Directive illocutionary act used in Al-Qur’an surah Ali Imran

This thesis examines about Directive illocutionary act, that used in Al-Qur’an surah Ali Imran, this thesis is focus to find types of directive illocutionary act used, the most frequently type of directive used and function of directive that used in Al-Qur’an especially surah Ali Imran. Directive itself is a kind of illocutionary that can makes the hearer do something that speaker wants. The writer uses theory about directive illocutionary act by Keith Allan for guidance to analyze tha data. In this research the writer use descriptive qualitative design. The data are taken from translation text of Al-Qur’an surah Ali Imran by Abdel Haleem.The result of this research shows that the writer found 6 types of directive illocutionary act that used in Al-Qur’an especially surah Ali Imran, total of all data that the writer found is 61 data. The type of directive illocutionary act that used are request, question, requirement, prohibition, permission, and advice. The most frequently type of directive used in surah Ali Imran is request. And also there are some function of directive illocutionary act, they are invite, command, ask, forbid, warn, and permit.