fardu ain kanak kanak

into it. ry
6) Do not criticize the food. fh

7) Do not waste any food.

fh8) If some food falls from the plate,
pick it up, clean it and eat it.

fh9) Eat together and not by yourself
fh10)Wash the hands after eating.
fhComplete the sentences using the list below C P ACTIVITY
fh
wash hand pick food hands right blow

Wash the .................. before eating.

fhEat with the .................... hand.
fhDo not waste any .................... .
Do not .................... into the food.

fhIf some food falls from the plate,
fh.............. it up, .............. it and eat it.
fh.................... the hands after eating.
P fh
SUMMARY

BY THE END OF THIS LESSON THE CHILD HAS : fh
(tick in box if completed)

- memorized the du‘a’s fhTComments
- learnt the etiquettes
- completed sentences for comprehension

f☺ h☺How does my teacher rate my performance in this lesson ?
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ry Memorise the following Du‘a’s. CT

LESSON 5 Du‘a’ before Sleeping

fhSleeping “O Allah! In Your name I die and come to life again.”
fhry

vn

fhD U ‘ A ’ s &
fhE T I Q U E T T E
fhVocabulary Du‘a’ when Awakening
resurrection

fhbedding
fh
fh
fh “All praise be to Allah who has given us life after causing
us to die, and to Him is our final resurrection.”

fh Learn the following Sunnah etiquettes of sleeping. T
fh 1) Perform Wudu’ before sleeping.
fh 2) Brush your teeth with a miswak,

a toothstick , before sleeping.

fh 3) Perform ‘Isha salah before
fh sleeping.

4) Dust the bedding before lying on
fh it.
vn 5) Sleep on the right side of the

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body. ry
6) Sleep with the right cheek rest- fh
fh
ing on the right palm. fh
7) Do not sleep on the stomach. fh
8) Do not sleep with an open lamp fhACTIVITY
fh
or fire still burning in the house.

State whether True or False. CP

Do not perform Wudu’ before F

sleeping.

Brush your teeth with a miswak fh
before sleeping. fh
Dust the bedding before lying fh
on it. fh
Sleep on the left side of the fh
body.
Sleep lying streched out on the
stomach.

SUMMARY P fh

BY THE END OF THIS LESSON THE CHILD HAS : fh
(tick in box if completed)

- memorized the du‘a’s fhTComments
- learnt the etiquettes f☺ h☺
- completed a True & False exercise

How does my teacher rate my performance in this lesson ?

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ryL E S S O N 6 Memorise the following Du‘a’s. CT
Greeting
fhry
fhvn Du‘a’ when Greeting a Muslim

DU‘A’s & “May the peace and mercy of Allah be upon you.”

fhE T I Q U E T T E
fh
fhVocabulary
peace Du‘a’ in Reply to a Greeting
mercy
“And may the peace and mercy of Allah be upon you, and
fhblessings
gesturing His blessings too.”
approaching
Learn the following Sunnah etiquettes of greeting. T
fhgathering
fh 1) Always be the first to greet.
fh
fh 2) Do not respond to a greeting by
fh simply gesturing with a finger or
the hand.

fh 3) Greet those you know as well as
fh those whom you do not know.

4) The one who is walking should
fh greet the one who is sitting.
fh 5) The one who is riding should

greet the one who is walking.
vn 6) A small group should greet the
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larger one. ry
7) The younger person should fh

greet the older one.

fh8) When approaching a gathering
fhgreet all who are present, not

just some.

fh9) Before entering a room or house
fh
always greet aloud first.

10)Always face the person greeting.
fhColour-in the correct word/s in green.
CP ACTIVITY

fhAlways be the first last to greet.
fhGreet only those you know those

whom you do not know as well .

fhThe younger older person should
fh
greet the younger older one.

Before After entering a room or

fhhouse always greet aloud.
P fh
SUMMARY

BY THE END OF THIS LESSON THE CHILD HAS : fh
(tick in box if completed)

- memorized the du‘a’s fhTComments
- learnt the etiquettes
- completed a word selection exercise

f☺ h☺How does my teacher rate my performance in this lesson ?
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ryL E S S O N 7 Memorise the following Du‘a’s. CT

Sneezing Du‘a’ when Sneezing

fhry
fvhn
DU‘A’s &
“All praise be to Allah.”
fhE T I Q U E T T E
fhVocabulary Du‘a’ in Response to the Sneezer
fhpraise
“May Allah shower His mercy upon you.”
shower

fhmercy
matters

fharight
muffle
fh
fh Du‘a’ to the Respondent
fh
fh
“May Allah guide you and set all your matters aright.”

fh Learn the following Sunnah etiquettes of sneezing T
fh 1) Cover your face when sneezing.
2) Try your best to muffle the

fh sound.
fh 3) Do not sneeze into another per-

sons face.

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Use a mirror to read these sentences. C P ry

Thereafter write them out in the space provided. ACTIVITIES

fh
fh.gnizeens nehw ecaf ruoy revoC
........................................................

fh.dnuos eht elffum ot tseb ruoy yrT
fh........................................................
rehtona otni ezeens ton oD fh
.ecaf snosrep
fh........................................................
fh........................................................
fh
SUMMARY P fh
fh
BY THE END OF THIS LESSON THE CHILD HAS :
(tick in box if completed)

- memorized the du‘a’s
- learnt the etiquettes
- read & rewrote inverted sentences

How does my teacher rate my performance in this lesson ? fh
fh
☺☺

ry fh
fhTComments
vn f☺ h☺

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ryL E S S O N 8 Memorise the following Du‘a’s. CT
Toilet
fhry
fhvn Du‘a’ when Entering the Toilet

DU‘A’s & “Oh Allah, I seek your protection from all filth and
impure creatures.”
fhE T I Q U E T T E
fh Du‘a’ when Leaving the Toilet

Vocabulary “I seek your pardon (O Allah!). All Praise be to Allah Who
has removed discomfort from me and granted me relief.”
fhseek
protection Learn the following Sunnah etiquettes of the toilet T
filth
1) Enter the toilet with the left foot.
fhimpure 2) Sit when relieving oneself.
pardon 3) Do not relieve yourself in sight of

fhdiscomfort others.
granted
relief

fhunnecessarily
direction
relieving

fhdam
fh
fh
fh
fh
fh 4) When in the toilet cover your
fh head with a cap or scarf.

5) Do not speak unecessarily or
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read in the toilet. ry
6) Do not face the Qiblah (the fh
fh
direction of Salah) nor sit with fh
your back facing towards it. fh
7) Perform Istinja’ after relieving
yourself.
8) Use the left hand for Istinja’.

9) Wash your hands after Istinja’. fh
10)Leave the toilet with the right fh

foot first.

11)Do not relieve yourself under a

fhtree, or in a well, pool, river or
fhdam.
fhACTIVITY
Indicate, by means of a tick, the column C P fh
fh
to which each sentence refers.

Correct Incorrect
Etiquette Etiquette

covering the head fh
fh
speaking and read-
ing in the toilet

relieving oneself in fhTComments
a pool f☺ h☺
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facing away from
the Qiblah

ry Correct Incorrect
fh Etiquette Etiquette
fh
fh entering with the
fh right foot
fh
fh standing and
fh urinating
fh
fh using the right
fh hand for Istinja’
relieving yourself

in a pool

SUMMARY P

BY THE END OF THIS LESSON THE CHILD HAS :
(tick in box if completed)

- memorized the du‘a’s
- learnt the etiquettes
- completed a table for comprehension

How does my teacher rate my performance in this lesson ?

☺☺

fh
fh
fh ry
fhTComments vn
f☺ h☺
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ryC T
Memorise the following Du‘a’s. LESSON 9

Du‘a’ before Wudu’ fhWudu’
ry
fvhn
fhD U ‘ A ’ s &
“In the name of Allah and all praise be to Allah.”
ETIQUETTE
Du‘a’ after Wudu’ fh
fhVocabulary

praise

fhshower
mercy

matters

fharight
fh
“O Allah! Make me amongst those who repent, and make fh
me from amongst those who remain clean and pure.”

fhLearn the following Sunnah etiquettes of Wudu’. T
fh1) Perform Wudu’ in a clean place.
fh
2) Sit on a stool to avoid water

splashing up onto your clothing.

fh3) Face the Qiblah.
4) Do not talk of worldly matters

fhwhile performing Wudu’.
fh5) Do not perform Wudu’ near a toilet.

6) If your bathroom has a toilet

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ry then at least close the toilet lid
fh before performing Wudu’.
fh 7) Do not recite the du‘a’s in a

bathroom which has a toilet. Do
fh so before entering & after leaving.
8) Do not waste water neither use

fh too little when washing the
fh limbs.

9) Leave the Wudu’ area dry & clean.
fh
Match the correct pairs in the two columns. C

fh Column A Column B
fh
fh Perform Wudu’ the Qiblah
near a toilet
Face in a clean place

Do not talk water

fh Do not do Wudu
fh ‘Do not waste of worldly things
fh
SUMMARY P

fh BY THE END OF THIS LESSON THE CHILD HAS :
(tick in box if completed)

fhTComments - memorized the du‘a’s
f☺ h☺ - learnt the etiquettes
- matched the correct pairs

How does my teacher rate my performance in this lesson ?

vn ☺ ☺
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Memorise the following Du‘a’s. CT ryL E S S O N 1 0
fhThanking
Du‘a’ when Thanking Another
ry

fvhn
fhD U ‘ A ’ s &
“May Allah reward you well.”
ETIQUETTE
Learn the following Sunnah etiquettes of thanking. T fhVocabulary
fhreward
1) Always thank others for the
favours done or the gifts given, favour
no matter how insignificant it
fhinsignificant
gratitude

fhmanner
may seem to be.

fh2) Show gratitude by trying to do as
fhmuch of a favour as has been

done to you.

fh3) If you are not able to do this then
at least pray for the giver of the

fhfavour or gift.
fh4) The best way of showing thanks

is to use the gift in the correct

fhmanner and not to abuse it.
5) Never ignore or conceal a favour

fhdone to you.
fh
6) Never reject a gift given.

7) Never take back a gift given.

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ry 8) Alway express thanks with a
fh smile.
fh 9) By giving gifts and thanking oth-

ers in turn, love and affection
fh between people increases.
10)When thanking someone remem
fh ber that Allah is in fact the true
fh giver of the gift. Allah has used
the person to bring the gift to

fh you. Therefore thank Allah too
fh by praising Him.

fh Unscramble the following words. PC

fh nkTah fGit Pyra
................ ................ ................
ffhh ................ ................ ................
limSe eLvo Ahlal

fh SUMMARY P

fh BY THE END OF THIS LESSON THE CHILD HAS :
(tick in box if completed)

fhTComments - memorized the du‘a’s
f☺ h☺ - learnt the etiquettes
- unscrambled a list of words

How does my teacher rate my performance in this lesson ?

vn ☺ ☺
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Memorise the names of the Islamic months. C T ryL E S S O N 1 1
fhIslamic
Muharram
Safar ry

fvhn
fhMonths
fhRabi‘ al-Awwal
fh
Rabi‘ ath-Thaniy fh
Jumada-l-Ula fh

fhJumada-l-Akhirah
fh
Rajab

Sha‘ban fh
Ramadan fh
fh
fh
Shawwal

fhDhu-l-Qa‘dah
fh
vnDhu-l-Hijjah

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ry The Islamic calendar is based on a lunar year of 12 T
SOME
INTERESTING full lunar cycles or months.
Each month begins with the sighting of the new moon.
fhPOINTS There are 29 or 30 days in each of the 12 lunar months.
fh The lunar year is 354 days in total.
fh Because it is 11 or 10 days shorter than the solar year,
fh the months move ‘backwards’ through the seasons of
spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Every 32.5 years, the Islamic calendar has Passed
through all the seasons.

fh The beginning of the Muslim calendar was the year of
fh the Hijrah, when the Holy Prophet Muhammad [s]
fh migrated from Makkah to Madinah. This happened on
fh July the 26, in the year 622 CE. (Christian Era).

The Hijrah calendar begins on the first of Muharram.

Islamic dates are designated in the west by the use of
the abbreviation AH which stands for the Latin ‘Anno
Hegirae’, or ‘Year of the Hijrah’.

fh To roughly convert an Islamic calendar year (AH) into
fh the western equivalent (AD), or vice versa, use one of
fh the following equations :
fh
fh AD = 622 + (32/33 x AH)
AH = 33/32 x (AD - 622)

SUMMARY P

BY THE END OF THIS LESSON THE CHILD HAS :
(tick in box if completed)

- memorized the Islamic months

fh How does my teacher rate my performance in this lesson ?
fh
☺☺

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Muslims often use Arabic words and phrases in their ryL E S S O N 1 2
daily conversation. Even if we don’t speak Arabic, we fhImportant
use many Arabic terms.
These phrases help us to remember Allah. They remind ry
us of Allah’s Power over His creation as well as His
Compassion. fvhn
They assist in moulding thoughts and actions into the fhPhrases
natural mould of ‘ibadah or worship of Allah and provide fh
a person with a spiritual climate and orientation.
Vocabulary
Memorise the following important phrases. C T
fhexpressing
When Starting Anything fhgratitude

“(I begin) In the Name of Allah.” admiration
astonishment
When Expressing Gratitude or
Admiration fhalarm
elation
apprehension

fhintend
achieve

fhwell wishing
remorse

fh
fh
fh
“All praise be to Allah.”

fhWhen Expressing Astonishment or
Alarm fh

fh
“Glory be to Allah” or “Allah is Perfect and Pure.”

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ry When Expressing Elation or
fh Apprehension
fh
fh
“Allah is the Greatest.”

fh When Intending to Do Something
fh
fh
“If Allah so wills.”

fh Having Achieved Something
fh
fh
“As Allah has willed.”

ffhh When Wishing Well to Others
fh
fh “May Allah bless you.”

fh When Expressing Remorse
fh
vn “I seek Allah’s pardon.”
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SUMMARY P ry
fh
BY THE END OF THIS LESSON THE CHILD HAS : fh
(tick in box if completed)

- memorized the important phrases

How does my teacher rate my performance in this lesson ? fh
fh
☺☺ fh

Read the following poem and explain. T

A Child’s Prayer

I sometimes lie awake at night, fh
And wonder at the stars so bright, fh
fh
I dream about my future too,
And all the things that I will do.

Soon the Ummah will count on me,
I’m the future, they all agree,

And people depend on me somehow,
Though small and timid I am now.

So you and I, my dearest friend, fh
Must stand together till the end, fh
For we are one by Allah’s Grace, fh
No matter what our language or race.

We must prepare ourselves today,
While we journey on life’s way,
So education, we must crave,
From the cradle to the grave.

So those entrusted with our care, fh
Train us please and do your share, fh
We’ll make you proud of us somehow, fh
So waste no time and teach us now. fh
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We need your love and tender care,
And your sincere and ardent prayer,
So much there is to learn and see,

For true believers we must be.

“O Allah, we do love You so,
Give us health and make us grow,

Be with us each passing day,
While we journey on life’s way.”

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ry QASAS AL-AMBIYA’
fh stories of the prophets
fh
fh
fh
fh
fh X
fh
fh ry
fh vn

fh
fh
fh
fh C O
fh NTENTS

LESSON 1 The Story of the Beginning 170
The Story of Adam [a] and
fh LESSON 2
vn Hawa [a] (Eve) 181
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ry
fh
fh
The Merciful and Loving Allah has sent many T P fh
fh
Prophets at different times in mankind’s long fh
and arduous history. Every known nation has had one fh
Prophet or more. All the Prophets of Allah were men of
good character and high honour. They were prepared
and chosen by Allah to deliver His Message to
mankind. Their honesty and truthfulness, their intelli-
gence and integrity are beyond doubt. They were infal-
lible in that they did not commit sins or violate the Law
of Allah. But as mortals, they might have made some
unintentional, well-intended errors of judgement.

The deputing of these Prophets from Allah is a clear fh
manifestation of a strong link between Heaven and fh
Earth, between Allah and man. It means that man is fh
reformable and in him there is much good. The purpose fh
of Prophethood is to confirm what man already knows
or can know, and to teach him what he does not or can-
not know by his own means. It is also to help man to
find the Straight Path of Allah, to do the right and
abstain from the wrong.

Prophethood is an eloquent expression of Allah’s love fh
for humanity and His will to guide them to the right way fh
of belief and behavior. It is an emphasis of His justice fh
to man, because He shows him true guidance first, and fh
then holds him responsible for his deeds. He gives
warnings through His prophets, and if man fails to see
the dangers of his wrong deeds, his behavior becomes
punishable. This is in complete accord with Allah’s love
and justice, and the worth and capability of man of
being responsible to his Lord.

The Source of Prophethood and the Sponsor of all the fh
Prophets are One and the Same, namely Allah, Lord

and Creator of all. Their aim is to serve Allah, to

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ry
fh
fh
fh acquaint man with Allah and His Divine teachings, to
fh establish truth and goodness, to help man to realize the
fh true purpose of his existence and help him to conduct
fh his life in a purposeful way. It is on this basis that the
Muslims make no discrimination among the prophets
and accept their teachings as consistent and comple-
men tary. And this is the reason why the Muslims
believe in all the Divine Books and accept all the
prophets of Allah as already men tioned.

fh
fh
fh
fh
fh ry
fh vn

fh
fh
fh
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lesson 1 ry
fh
fh
OUTCOME OBJECTIVES TP fh
fh
- learn about the beginning of creation fh
- understand that Allah has always been, and He has no fh
beginning fh
- appreciate that Allah created creation as an expres-
sion of His qualities
- recognize that there are many worlds or universes, not
just our own
- discover that creation was created to be appreciated
and admired
- realise that only human beings have the ability to truly
admire and appreciate creation

LESSON OVERVIEW TP fh
fh
BY THE END OF THIS LESSON THE CHILD
WILL HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO :

- listen to an extract being read out by the teacher fh
about the Beginning of Creation
- complete a series of sentences for comprehension

using a word list fh
- rewrite a key sentence fh
- learn a new Ayah and a new Hadith
- listen to a short story describing the Beginning of
Creation

- find suitable one-word meanings for the words in the fh
vocabulary list
- identify the specific teachings being conveyed

through the story fh
- consider an important point
- search for words in a word maze

- complete another series of sentences using a word list fh
- draw a picture for enjoyment
- complete a verse of the Qur’an

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ryL E S S O N 1 Read and explain the following. T

Beginning

fhry In the beginning there was nothing
fhvn except Allah.
fhT H E S T O R Y
OF THE

B E G I N N I N G Allah then created creation because
fh He is the Creator.
Vocabulary
fhCreator Allah first created the angels, then
perfect
wonderful the heavens and then the earth.
Allah then created the oceans ,
ffhhadmire mountains, plants, and animals.

fh Allah created creation perfect and
fh beautiful because He is Perfect and
fh most Beautiful.
Creation was created most wonder-

fh fully but there was no one to admire
fh it all.
fh Complete the sentences using the list below. C P
fh
fh angels beautiful perfect Allah
earth admire
Creator heavens

In the beginning there was nothing

vn except .................... .
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Allah then created creation because ry
He is the .................... . Qur’an
Allah first created the .................... ,
then the .................... and then the fhAllah has declared:
.................... . “...(Allah) is the
Allah created creation ....................
and .................... because He is fhOriginator of the
Perfect and most Beautiful. heavens and the
There was no one to .................... earth. When He
creation. decides a matter he
says only to it ‘Be!’

fhand it becomes.”
“...Blessed is He who
made the constella-

fhtions in the skies, and
placed therein the
sun and a moon giv-
ing light. And it is He
who made the night

fhand the day to follow
each other, for such
as have the will to
praise Him and show

fhgratitude.”
fhHadith
Rewrite the words and copy the sentence. CP Our beloved Prophet
Muhammad said:
fh“Allah existed even
In In ................... before there was
the the ...................
beginning beginning................... anything else.
there there ...................
was was ................... Thereafter his throne
nothing nothing ...................
fhwas established over
the celestial waters.
He then wrote in the
heavenly record all
that was to be and

fhthereafter created the
heavens and the
earth.”
fh
except except ...................
Allah
fhAllah ...................
fh
In the beginning there was nothing
fhexcept Allah.
TComments

fh........................................................ ☺ ☺
....................................

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ryP C Read the following story. T

fhVocabulary Long, long ago, so very long ago,
fh there was no beautiful world. There
shining

.................... was no warm, shining sun. There
fhtwinkling
was no cool, white moon and no
....................
fhpure bright, twinkling stars. There was
.................... only Allah.
mighty

.................... Long, long ago, so very long ago,
there were no big, shady trees; no
fhtrustworthy

....................
universe

fh....................
fhrise waves rolling on the seas; and no
.................... cool flowing rivers. There were no
set

fh.................... pretty, sweet singing birds; no beau-
gather
fh.................... tiful butterflies; no fish nor life of any
orchard kind. There was only Allah.
....................

fhmighty

....................

bring forth Long, long ago, so very long ago,
....................
there was no earth, no sky, no cre-
fhbeing ation at all, but there was Allah.

....................
belly

fh....................
fhraucous Even before the beginning of

....................

things, when there was simply noth-
fhTComments ing, there was Allah, the creator of
fh☺ ☺ everything.
vn Allah then created creation,
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rybecause He is the Creator. And by a
PC
mighty word, “Be!” it all became.

fhCreation was created in the most Vocabulary
fhbeautiful forms, because Allah is slither
....................
the Beautiful. And creation was
decorate
fhcared for in the most wonderful way,....................
fhbecause Allah is the Caring.appreciate
....................

admire

....................

fhAllah created the angels pure, from
light, mighty and trustworthy, to

fhcarry out His orders. Allah created
fhthe heavens and many worlds.

Allah created our universe, our sun

fhand our earth.
fhThe sun He commanded to rise in
fhthe morning and set at night. Allah

called its golden, warm light Day,

fhand the darkness He called Night.
fhThe warmth of the sun covered the
fhearth, and the waters Allah created
began to flow. The waters gathered

fhtogether and we call it the Sea, and TComments

where the high earth was left dry, ☺ ☺

fhthis is land.
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ry Then Allah created the greenest
fh grass, and plants and trees to cover
fh the earth. Allah only said to it, "Be!",

and it all became.

fh So there were trees and plants with
fh flowers, fruits and seeds and the
fh most beautiful orchards.
fh And Allah also said, "Let there be

fish in the waters!", and the fish

fh came to be. There were really tiny
fh fish and the mightiest of whales.

There were a thousand other crea-

fh tures, stranger and more wonderful
still.

fh
fh Then Allah said, "Let there be birds

in the skies!", and they flew all

fh around, birds of every kind, singing
the most beautiful songs.

fh
fh Allah commanded, "Let the earth

bring forth more creatures!", and all

fh sorts of living creatures came into
being. There were insects on their

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rybellies and mighty elephants stand-
fhing tall and strong. There were lions

roaring raucously and reptiles slith-

fhering along.
fhThere was beauty and wonder all
fharound. The earth was decorated

as none could ever imagine. And

fhyet there was no Man, not a single
one, to appreciate her wonders, to

fhadmire the majesty of Allah’s cre-
fh
ation.

From this story we have learnt : T fh
fh
- Allah has always been, and He fh
has no beginning. fh
- There was nothing before Allah
created creation except Allah.
- Allah created creation by His

will and power.

fh- Allah created creation as an
fh
expression of His qualities.

- Allah created the Angels to

fhserve Him.
fh- There are many worlds or uni-

verses, not just our own.

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ry - Allah creates by His command
fh “Be!”.
fh - Allah’s words are tremendously
fh powerful.
- Allah is most beautiful indeed to

fh create such beauty in creation.
fh - Allah loves diversity.
fh - Creation was created to be
fh appreciated and admired.
fh - Only Human beings have the
ability to truly admire and appre-
ciate creation.
- By admiring creation we do in

fh fact show admiration for its cre-
fh ator, Allah.
fh - Admiration of Allah is the
fh essence of worship.
- Human beings have been creat-
ed for worship.

fhAN IMPORTANT If Allah’s word is so powerful that by its mere utterance
POINT TO all of creation came into being, then can you imagine
how overwhelmingly powerful Allah Himself is?
fhCONSIDER
fhACTIVITIES
Search for the following words in the word C P

maze . There are many to find so look carefully.
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sea bird fish life sky beauty care fh
angel man day be land lion no fh

A L L A H S U NW fh
FCARETXZO fh
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H AWQ Y I A A D fh
L N D A Y V B UW

fhI G L I F E E T Q
fhO E Y B I R D Y W
fhN L A N D M A N H
fhComplete the sentences using the list below C P
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Allah admired command

.................... has always been and

fhwill forever be.
fhAllah created creation by His TComments
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fhCreation was
created to be ☺☺

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imagine it to have been when Allah first created it.

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Ask your parent to help you complete P C ry
the following verse of the Qur’an. fh

fh“It is .................... who created the

heavens and the earth in rightness,

fhthe day He said, ‘.......... !’ and it
became. His word is the truth. To

fhHim will belong all kingdom the Day
fhthe .................... will be blown. He
knows the unseen as well as that

fhwhich is apparent. For He is the
fh...................., Well Acquainted (with all
things).” fh(An’am, 6:73)

SUMMARY P fh
fh
BY THE END OF THIS LESSON THE CHILD HAS :
(tick in box if completed)

- listened to a short story fh
- found suitable one word meanings
- identified specific teachings

- considered an important point fh
- searched for words in a word maze

- completed a series of writing exercises fh
- learnt a new Ayah and a new Hadith
- drew a picture for enjoyment

- completed a verse of the Qur’an fhTComments

How does my teacher f☺ h☺
rate my performance in this lesson ?

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ry lesson 2
fh
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fh OUTCOME OBJECTIVES TP
fh
fh - learn about the creation of Adam and Hawwa [a]
fh - recognize that human beings have been created from
fh clay and that our soul is a spirit from Allah
fh - understand that Allah has given human beings special
fh qualities by virtue of which mankind was made His deputy
fh - discover that human beings are the only creatures
which can truly love Allah & that true love for Allah
implies complete obedience to Him.
- appreciate that shaytan always tries to make disobe-
dience to Allah seem attractive
- recognize that Adam [a] did not intend to disobey Allah
but rather committed an error of judgement
- learn that Allah loves those who repent & that shay-
tan’s plans are destroyed when we do so
- understnad that if we disobey Allah He will remove the
blessings we enjoy and by doing so teach us appreciation
- realise that humanity is one and that all the people of
the earth are the children of Adam [a] and Hawwa [a]

LESSON OVERVIEW TP

fh BY THE END OF THIS LESSON THE CHILD
WILL HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO :

fh - listen to an extract being read out by the teacher
fh about the creation of Adam and Hawwa [a]
- use a mirror to read inverted sentences & rewrite them
- learn a new Ayah and a new Hadith

fh - listen to a detailed story about the creation of Adam [a]
- find suitable one-word meanings for the words in the
vocabulary list

fh - identify the specific teachings being conveyed
- colour-in a picture for enjoyment

- complete a word selection exercise for comprehension
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Read and explain the following. ryT L E S S O N 2
Adam

fhAllah created the first man from ry
fhclay. vn

Allah named him Adam.
fhAllah breathed His spirit into Adam & H A W A [ a ]
THE STORY

OF ADAM

[a] and so gave life to him. fh

Vocabulary

fhAllah made Adam [a] the best of all spirit
creation. talent
fhAllah gave him knowledge and the deputy
Khalifah

talent to do every good thing. fhdeserved
companion
Allah made Adam [a] His Khalifah, approach
fhHis deputy, to do His work on earth.
forbidden
displeased

realised
merciful
fhAllah commanded all of creation,
fhincluding the Angels, to bow down
to Adam [a].

fhAll of creation bowed down except
shaytan.

fhHe was a Jinn made of fire and he
fh
was proud.

He thought that he was better than

fhAdam [a] and that he deserved to
be Allah’s Khalifah.

fhshaytan was jealous of Adam [a]
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ry and hated him. from
fh
fh Allah cursed shaytan.

Allah expelled shaytan
fh Jannah, the Garden of Paradise.
fh Adam [a] lived in the Garden of
fh Jannah where he enjoyed every

good thing.
He had everything in Jannah except

fh a friend.
fh Adam [a] became lonely.
fh Allah created a woman, Hawwa [a],

as a friend and companion for
Adam [a].

fh They lived happily together in
fh Jannah.
fh Allah commanded Adam [a] and
fh Hawwa [a] to enjoy everything in
fh Jannah but not to approach a cer-

tain tree.
fh shaytan tricked Adam [a] and
Hawwa [a] to eat from the forbidden

fh tree.
vn Allah was displeased with Adam [a]

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ry

and Hawwa [a].

fhAdam [a] and Hawwa [a] realised
their mistake and begged Allah to

fhforgive them.
fhAllah is Kind and Merciful and He
forgave them. fh

Allah then sent them to earth to do

fhHis work there.
fhAdam [a] and Hawwa [a] lived for

many years on earth and had many

fhchildren too.
Their children spread all over the

fhearth.
fhAll the people of the world are the
fhchildren of Adam [a] and Hawwa [a].
Use a mirror to read these sentences. C P

fhThereafter write them out in the space provided.
ACTIVITIES

fh.yalc morf nam tsrif eht detaerc hallA
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fh.madA mih deman hallA
fh

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ry .hafilahK siH madA edam hallA
Qur’an
........................................................
Allah has declared: .madA ot nwod dewob noitaerc fo llA

fh“... Your lord said to ........................................................
the angels, ‘Indeed I .madA ot wob ot desufer natyahs
shall place a Khalifah
on earth,’ they said, ........................................................
.natyahs desruc hallA
fh‘Will you place there-
in one who will cause ........................................................
mischief and shed .awwaH detaerc hallA
blood while we do
celebrate Your prais-

fhes and glorify You?’
He said, ‘I know what
you know not.’ “

fh“And we said , ‘Surely
this one (shaytan) is
an enemy to you and
your wife, so do not
let him drive you out

fhfrom the garden...’ ”

“O children of Adam!
Do not let shaytan

fhdeceive you in the
same way that he
caused your first par-
ents to leave the gar-

fhden...”

Hadith
Our beloved Prophet

fhMuhammad said:
fh“Indeed Allah created
Adam from a clod of ........................................................
sand collected from

every type of soil on

earth, and so Human dna madA dednammoc hallA
beings are found in .eert a morf tae ot ton awwaH

fhevery colour and
shade of soil. Some
are red skinned &
some white, some
black & some yellow ,

fhas well as every
fhshade between. ........................................................
Some in prosperity & .gnitae otni meht dekcirt natyahs
some in adversity,
some blessed &
some wretched.”
fh
fh ........................................................
TComments .htrae ot meht tnes hallA

f☺ h☺
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The story of Adam [a] and Hawwa [a] is fundamental to ryP C
understanding the many secrets of life. For this reason fhVocabulary
a relatively detailed account will be rendered here.

Read the following story and thoroughly T fhmarvelous
discuss the lessons to be learnt.
....................
CHAPTER 1
fhdecorate
The earth was most marvelous
indeed, decorated with the most ....................
beautiful flowers and trees. There
were birds and animals of every fhrefreshing
type, insects crawling and fish
swimming, everything seemed just ....................
right. drift

fh....................
admire
....................

fhwonders

....................

fhtreasure

....................
unique

fh....................
order
....................
potter

fhThere were beautiful rivers and ....................
mould
....................

wisdom
....................

deputy
pretty streams flowing over the

fhlands of the earth, with their cool,
fhrefreshing, bubbling waters and
happy, splashing falls. The waves ....................
deputy
fhcrashed against the rocks and the ....................
quality
....................
fhThe sun peeped through the clouds
oceans continued their roly flow.

and the moon drifted along. fhTComments

fhThe earth then called out, “Is there ☺ ☺
no one to admire my wonders and

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ryP C to enjoy my great treasures? ” And
there was silence, no answer at all.

fhVocabulary The earth knew no one, nore did the
fhpossess angels, who could admire her beau-
fh.................... ty and enjoy her wonderful treas-
creative
.................... ures.
fhtender
Ah! but Allah knew.
....................
grant

fh.................... Allah had chosen a creature who
dismay
fh.................... would rule over the earth, a unique
shed

.................... creature like none had seen before.
fhadore This creature Allah called man, and

....................
freedom he would be made to rule over all
fh....................
serve the land.

....................
fhenvy
Allah ordered the angels to go to
....................
fhboast the earth and bring back sand of
.................... every kind and colour. The sand He
proud

fh.................... mixed then like potter’s clay.
haughty
....................
fhorder
Moulding it into the shape of a man,
....................
fhwicked with hands, legs, eyes and ears, a

.................... pretty nose and soft lips, Allah
breathed His spirit into it, and so He

ffhh☺ ☺TComments gave life to the very first man.
vn Allah named him Adam, the father

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ryof us all. Allah gave him knowledge
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fhevery good thing.
and wisdom, and the talent to do

Vocabulary

fhhonour
Allah then told the angels, “I will ....................
curse
fhmake Adam [a] My deputy. He will ....................r
evenge
....................
fhhave given him qualities only I pos- eternity
do my work on earth. And to do so I

fhsess, and with these he will rule
....................
tremendous

over the beautiful earth and all that ....................
melodious

fhis on it.” And so Allah, being the All- ....................
Knowing, gave Adam [a] knowl- disguise
....................
fhedge, and being the Creator of all, slithery
fhHe gave Adam [a] creativity, and
....................
tempt

being the All-Kind and All -Loving, ....................
fhHe gave Adam [a] kindness and a
forbidden
....................

tender loving heart. Allah was the trustworthy
fhAll-Powerful too as well as the King
....................
fiend

of all, and so He gave Adam [a] ....................
curious

fhpower and kingdom. Now Adam [a] ....................
fhwas to use these gifts to do Allah’s
work on earth. mysterious
....................

fhdelicious

....................
The angels said, “O Allah! Will

fhAdam [a] obey and worship You as TComments
fh☺ ☺we do?”
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ryP C “That you will see,” replied Allah. “I
will also grant him the freedom to do

fhVocabulary as he pleases.”
fhpluck
fh.................... When the angels heard this they
error
.................... were dismayed. “He might even dis-
fhshame
obey You, O Allah!” they cried out.
....................
gather

.................... “That he can certainly do,” Allah
agreed.
fhprostrate

....................
humble

fh....................
fhdrag “Why then do You create Man and

....................
demand make him the ruler on earth, O
fh....................
complete Allah?” asked the angels. “Will You

fh.................... put on the earth such a creature
appreciate that would make mischief in it and
....................

fhspread shed blood? Are we not obedient

....................

and dutiful? Do we not adore and
fh worship You as You should be
adored and worshipped? Surely

fh Man will not carry out Your orders
fh as obediently as we do. Surely he

will disobey you if he has the free-
fh dom to do so!”

TComments
fh☺ ☺ Allah replied, saying, “You do not
vn know what I know. I have decided

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rythat Man will rule the world and
fheverything in it, so bow down

respectfully, to the best of My cre-

fhation”.
fhAll the angels obediently bowed

down before Adam [a], and so too

fhdid all of creation. But amongst
fhthem was a creature who served

Allah as no other did, a creature

fhwhom even the angels envied. He
was given strength and made of

fhfire. He was boastful and proud, for
fhhe served Allah and worshipped

Him like no other. Who was he and

fhwhat was his name? Ah! he was
iblis and none other. fh

He stood haughty, he stood proud,

fhhe lifted his head high and the
fh
proud one refused to bow.

fhAllah was displeased and said,
“You have disobeyed my order and

fhshown disrespect to what I have
fhcreated. Tell Me, Why have you not

bowed down to Adam?”

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ry iblis raised his wicked voice and
fh said, “Why should I bow down to
fh this Man? I am better than this thing

of dust! You have created me from

fh fire and he from clay.” He was jeal-
ous of the honour Allah had given
Adam [a] and he was proud. And for

fh this reason he could not appreciate
fh the wonderful qualities Allah had
fh given Adam [a]. He looked at the

body and not what was within, he

fh became the fool because of this sin.
fh This haughtiness and disobedience
fh angered Allah. “Leave from here

immediately! You are cursed until

fh the Day of Judgement!”
fh Ever since, Iblis came to be called

shaytan, the one cast away, the

fh enemy of Man.
fh Feeling angry and revengeful, shay-
fh tan said to himself, “Adam is the

reason for all this. I swear that I will

fh mislead Man till the end of time.
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ryMankind live in peace and enjoy the
fhblessings of Allah, while I will have

to burn alone in Jahannum. I will

fhcause mischief among Mankind and
take as many of them as I can to

fhJahannum with me.” This is how the
fh
jealous think.

fhAllah turned to Adam [a] and said,

“Go now, and enjoy the Jannah that

fhI have prepared for you. But beware
of shaytan for he is your enemy. He

fhwill never change, not till the end of
fh
eternity.”

fh
fh
CHAPTER 2

fhAnd so Adam [a] lived in the Garden
fhof Paradise in peace and happi-
ness. For a long time Adam lived

fhalone in the beautiful Garden enjoy-
ing all the good things that were

fhthere. But then, Adam [a] began to
fhfeel lonely. He had everything in

Jannah, but no friend. There was no

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ry other human being to be seen.
fh
fh So, one day, Adam [a] prayed , ask-

ing Allah to give him a companion.

fh Allah answered Adam’s [a] prayer
and so Hawwa [a], the first woman,
was created. Adam [a] was over-

fh joyed. Now he could share all the
fh pleasures of Jannah with a friend
fh and companion. She was beautiful

indeed, and tremendous fun.

fh Adam [a] and Hawwa [a] lived in
fh peace and happiness in Jannah,
fh the Garden of Paradise. Allah said

to them, “You may enjoy everything

fh in Jannah. You will never feel sick
nor die. So eat and drink and be

fh happy, but there is a certain tree
you must avoid. If you eat from the

fh tree, it will lead you to disobedi-
fh ence.” However, there was some-

one else listening, someone

fh wicked, someone very jealous. It
was shaytan. When he heard what

fh Allah had said his evil mind made
vn an evil plan. What was the plan?

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Umm! I wonder? ry
fh

Adam [a] and Hawwa [a] lived very

fhhappily in the beautiful Garden of
Jannah. Jannah was much more

fhbeautiful than our earth, very much
more. There were flowers more

fhbeautiful than you can imagine,
fhhaving the sweetest of scents and
colours prettier still. There were sil-

fhver trees as huge as mountains,
with golden leaves and fruits of a

fhthousand flavours. There were
fhbirds with feathers so lovely, a hun-

dred rich colours all in one. And

fhthey sang the sweetest, most melo-

dious songs all day long. There

fhwere creatures as only Allah knows,

beside heavenly streams with

fhponds as vast as the skies and the
fhearth. And waters sweeter than

honey, whiter than milk, with peb-

fhbles of rubies and emeralds twin-
kling beneath. fh

fhFor Adam [a] and Hawwa [a] the

days in this beautiful Garden were

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ry like one very long and comfortable
fh holiday, without any care or worry at
fh all. Ahh! How superb indeed.
fh They went wherever they wished

and ate whatever they chose. They
drank the sweet, honey waters and

fh swam in the deep, jewelled ponds.
fh But they never dared go near the
fh tree, the tree forbidden by Allah, the

One. This because they loved Allah,
fh even more than Jannah itself, more
than the very lives they were given.

fh Adam [a] was indeed better than
fh the angels, because he was the first

creature ever, to truly love Allah, the

fh Creator of all.
fh
fh
CHAPTER 3

fh Now, iblees, the shaytan, was very
fh jealous indeed, more than ever
before. Ooh! How he hated what he

fh saw.
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ryAllah had blessed Adam [a] and
fhHawwa [a], He had made them the

best of His creation. shaytan, how-

fhever had a plot, a plot so wicked

that it would make make Man fall

fhfrom his high position.
fhshaytan knew that Allah had
fhordered Adam [a] and Hawwa [a]

not to approach the tree in the mid-

fhdle of the Garden, nor taste its fruit.
This was to be the way by which to

fhdestroy Adam [a].
fh

So shaytan disguised himself as a

fhfriendly, slithery snake. He was able
to do this because Allah had grant-

fhed him great power, even the power
fh
to change his shape.

fhAs a snake, shaytan entered

Jannah, the Garden, and because

fhhe knew that man was honest and
soft hearted, he tried to tempt Adam

fh[a].
fh

In a friendly voice he said, “I have

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ry heard that Allah has forbidden you
fh to eat the fruit of a special tree.” and
fh with a sly grin he said, “Do you

know why?”

fh “No! Not at all.” replied Adam [a].
fh “Well, because I am your friend, I
fh will have to tell you then. Now listen
fh carefully. The fruit of the forbidden

tree gives eternal life, and with it

fh you can become like the angels,
and live in Jannah forever. This is

fh true I say, and as a trustworthy
fh friend remember, that I shall never

harm you ,ever.”

fh Now Adam [a] and Hawwa [a],
fh being pure and honest, could not

see the trap of the wicked fiend.

fh Both were now fooled into thinking
fh that shaytan was their true friend.
fh Adam loved Allah dearly, for after

all, Allah had created him and given

fh him the best of everything. Allah
vn had given him life and the most

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