IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bcp/journl/v9y2025issue-9p1079-1082.html

A Comparative Study of Lam Al-Amr in Malay Translations of the Qur’an: Tafsir Pimpinan Ar-Rahman and Tafsir Fi Zilal al-Qur’an

Author

Listed:
  • Ahmad Zulfadhli Nokman

    (Academy of Language Studie, University Technology MARA Cawangan Terengganu.)

  • Ahmad Arifin Sapar

    (Faculty of Language and Linguistics, University Malaya.)

Abstract

This article investigates the translation of Lam Al-Amr (لام الأمر), a grammatical particle in Qur’anic Arabic that conveys imperative meaning when attached to the present tense verb (fi‘l mudÄ ri‘). The study compares two Malay Qur’anic exegeses, Tafsir Pimpinan Ar-Rahman (TPAR) and Tafsir Fi Zilal al-Qur’an (TFZQ), focusing on Surah al-Baqarah. Through textual analysis, similarities and differences in translation are identified and evaluated by linguistic experts for accuracy. The findings indicate that while both tafsirs consistently render Lam Al-Amr with the imperative marker “hendaklah,†differences in lexical choice reveal distinct interpretive orientations. Accuracy assessments further demonstrate that TFZQ maintains greater consistency, whereas TPAR occasionally introduces redundancy. This study contributes to Qur’an translation scholarship by illustrating how grammatical sensitivity and lexical nuance affect exegetical outcomes.

Suggested Citation

  • Ahmad Zulfadhli Nokman & Ahmad Arifin Sapar, 2025. "A Comparative Study of Lam Al-Amr in Malay Translations of the Qur’an: Tafsir Pimpinan Ar-Rahman and Tafsir Fi Zilal al-Qur’an," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 9(9), pages 1079-1082, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:9:y:2025:issue-9:p:1079-1082
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/Digital-Library/volume-9-issue-9/1079-1082.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/articles/a-comparative-study-of-lam-al-amr-in-malay-translations-of-the-quran-tafsir-pimpinan-ar-rahman-and-tafsir-fi-zilal-al-quran/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:9:y:2025:issue-9:p:1079-1082. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Dr. Pawan Verma (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.