Repetition of Linguistic Units as Cohesion Ties in Quranic Texts

This study aims to analyze the function of repetition of linguistic units in forming textual cohesion in Surat al-Baqarah. This research departs from the linguistic approach in analyzing the Qur'anic text as a religious text that has a unique structure, which because of its uniqueness, this text is often considered to have no cohesion and coherence. By using structural linguistic approach to identify the repeated units in the Qur'anic letters and Halliday's functional cohesion theory to look at the function of repetition, this study explores the function of repetition in creating cohesion between parts of the Qur'anic text. The data collected is then analyzed using descriptive qualitative method, which focuses on the forms of repetition, namely repetition of phonemes, morphemes, words, clauses, sentences, and repetition of topics. The results show that repetition in surah al Baqarah includes repetition of all these lingual units. The repetition of these lingual units functions to form complex textual cohesion at the level of verses, intra-verse, inter-verse, the whole surah al-Baqarah and even connects surah al-Baqarah with other surahs. This discovery provides new nuances in the study of the Qur'an in general and the linguistic study of the Qur'anic text in particular, especially in understanding the textual cohesion structure of the Qur'an through the repetition of lingual units. This research adds evidence that the Quranic text has coherence and cohesion within itself, not only from a thematic approach, but also through a functional linguistic approach, namely from the repetition function of lingual units in Surah al-Baqarah.