FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE QUR’AN

Abstrak

This study deals with the figurative meanings that were used in ten surahs of Juz ‘Amma in the
Qur’an. The objectives of the research are to describe the seven types of figurative meaning in
ten surahs of Juz ‘amma in the Qur’an. The source of this research was the ten surahs of Juz
‘Amma in the Qur’an. The data of this study were taken from the ten surahs in the Qur’an. The
data were analyzed by using descriptive technique. The findings concluded that seven types of
figurative meaning were found in the Qur’an namely Simile was 7 (5.6 %), Metaphor was 3 (2.4
%), Metonymy was 32 (25.6 %), Hyperbole was 6 (4.8 %), Personification was 52 (41.6 %),
Synecdote was 5 (4.0 %), Irony was 20 (16.0 %). Hopefully the students or readers will
understand some types of figurative meaning in the Qur’an, and the most dominant types of
figurative meaning that appeared in the ten surahs of Juz ‘Amma in the Qur’an was
Personification namely 52 (41.6 %). Eventually the Qur’an contains figurative language in its
teachings delivery