Antonymous relation In Surat Al-shams And Al-lail With reference to translation

Abstract EN

This study deals with antonyms in semantics which can be defined as "pairs of words that have opposite or contrasting meaning.

They have three types : gradable antonyms, complementary antonyms and relational antonyms.

There are differences in translations of antonymous expressions and these differences may lead to difficulties in understanding the intended meaning of such expressions.

This study aims at clarifying these differences in terms of appropriateness of translation.

To achieve this aim, two chapter from Glorious Qur'an are selected with three translations of Dr.

T.B.Irving (1991), Shaker (2005) and Al Hilali (..).

These translations are analaysed by using Nida's model (1974).