Islamic Values: The Old and the Young Relationship in the Popular Malay Novels

Abstract

This study focuses on identifying the Islamic values reflected in the relationships between the old and the young generation in Liza Nur's popular novel. Using textual analysis, this study has discovered that the relationships between the old and the young were fostered based on Islamic values where all actions by the main protagonists towards the elderlies in the stories were purely done out of their devotion to Allah s.w.t. Such great values found in the novels can impact readers positively and make popular novels worthy as educational reading materials.