III. Meaning Focus.

A. True/False Statements.

Read the text quickly and look at the following statements. Do you agree with

these agreements? Why\ Why not?

1. Abdurrahman was born in Medina.

2. Abdurrahman became rich by looking for gold and silver.

3. Both Mus’ab and Hamzah were poor when they died.

4. The most important thing in Abdurrahman’s life was his work as a trader.

5. When the Prophet (SAAS) died, Abdurrahman gave a large amount of money to his wives.

e) Information Search.

Answer the questions using information from the text.

1. Which of the following facts is not true according to the text? Sa’ad bin Rabi’a...

• was a very wealthy man from Medina.

• had two wives and a large house.

• offered Abdurrahman all of his money.

• was prepared to divorce one of his wives.

2. Why did Abdurrahman want to know where the marketplace was? He wanted to…

• become a rich man like Sa’ad.

• look for silver and gold there.

• buy a gift for Sa’ad and his wives.

• start work there as a trader.

3. Why did Abdurrahman think he would not go to Heaven? Because he was...

• not close to God.

• a very wealthy man.

• not brave enough

• an ordinary man.

4. When did Abdurrahman ask Allah (SWT) to strike him down?

5. Abdurrahman refused to be buried next to the Prophet (SAAS), Abu Bakr, and Umar because...

• he preferred to be buried next to Uthman bin Madh’un.

• he thought he was too rich to be buried next to them.

• he was afraid he would not join his companions in Paradise.

• he said he was not good enough to be with them.

c) Information Management.

In the reading text there are a number of facts about Abdurrahman’s character and life, and evidence to support those facts. Read the story again and complete the chart.

FACT	SUPPORTING EVIDENCE
Abdurrahman admired many poor people.	He suddenly remembered a poor Muslim who died in the cause of Allah (SWT).
Abdurrahman wanted to be like an ordinary man.
Abdurrahman was a successful trader.
	One day he sold some land for 40,000 dinars. He gave the money to the poor.
Abdurrahman promised the Prophet (SAAS) he would look after his wives when he died.

d) Learner Activity.

1. Work in pairs. Make up a conversation about the time when Sa’ad bin Al Rabi’a welcomed Abdurrahman to his house. 2. Role play your conversation for the class. Listen to the other pairs’ conversations.

e) Vocabulary in Context. Match each word from the text with the correct meaning.

1 persecution a. groups of people traveling together for

2 adopted trade, usually on camels

3 gratefully b. taken into someone’s family and treated

4 divorce the same

5 breaking fast с. an unfamiliar person, a person one does not know

6 rag d. end a marriage by law

7 stranger e. unjust and cruel treatment of people

8 employer f. a person who provides people with paid

9 pleasant work

10 grave g. put an end to a person’s life

11 strike down h. put a dead person into a grave

12 caravans i. starting to eat after a period without food

13 divided j. enjoyable

14 quench the thirst k. thankfully

15 bury 1. a place in the ground for placing a dead person

m. satisfy a need to drink

n. an old piece of cloth

o. separated something into shares

f) Semantic Cloze Task.

Use some of the words from the previous task to complete the passage below. Use the words in their correct form.

Abdurrahman bin Auf was (1) ……….. by the idolaters in Makkah, so he fled to Marina to stay with his (2)……….. brother Sa’ad bin Al Rabi’a. Sa’ad was so generous that he even offered to (3) ………… one of his wives if Abdurrahman liked her. Abdurrahman was (4) ………… to be so warmly welcomed in Medina. He was a very humble man who admired poor people who died in the cause of Allah (SWT) with only (5) ……….. to cover them. He enjoyed talking to his servants, so that a(6) ………… might not be able to tell who was the servant and who the (7) ……….. He was so humble that he would rather be (8)………… than to be made caliph. Before he died, Abdurrahman refused to be (9) ……….. in a (10)………… next to the Prophet (SAAS).