An Analysis of Moral Values of Maher Zain Songs in The Album Thank You Allah

Abstract

The objective of this study was 1). to know moral value found on Maher Zain’s songs in the album Thank You Allah. 2). What kind of the moral values that most often appear in the lyrics of Maher Zain’s song, in album Thank You Allah. The scope of the research Meanwhile, the researcher limits the study on moral values in Maher Zain’s songs in the album of Thank You Allah. Descriptive qualitative approach was used by the researcher to find out the moral values in the song. There were 14 songs in the Maher Zain’s Album, Thank You Allah. The researcher took 11 titles from Maher Zain’s songs because 3 songs are written in Arabic. They were Insya Allah, Thank You Allah, Open Your Eyes, Always be There, The Chosen One, For the Rest of My Life, Hold My Hand, Awaken, Palestin Will Be Free, Baraka Allahu Lakuma, and Subhana Allah. The finding showed that there were six types of moral values in Maher Zain’s song in the album Thank You Allah. They were three (3) moral values of thankful, three (3) religious, two (2) loving peace, one (1) friendly, one (1) honest, and one (1) nationalistic The most common moral values in this album was religious and thankful