he finally gets a best way that is blessed by God.

2) Insya Allah song contains the background life of Maher Zain when he was

confused in choosing the best choice between stay or leave music industry.3)

Guide me All the Way to Your Jannah song contains about background that Allah

has power in death. 4) Hold my hand song contains about background the war

happen in this world especially in Palestine. (ii) The moral message in Thank You

Allah album can be concluded that there are six types of moral, they are:

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Thankfulness: Thank you Allah (5), Guide Me All the Way to your Jannah (1). 2)

Forgiveness: Guide Me All the Way to your Jannah (1). 3) Patience: Insya

Allah(6), Guide Me All the Way to your Jannah (1), Hold My hand(4). 4) Love

and Affection: Thank you Allah(3), Guide Me All the Way to your Jannah (2),

Hold My hand (6). 5) Correctness: Insya Allah (3), Guide Me All the Way to your

Jannah (3), Hold My hand (3). 6) Self holiness maintaining: Thank you Allah(1),

Insya Allah (2), Guide Me All the Way to your Jannah (3).

Teachers should maximize the use of teaching materials, song of Maher

Zain has some benefits in process of learning, that is: help in developing speaking

skills, help in developing listening skills, and support the character building.

Hopefully, student should not just listen to music as the entertainment but student

need also to pay attention to good values in each song and take the good values

and throw away the bad.

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ABSTRAK

Khoidlori, Agus. 2015. Analisis Latar Belakang dan Pesan Moral dalam Album

Thank You Allah oleh Maher Zain. Skripsi. Program pendidikan Bahasa

Inggris Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan. Universitas Muria

Kudus. Pembimbing: (1) Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd. (2) Farid Noor

Romadlon, S.Pd, M.Pd.

Kata Kunci: Latar belakang, pesan moral, analisis.

Karya sastra selain sebagai media pendidikan, kontrol sosial,

pemberontakan, juga berfungsi sebagai penyampaian pesan kepada masyarakat

atas segala persoalan yang ada, sehingga kita dapat mempunyai gambaran atas apa

yang harus kita lakukan saat harus menghadapi persoalan yang sama dengan apa

yang terjadi dalam sebuah karya sastra. Di Indonesia banyak kasus kekerasan

terjadi di Sekolah. Tercatat kekerasan antar pelajar di tahun 2014 meningkat 20%

dibandingkan dengan tahun 2013. Penulis berpendapat bahwa ini terjadi karena

kurangnya pendidikan moral. Lagu tidak hanya terdiri dari musik dan lirik untuk

hiburan, tetapi juga memberikan beberapa pesan kepada pendengar. Lirik lagu

memberikan kontribusi besar pendengar untuk pemahaman yang mendalam

tentang pesan yang terkandung dalam lagu. Melalui lagu dapat membantu siswa

dalam meningkatkan empat kemampuan berbahasa Inggris.

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah (i) Untuk menjelaskan latar belakang yang

terdapat dalam lirik lagu berbahasa Inggris dalam album Thank You Allah oleh

Maher Zain. (ii) Untuk menjelaskan pesan moral yang terdapat dalam lirik lagu

berbahasa Inggris dalam album Thank You Allah oleh Maher Zain yang

menyatakan Pendidikan.

Desain dari penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Data yang diperoleh

dari penelitian ini adalah latar belakang dan pesan dalam lagu. Thank You Allah,

Insya Allah, Guide Me All The Way to Your Jannah, Hold my Hands song lyrics

in Thank You Allah album by Maher Zain. Sumber data adalah lirik lagu dalam

album thank you Allah dambil dari internet.

Hasil penelitian ini adalah: (i) Latar balakang dari album Thank Yo Allah

adalah: 1) Thank You Allah: belatar belakang Maher Zain di masa lalu yang jauh

dari Allah, sampai akhirnya dia mendapat cara terbaik yang diberkati oleh Allah,

2) Insya Allah: berlatar belakang saat Maher Zain bingung dalam memilih pilihan

terbaik antara bertahan atau meninggalkan industri musik., 3) Guide Me All the

Way to Your Jannah: belatar belakang bahwa Allah yang memiliki kekuasaan

dalam kematian, 4) Hold My Hand: berlatar belakang peperangan yang terjadi di

bumi, khususnya di negara Pelestina. (ii) Pesan moral di album Thank You Allah

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Maher Zain dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat enam jenis pesan moral, mereka

adalah: 1) Syukur: Thank you Allah (5), Guide Me All the Way to your Jannah (1).

2) Pengampunan: Guide Me All the Way to your Jannah (1). 3) Kesabaran: Insya

Allah(6), Guide Me All the Way to your Jannah (1), Hold My hand(4). 4) Cinta

dan Kasih sayang: Thank you Allah(3), Guide Me All the Way to your Jannah (2),

Hold My hand (6). 5) Kebenaran: Insya Allah (3), Guide Me All the Way to your

Jannah (3), Hold My hand (3). 6) Menjaga kesucian diri: Thank you Allah(1),

Insya Allah (2), Guide Me All the Way to your Jannah (3).

Guru harus memaksimalkan penggunaan bahan ajar, lagu Maher Zain

memiliki beberapa manfaat dalam proses pembelajaran, yaitu: membantu dalam

mengembangkan keterampilan berbicara, membantu dalam mengembangkan

keterampilan mendengarkan, dan mendukung pembangunan karakter. Diharapkan,

siswa-siswa tidak hanya mendengarkan musik sebagai hiburan, tetapi siswa perlu

juga memperhatikan nilai-nilai yang baik dalam setiap lagu dan mengambil nilai-

nilai yang baik dan membuang yang buruk.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

COVER…………………………………………………………………..... i

LOGO…………………………………………………………………….... ii

TITLE……………………………………………………………………… iii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION…………………………………………… iv

ADVISOR’S APPROVAL ……………………………………………….. v

EXAMNER’S APPROVAL……………………………………………… vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT………………………………………………… vii

ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………... ix

ABSTRAK………………………………………………………….………. xi

TABLE OF CONTENTS ………………………………………………… xiii

LIST OF TABLES………………………………………………………….. xvi

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

a. Background of the Research ………………………………………….. 1

b. Statement of the Problems……………………………………………. 6

c. Objective of the Research…………………………………………….. 6

d. Significance of the Research………………………………………….. 6

e. Limitation of the Research……………………………………………. 7

f. Operational Definition ………………………………………………… 8

CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE

a. Literature ………………………………………………………………. 9

Definition of Literature ………………………………….…… 9

Types of

Literature……………………………………….……………... 10

b. Definition of Song…………………………………………….……… 14

2.2.1 Type of Song………………………………………………….... 14

c. Background …………………………………………………………… 16

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d. Moral Message………………………………………………………… 17

2.4.1 Definition of Message…………………………………………… 17

2.4.2 Defintion of Moral………………………………………………. 18

e. Moral as Element of Character Building in Education……………….. 19

f. Literature in Education……………………………………………….. 24

g. Maher Zain……………………………………………………………. 27

Biography of Maher Zain……………………………………. 27

Maher Zain Works…………………………………………… 28

o Review of Previous Research…………………………………………. 30

o Theoretical Framework……………………………………………....... 31

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

1.1 Design of Research……………………………………………………. 32

1.2 Data and Data Source…………………………………………………. 32

1.3 Data collections……………………………………………………….. 34

1.4 Data Analysis…………………………………………………………. 34

CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH

4.1 The Backgrounds of English Song Lyrics in “Thank You Allah”

Album by Maher Zain………………………………………………... 37

4.2 The Moral Messages of English Song Lyrics in “Thank You Allah”

Album by Maher Zain that Reveal Education ....……………………… 59

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CHAPTER V DISCUSSION

2. 1The Background of English Song Lyric of Thank You Allah

Album by Maher Zain…………………………………………………... 81

2. 2The Moral Message of English Song Lyric of Thank You Allah Album by

Maher Zain that Reveal Education……………………………………... 91

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

2.1 Conclusion……………………………………………………………… 102

2.2 Suggestion………………………………………………………………. 103

REFERENCESS………………………….………………………………… 105

APPENDICES……………………………………………………………… 106

STATEMENT

CURRICULUM VITAE

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LIST OF TABLES

Table Page

3.4.1 The Example of Analysis of Background in “Thank You Allah”

Album by Maher Zain……………………………………………… 34

3.4.2 The Example of Analyzing Moral Messages in “Thank You

Allah” Album by Maher Zain that Reveal to Education……………. 34

4.1.1 Table of Analysis of Backgrounds of English Song Lyrics in

“Thank You Allah” song by Maher Zain……………………………... 39

4.1.2 Table of Analysis of Backgrounds of English Song Lyrics in

“Insya Allah ”song by Maher Zain…………………..………………. 44

4.1.3 Table of Analysis of Backgrounds of English Song Lyrics in

“Guide Me All the Way to Your Jannah”song by Maher Zain……… 49

4.1.4 Table of Analysis of Backgrounds of English Song Lyrics in

“Hold My Hand” song by Maher Zain………………….…………… 55

2.7.1 Table of Analysis of Moral Message of English Song Lyrics in

“Thank You Allah” song by Maher Zain that Reveal Education.... 59

2.7.2 Table of Analysis of Moral Message of English Song Lyrics in

“InsyaAllah” song by Maher Zain that Reveal Education………. 64

2.7.3 Table of Analysis of Moral Message of English Song Lyrics in

“Guide Me All the Way to Your Jannah” song by Maher Zain

that Reveal Education……………………….……………………. 70

2.7.4 Table of Analysis of Moral Message of English Song Lyrics in

“Hold My Hand” song by Maher Zain that Reveal Education…… 75