Anaphoric and Cataphoric References in Surah An-Nisa of Holy Quran Translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The research focused on the referring expression of Holy Quran translation in Surah An-Nisa which is translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. The purposes of research are discovered the referring expression of anaphoric and cataphoric references which is used in Holy Quran translation of Surah An-Nisa and its meaning. Researcher took the data verses 1 – 88 in Holy Quran translation of Surah An-Nisa which is translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. Abdullah Yusuf Ali is the most popular translator which his translation is often used as a reference because its meaning is closed to Arabic. In reviewed the data, researcher used pragmatic approach by George Yule (1996) those are anaphoric and cataphoric references.The research applied qualitative approach because the research did not deal with numeric data. In data collecting technique, researcher used library method which the data is acquired from several documentations. Then, the researcher used descriptive qualitative method as analyzing the data which researcher searched the data, collected the data, analyzed and classified the data, interpreted it, then drew a conclusion. The finding of research showed that anaphoric reference is most found, then cataphoric reference is the second most found and the last is zero anaphora. It also showed that one pronoun had different meanings and functions. Otherwise, there are several different pronouns that had same meaning. Then, it can be found many repetitions such as a pronoun and its meaning happened in several verses. It can be concluded that the verses are related each other.