KEUNIKAN PARTIKEL ‘LAH’ DALAM TERJEMAHAN SURAH YASIN DI MALAYSIA [THE UNIQUENESS OF THE PARTICLE ‘LAH’ IN THE TRANSLATION OF SURAH YASIN IN MALAYSIA]

Malay is seen as a well-established and accurate language because various forms of translation of surah Yasin have been done which are written using Arabic. This study tries to analyze the uniqueness of the particle ‘lah’ in the translation of surah Yasin in Malaysia. The translation of surah Yasin involves data in the form of printed al-Quran, digital al-Quran, and a manuscript of surah Yasin which is read at the tahlil ceremony. This analysis is qualitative descriptive, that is, by examining the frequency of use of the particle ‘lah’ and describing it based on the findings of the analysis in the form of codes and themes. The frequency of the use of the particle 'lah' in the context of a sentence is described based on the science of balaghah. The frequency of use of the particle ‘lah’ in the translated text was analyzed using ATLAS.ti 22 software to construct specific codes (categories). Category construction is deductive, i.e. based on the suitability of the matches resulting from this analysis itself. The resulting categories were then evaluated by the co-authors separately to reduce the risk of bias. The findings show that the use of the particle 'lah' can be used as a marker to distinguish the Malaysian translation version (V1) from Indonesian (V2). Moreover, the original meaning of the particle ‘lah’, i.e. softening instructions and politeness markers does not play a role in the translation of surah Yasin. Nevertheless, there is an assertive meaning associated with the Arabic style. These findings indicate that there are several implicatures related to the feelings of a person’s heart shared between Arabic and Malay. This study is expected to fill the current Malay language research across disciplines and provide benefits to researchers in the future.