By using George Steiner’s theory, this study tries to examine the difficulties and the paradoxes created by translation from one language to another.This study demonstrates that the final translation between Masā’il Sayyidi ‘Abdullāh Bin Salām li-Nabī text and Seribu Masa'il have variations both in the structure of linguistics and meanings. In addition, this study contains the theological values and dialogue between Muslims and non-Muslims. This research is important because it looks at Sirah nabawiyah (history of the prophet) that documents both written and verbal teachings of Islam. Both of these texts are part of the process of translation from Arabic texts into Malay text which have variations either in structure linguistic or meaning.This paper examines the variations occurring in process of translation between Arabic text and Malay text, and how the variations are manifested in these two texts. Diambil dari riwayat pada masa sahabat disampaikan secara turun- temurun Ditulis pada generasi tabiin pada lembaran kertas Penyusun sirah generasi berikutnya, seperti: Muhammad bin Ishaq, Al- Waqidi, Muhammad bin Sad Kitab susunan Ibnu Ishaq merupakan paling terpercaya telah diriwayatkan pula oleh Ibnu Hisyam dalam kitab sirahnya. Its two versions, the Masail Sayyidi 'Abdullah bin Salam lin Nabi in the Arabic version or Seribu Masa’il in Malay version, are still preserved.

The books are compiled in what is known as sastra kitab (literature of Islamic theology). Many books were translated, composed or adapted to many languages in the archipelago. The development in teaching Islamiccultural tradition is important in the process of Islamization. The spread and development of Islam in the Indonesia not only brought Islam together, but also brought Islamic culture in the form of literature.

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