Meaning Equivalence in Abdullah Yusuf Ali’s Translation of Surah al waqiah from English into Indonesian

— The aims of this study were to find out the kinds
of meaning equivalence in Abdullah Yusuf Ali’s translation of
Surah al Waqiah from English into Indonesian. The research was
conducted by using qualitative descriptive design. The data of
this study was Holy Qur’an Surah al Waqiah 1 – 96 ayahs that
translated into Indonesian. Besides that, informats were needed
to validate data. The data was analyzed by using Modification of
Accuracy Rating Instrument. The result of this study were there
kinds of meaning equivalence in translation of surah al Waqiah
from English into Indonesian namely equivalence 62,5%, almost
equivalence 26%, and non equivalence 11,5%