Ideational Metafunction in English Translation Texts of Surah Ar-Rahman

Abstract

The ideational meta function analysis is focused on the process, the participant, and circumstance in Surah Ar-Rahman of Holy Qur’an. Dealing this, this study used qualitative research design to analyze the clauses of Sura Ar-Rahman in this ideational metafunction. The objective of this study was the English Translation Texts of Surah Ar-Rahman that was translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. The dominant processes are material process (34 clauses), mental process (33 clauses), relational process (13 clauses), and existential process (9 clauses). The dominant participants were actor & goal, senser & phenomenon, token & value, and existent participant. The material process was the actions based on physically or the real action which was done Allah SWT as actor and the goods (creatures) as goal. Mental process was done by human inner such as cognitive process and Allah SWT was as senser & phenomenon in the participants. The next process was a relational process which related to the participants, token & value, carrier & attribute, and possessor & possession. The last process is an existential process that identified to the word there is or there are, the participant was only existent. The dominant circumstance was circumstance as location or place where the process was done, as time when the action was done, and as manner how the action was done.