GRADE VIII- TERM 1- UNIT 4 LESSON 1 POWER OF ALLAH SURAH (SURAH YASEEN 33-54)

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2019 -2020

ISLAMIC STUDIES – GRADE VIII- TERM 1- UNIT 4 LESSON 1

POWER OF ALLAH SURAH (SURAH YASEEN 33-54)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

*ANALYZE THE MEANING OF THE VERSES (33 54) OF SURAH YAA SEEN

*ENUMERATE THE EVIDENCES FOR THE POWER AND ONES OF ALLAH (SWT)

*INFER THE MEANS THAT HELP TO GET THE MERCY OF ALLAH

I)KEY WORDS

وفجرنا فـيـها (1-Let water springs burst from the earth

الأزواج (2-Pairs

نـسـلـخ (3-Remove

كـالـعـرـجـون الـقـديـم (4-Old date stalk

II) FILL UPS:

Allah urges man to work so that he feels the value of things and thanks Allah for his gifts.

The power of Allah resurrects the dead and raise them from their graves on the day of judgement.

III)ANSWER THE FOLLOWING

1)What were the evidences of the power of Allah (SWT) in the verses 33-54 in surah Yaseen?

Ans) The evidences of his power and oneness are:

*Allah (SWT) brought the earth to life

*Establishing the order of the universe

*Facilitating transportation and diversity of its means

2)What was the description of the deniers in the verses?

Ans) Allah (SWT) gave signs that evidence his power, some people denied and turned away from those signs, did not spend from the gifts bestowed upon them by Allah (SWT), did not feed from the provisions given to them by him and denied the Day of Judgement.

3.) How did Allah (SWT) bring the earth to life?

Ans) He brought the dead barren earth to life with water, which is the essence of life .He brought from it plants and fruits for man and animals to eat .This is a gift from Allah (SWT) .This indicates the power of Allah(SWT) to resurrect the dead and raise them from their graves on the day of judgement.

4)How did Allah establish the order of the universe?

Ans) *Having night and day in a precise fixed sequence.

*He created the certain paths for the sun and moon which they follow very precisely.

5)How was Allah (SWT) facilitated transportation for mankind?

Ans) One of the gifts given by Allah (SWT) to man is that he facilitated for him means for transportation and moving around to see provision and try to meet his life needs. He protected man from harm through his mercy, therefore man must thank Allah for these gifts.

6)Explain the meaning of the verses 49 to 53 from surah Yasin?

Ans) *They do not wait except one blast which will seize them while they are disputing (49)

*And they will not be able to give any instruction, nor to their people can they return (50)

*And the Horn will be blown; and at once from the grace to their Lord they will hasten. (51)

*They will say, ‘’O, woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping place?’’ The reply will be,

‘’This is what the Most Merciful had promised, and the messengers told the truth.’’ (52)

*It will not be but one blast, and at once they are all brought present before Us (53)

Grade VII Unit 4 Lesson 1 Note - Surat-Ar-Rahman

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Note - Surat-Ar-Rahman

Unit 4 Lesson 1

Learning Objectives :

Explain the meanings of Qur'anic vocabulary.
Explain the overall meaning of the verses.
Infer manifestations of the mercy of Allah
Explain aspects of the greatness of Allah () through His gifts.

Quranic Vocabulary:

صَلْصَال     Dry Pottery

مارج         Flames

برزخ         Barrier

بالقسط        With Justice

الجوار        Ships

كالأعلام       Like Mountains

لؤلؤ          Pearls

Meaning of the portion :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful The Most Merciful (1) Taught the Qur'an, (2) Created man, (3) And taught him eloquence. (4) The sun and the moon move by precise calculation, (5) And the stars and trees prostrate (6) And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance (7) That you not transgress within the balance. (8) And establish weight in justice and do not make deficit the balance. (9) And the curth He laid out for the creatures. (10) Thereint fruit and palm trees having sheaths of dates (11) And grain having husks and scented plants. (12) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? (13) He created man from clay like that of pottery (14) And He created the jinn from a smokeless frame of fire (15) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? (16) He is Lord of the two sunrise and Lord of the two sunsets. (17) Sa which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? (18) He released the two seas, meeting side by side (19) Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses, (20) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? (21) From both of them emerge pearl and coral (22) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny (23) And to Him belong the ships with sails elevated in the sea like mountains. (24) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? (25) [Surat Ar-Rahman

Fill in the blanks:

• Between them is a ___________________so neither of them transgresses
•  From both of them emerge ________________and coral
• And the heaven He raised and imposed the _________________
• He is Lord of the two sunrise and Lord of the two ________________
• .And to Him belong the ships with  ____________ elevated in the sea like mountains

Match the Following:

The balance used by merchant                       Volume

The balance used by clothe seller Weight

The balance used by seller of boxes and tanks Temperature

The balancing done by Judge of a court Testimonials

The balancing done by air conditioner Length

Answer the following :

1. What is the benefit of having two sunrises and two sunsets?

It helps to have changes in weather. People on earth gets weathers of winter,
spring, summer and autumn.  

2. What is the negative effects of modern ships in marine life?

It poses danger for marine life where it produces sound and
also causes threat of polluting marine water.

3. What is the importance of justice in balance?

Allah (SWT) created sun and moon with precise calculation.
He created Heavens and balanced it. Then He ordered man
to keep balance in everything with justice and not to break balance.
As successor of Allah on earth, man is responsible for keeping balance with justice.
The Government of UAE is a very good example for keeping this balance.
The government made the country number one in palm tree plantations.
There are 40 million palm trees in UAE. It helps to keep balance against global warming.

4. How can you prove that making every creatures subject to man is evidence on
5. Oneness of Allah?

If there were more than one God men would not be given power on all creatures.
Each god will have separate realm of power and each realm of power
will be out of the control of the other god.

5. Mention two seas as gift of Allah which proves His greatness?

Allah (SWT) created two seas one with pure water and another
with salt water. Although they are merging together Allah created
a unseen barrier between them so that both of water remains with its original taste.
Allah (SWT) also created pearls and corals in both water.  

6. Mention ships travelling using sails as favour of Allah? What is man’s responsibility towards Allah’s favours?

Before invention of machines ships were travelling in the sea using big sails.
People used to navigate the ship in the sea with the help of wind sails. Allah (SWT) mentions
the movement of these ships in sea with sails like mountains as one of His favours.
Man is ordered to be thankful to Allah (SWT) using his favours in goodness.  

7. Explain Holy Quran as Mercy of Allah?

Allah (SWT) told us about His gifts to people and His mercy upon them;
He revealed the Holy Qur'an to our Master Mohammad (SAW) and made it easy
for people to understand and memorize. He demonstrated in it good and evil,
what is halal and what is haram, and made it mercy and guidance for the worlds.

Grade : X Unit 4 Lesson : 2 Recording Sunnah

1. Define Sunnah?

Sunnah is sayings, deeds and approvals of the prophet Muhammed (S). It is the second source of Islamic legislation.

2. Who was the first scholar to compile the prophet’s hadith? Who instructed him to do that?

The first scholar who compiled the prophet’s hadith was Muhammed ibn Muslim, famously known as ibn shihab al-zuhri. He was one from the first generation of scholars after the prophet’s companions.

Amir al Mu’minin Omar ibn Abdul Aziz instructed him to do so.

3. Who was the first person ever to write the hadeeth?

Abdullah ibn Amr (R)

4. Did Many of the Sahabah write down the hadeeth?. Explain why or why not

They didn’t. It was because the prophet generally discouraged them from writing at that time. He feared that people would mix them with the Qur’an, and become confused between the two. The only one who was permitted to write was Abdullah ibn Amr. He wrote them for his personal use.

5. Describe how the ahadeeth were transmitted from one generation to another, or from one place to another during the first century of Islam?

The Sahabah travelled from one place to another to collect ahaadeeth. Jabir ibn Abdullah travelled for a month to Syria to hear a hadeeth directly from the other sahabi who heard it directly from Rasoolullah(S). Many Companions like Ibn masood travelled farthest regions to collect and preserve ahadeeth to transmit them for the next generation. The ahadeeth were transmitted along by memory and the chains of narrations were preserved.

6. Mention the major types of hatheed books.

• Sahih Books; are books that mention only ‘sahih’ (authentic) hathids such as ‘Sahih Al-bukhari’ and ‘Sahih Muslim’
• Sunan : These books collect hadiths on rulings referred to the Prophet (S) arranged in terms of fiqh chapters such as ‘Sunan Abu Dawud’, Sunan at- Tirmidhi and ‘Sunan an –Nasa’i.
• Compilations ((مصنفات: Books containing hadiths ascribed to the Prophet(S) and strictly narrated by a Companion or a Tabiee such as Musnnaf Abd al-Razzaq ibn Hammam Al San’ani’ and Musannaf Abi Bakr ibn Abi Shaybani.Masanid: These books collect hadiths on rulings referred to the Prophet (S) arranged in terms of fiqh chapters such as ‘Sunan Abu Dawud’, Sunan at- Tirmidhi and ‘Sunan an –Nasa’i.
• Ma’ajim: Hadeeths are arranged according to the Sheikhs of the author such as Al-Tabarani’s ‘Mu’ajam al- Kabir’.
• Ajzaa (أجزاء) : Small books collected certain hadeeths or the sayings of a sheikh such as imam Al-Bukhari’s ‘Juz’ fi Raf’ al-Yadayn’ (جزء في رفع اليدين) and Imam Al-Bayhaqi’s ‘Reading after the Imam’
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• 7) What was the name of the first compiled hadeeth book? Who compiled it?

Al-Muwatta’ by Imam Malik ibn Anas, the founder of the second school of fiqh.

8) Why did Omar ibn Abdul Aziz (R ) instruct the scholars of Madina to write the Hadiths?

He feared the loss of hadiths as the prophet (S ) feared as he said; “ I fear the disappearance of knowledge and the demise of its bearers” (Narrated by Al- Bukhari)

9)Mention the most important two books to compile authentic hadiths.

Sahih-al-bukhari , Compiled by Abu Abdillah Muhammed ibn Ismail ibnIbrahim ibn al Mughirah ibn Bardizbah al-Ju’fi al-Bukhri (R ).

Sahih-Muslim, compiled by Muslim ibn al Hajjaj (R )

10) If a scholar compiles hadiths on the benefit of jama’a prayer in a special book, will his book be called a ‘ma’jim’ or ‘sunan’ or ‘juz’?

Juz’