Unit 1

The last sermon of holy prophet (S.A.W)

Difficult words

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning	Synonymous
A	اي	هڪ	One
Accept	اسيپٽ	مڃڻ	Believe
Actually	ايڪچوئلي	درحقيقت	In fact
Additionally	اڊيشنلي	وڌيڪ	moreover
Administrative	ايڊمنسٽريٽو	انتظام ڪندڙ	Managerial
Again	اگين	ٻيهر	Once More
Against	اگينسٽ	مخالف	Beside
Agreement	ايگريمينٽ	معاهدو	Accord
Alliance	الاينس	اتحاد	Grouping
Among	امنگ	وچ ۾	In the middle of
Amongst	امنگسٽ	وچ ۾	Surrounded by
Ancestors	اينسسٽرس	ابا ڏاڏا	Relatives
And	اينڊ	۽	in addition to
Arrival	ارائيول	پهچڻ	Entrance
As	ايز	جيئن	Like
Ask	آسڪ	پڇيو	Inquire
Astray	اسٽري	بلڪل	Off course
Attempts	اٽيمپٽ	حملو	Attack
Attentive	اٽينٽو	خيال رکڻ	Caring
Beginning	بگننگ	شروعات	Starting
Believe	بليو	يقين	Consider
Believers	بليورس	مڃيندڙ	One who believes in
Beware	بي ويئر	خبردار	Be cautious
Blood	بلڊ	رت
Born	بارن	ڄائو	Natural
Broad	براڊ	وسيع / گھڻا	Expansive
Brotherhood	برادرهڊ	ڀائيچارو
Built	بلٽ	ٺاهيو	Make
But	بٽ	پر	Other than
Calendar	ڪئلينڊر	جنتري	Schedule
Called	ڪالڊ	سڏ ڪيو
Carefully	ڪيئرفلي	خيل سان/ احتياط سان	Suspiciously
CarriedO	ڪيريڊ	کنيو	Approved
Certain	سرٽين	ڪجھ	Firm
City	سٽي	شهر	Metropolis
Claims	ڪليم	دعوا ڪئي
Community	ڪميونٽي	برادري	Group of people
Completed	ڪمپيٽيڊ	مڪمل ڪيو	Finished
Consolidated	ڪنسوليداٽيڊ	گڏيل	Combined
Constitute	ڪنسٽيٽيوٽ	تشڪيل	Represent
Constitution	ڪنسٽيٽيوشن	آئين	Representation
Convert	ڪنورٽ	تبديل	Change
Conveyed	ڪنويڊ	پهچايو	Expressed
Countless	ڪائونٽليس	لاتعداد	Uncountable
Crush	ڪرش	لتاڙڻ	Mash
Declared	دڪليئرڊ	ظاهر ڪيو	Confirmed
Delivered	ڊيليورڊ	پهچايو	Carry
Developed	ڊيولپڊ	ٺاهيو	Residential
Development	دولپمينٽ	طرقي	Progress
Different	دفرنٽ	مختلف	Dissimilar
Directly	داريڪٽلي	سڌي طرح	Straight
Discuss	ڊسڪس	ڳالهـ ٻولهـ ڪرڻ	Converse
Drawing	ڊرائنگ	تصوير ٺاهڻ	Illustration
Dropped	ڊراپڊ	ڪڍيو/ ڪريو	go down
Dust	ڊسٽ	مٽي	Clay
Duties	ڊيوٽيز	فرائض	responsibility
Each	ايچ	هر هڪ	Every
Embraced	امبريسڊ	مڃيو	Hold
Emigrate	آيميگريٽ	هجرت ڪئي	Leave your country
Emigrated	ايميگريٽيڊ	هجرت ڪئي	Leaved your country
Enemies	اينيميز	دشمن	Foes
Ensure	انشوئر	يقينن	Guarantee
Enter	انٽر	داخل	Go in
Entrusted	انٽرسٽيڊ	سپرد ڪئي وئي	Delegate
Equitable	اقيوٽيبل	برابري	Impartial
Event	ايوينٽ	واقعو	Occasion
Events	ايوينٽس	واقعا	Occasions
Except	ايڪسيپٽ	کانسواء	Without
Fair	فيئر	صاف/ سٺو	Light
Faith	فيٿ	يقين	Trust
False	فالس	ڪوڙو	Fake
Family	فيملي	خاندان	Relative
Farewell	فيئرويل	خدا حافظ	Leave-taking
Fearing	فيئرنگ	خوف	Terror
Finally	فائنلي	آخرڪار	Lastly
Following	فالوئنگ	پيروي	Subsequent
Formal	فارمل	رواجي	Proper
Formed	فارمڊ	ٺهيل	Shaped
Founded	فائونڊيڊ	تشڪيل ڏني	Establish
Freedom	فريڊم	آزادي	Free will
From	فرام	کان	Beginning
Further	فردر	وڌيڪ	More
God	گڊ	خدا	Allah
Greatness	گريٽنيس	وڏائي	Vastness
Guide	گائيڊ	رهنمائي	Direct
Harmony	هارموني	هم آهنگي	Agreement
Hence	هينس	تنهنڪري	Therefore
Hijra	هجرا	هجري
His	هز	هنجو
Historical	هسٽوريڪل	تاريخي	Past
Holy	هولي	پاڪ	Sacred
Honesty	آنيسٽي	ايمانداري	Sincerity
Hope	هوپ	اميد	Wish
Huge	هيوج	وڏو	Vast
Hurt	هرٽ	ايذاءُ	Injure
Hypocrites	هائپوڪرائيٽس	منافق	Fraud
Idols	آئيڊلس	بت	False Gods
Important	امپارٽنٽ	اهم / خاص	Significant
In	ان	۾
Include	انڪليوڊ	شامل	Comprise
Invited	انوائيٽيڊ	دعوت ڏني	Called
Jews	جيوز	يهودي	Followers of Hazrat Moosa A.S
Journey	جرني	سفر	Trip
Justice	جستس	انصاف	Fair dealing
Last	لاسٽ	آخري	Final
Later	ليٽر	بعد ۾	Soon
Lead	ليڊ	اڳواڻي	Show the way
Leading	ليڊنگ	اڳواڻي ڪرڻ	Foremost
Legitimate	ليجٽميٽ	قانوني	Justifiable
Lend	لينڊ	اڌارو	Loan
Life	لائيف	زندگي	Existence
Likely	لائڪلي	امڪان / ممڪن	Expected
Listen	لسن	ٻڌڻ	Pay attention
Literally	لٽرلي	لفظي طور تي	Factually
Living	لونگ	رهڻ	Breathing
Many	ميني	گھڻا	Several
Marks	مارڪس	نشانيون	Script
Matter	ميٽر	مسعلو	Problem
Mentioned	مينشنڊ	ذڪر ڪرڻ	point out
Meritocracy	ميريٽوڪريسي	قابليت	A form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
Message	ميسج	پيغام	Memorandum
Messages	ميسيجز	پيغام	Memorandums
Migrate	مائگريٽ	هجرت	Transfer
Miles	مائلس	ميل	Distance
Moreover	موراور	وڌيڪ	Also
Mosque	ماسڪ	مسجد	Prayer place for muslim
Most	موسٽ	وڌيڪ	Largest Part
Mount	مائونٽ	اڀرڻ	Rise
New	نيو	نئون	Fresh
Noblest	نوبلسٽ	اعلي	Righteous
North	نارث	اتر
Occasion	اوڪيين	موقعو	Event
Only	اونلي	صرف	Just
Opposed	اپوزڊ	مخالفت ڪئي	Conflicting
Order	آرڊر	حڪم	Command
Other	اڌر	ٻيو	Additional
Out	آوٽ	ٻاهر	Absent
Outside	آوٽسائيڊ	ٻاهرئين طرف	Exterior
Outskirts	آوٽاڪرٽس	ٻهرئين حصي	Border
Owners	اونرس	ذاتي	Landlord
Pagans	پيگنس	غير مسلم	Non Muslim
Peacefully	پيسفلي	امن سان	Calm
People	پيپل	ماڻهو	Men
Perform	پرفارم	ادا ڪرڻ	Execute
Personalities	پرسنلٽيز	شخصيت	Character
Piety	پٽي	ايشور	Holiness
Pilgrimage	پلگرميج	حج	Perform Hajj
Place	پليس	جڳھ	Position
Positive	پازيٽو	مثبت	Helpful
Praised	پريزڊ	تعريف ڪئي	Admired
Principal	پرانسپال	اهم	Important
Prohibited	پروهيبيٽيڊ	منع ثي	Forbidden
Prophet	پرافٽ	پيغمبر	Messenger
Reached	ريچڊ	پهتو	Achieved
Referred	رفرڊ	حوالو ڏنو	Pass Out
Reforms	رفارمس	اصلاح	Improvement
Refused	رفيوزڊ	انڪار	Decline
Regard	رگارڊ	حوالي	Look upon
Religion	رليجن	مذهب	Belief
Religious	رليجس	مذهبي	Spiritual
Renamed	رينيمڊ	نالو مٽايو	Change Name
Respected	ريسپيڪٽيڊ	عزتدار	Valued
Rightful	رائٽفل	صحيح	Equitable
Rights	رائٽس	حق
Sacred	سيڪرڊ	پاڪ	Blessed
Safety	سيفٽي	حفاظتي	Protection
Security	سيڪيورٽي	سڪيورٽي	Protection
Sermon	سرمن	خطبو	Address
Settlement	سيٽلمينٽ	فيصلو	Resolution
Sight	سائيٽ	نظر	View
Signal	سگنل	اشارا	Indicator
Social	سوشل	عوامي	Public
Soon	سون	جلدي	Rapidly
Still	سٽل	ايستائين	Unmoving
Stop	سٽاپ	بيهڻ	End
Succeeded	سڪسيڊيڊ	ڪاميابي	accomplish something
Superiority	سپريئرٽي	برتري	Dominance
Thanked	ٿينڪڊ	شڪريو ادا ڪيو	be grateful
That	دئٽ	ته	With the intention of
Their	ديئر	انهن
Them	ديم	اهي
Then	دين	ان کان پوء	After that
There	ديئر	اتي	In attendance
Therefore	ديئرفور	تنهنڪري	hence
This	دس	هي
Thought	ٽاٽ	سيکاريو	Consideration
Time	ٽائيم	وقت	Moment
Told	ٽولڊ	ٻڌايو	Informed
Tribes	ٽرائيبس	قبيالا	ethnic group
True	ٽريو	سچ	Proper
Under	اندر	هيٺيان	Below
Undertook	انڊرٽڪ	ڪوشش ڪئي	assume
Unified	ينيفائيڊ	ٻڌي	United
Unless	انليس	جيستائين	Except
Used to	يوزڊ ٽو	عادي	Accustomed to
Valley	ويلي	وادي	Vale
Wanted	وانٽيڊ	چاهيو	Required
Was	واز	هيو
Wealth	ويلٿ	دولت	Assets
When	وين	جيڪڏهن
Who	هو	ڪير
Willingly	ولنگلي	خواهش سان	Gladly
With	وٿ	سان
Worship	ورشپ	عبادت	Devotion
Years	ييئرس	سال

 

Exercise 1

Read the text and tick (1) the correct answer.

1. The text is about:

a) The battles of Islam.

b) The family of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W).

c) The migration and teachings of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W).

d) The last pilgrimage

2. Which of the following message is mentioned in the Last Sermon, as given in the text

a) People should not hurt others.

b) Both men and women have rights over each other.

c) Muslims are a part of one brotherhood.

d) All of the above.

Exercise 3

Choose any ten words from the list above and use them in your own sentences.

1.       Ancestors: My ancestors came here during the 1950s

2.       Migrate: The whales migrate between their feeding ground in the north and their breeding ground in the Caribbean.

3.       Aggressive: Our involvement isn't due to any aggressive action on our part,

4.       Hypocrites: He is a hypocrite, a rascal who has himself roused the people to riot

5.       Pagans: The people worshipped pagan gods

6.       Harmony: I try to live in harmony with nature

7.       Prohibited:  Cellular phone is prohibited in school.

8.       Alliance: the king had formed an alliance with other king of state.

9.       Unified: It unified history with a mighty sweep, and revealed through all the ages one evolving process.

10.   Consolidated: The administration hopes that such measures will consolidate its position

11.   Astray: they went astray and got lost

12.   Beware: The restaurant's food is excellent, but beware the chili if you don't like spicy food

13.   Superiority: Where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good .

14.   Piety: It is not only that he added piety to amorousness

15.   Legitimate: It is a legitimate question that deserves a carefully reasoned answer.

16.   Equitable:  Both sides agreed to try to find an equitable compromise that would please everyone.

17.   Meritocracy:  The theory assumes the existence of a meritocracy.

18.   Principle: He was a man of principle and good to his word.

Exercise 4

Read the text and answer the following questions by circling the right answer.

1. How did the Quraish treat the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) They?

a. favoured him.

b. opposed him.

c. loved him.

d. criticized him.

2. When did the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) migrate to Madina?

a. 620 A.D.

b. 621 A.D.

c. 622 A.D.

d. 623 A.D.

3. When the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) settled in Madina, which of the following groups of people lived there?

a. Muslims and Jews

b. Muslims, pagans and Jews

c. Muslims, pagans, hypocrites and Jews

d. Muslims, hypocrites and Jews

4. Where did the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) deliver his last sermon?

a. Quba mosque

b. Uranah valley

c. Jabal-e-Rehmat

d. Hudebia

5. When did the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) perform his last Haji?

a. 06th year of Hijra

b. 08th year of Hijra

c. 10th year of Hijra

d. 12th year of Hijra

Exercise 5:

Read the text and find out whether the statements are right or wrong. Tick the appropriate column. One has been done for you as an example.

S.no	Statements	Right	Wrong
1	The mission of the Prophet (S.A.W) continued for 23 years.
2	All the Quraish refused to accept Islam.
3	The City of Yathrib was less than 320 miles away from Makkah.
4	The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) decided to build a mosque at a place outside Yathrib before entering thecity.
5	Today, Yathrib is called Madinat an-Nabi.
6	The people of Madina agreed that Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) should settle their disputes.
7	The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) addressed such a large gathering of Muslims for the last time at Arafat.
8	Islam has different laws for the black and for the white people.
9	All human beings are children of Adam and Adam was created from dust.
10	Only the people who heard the last sermon were supposed to follow it.

 

Exercise 6

The table on next page has messages from the Last Sermon of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W). The first part of the sentence is given in column A and the second part is given in column B, in a jumbled order. Read the text, match the part in column A with the correct part in column B and write the answer in column C. The first one has been done for you as an example.

After you have completed the exercise, compare your answers with your partner

S.No	Column A	Column B	C
1	Only those people were a superior	a)  To the people to whom they belong	1-f
2	All Muslims were tied to each other	b) That were based on blood and wealth were useless.	2-g
3	The only thing that made one person better than the other	c) You may get hurt in return.	3-j
4	No Muslim had a right to. things belonging to other  Muslims	d) have rights over each	4-i
5	Satan will try to misguide you in small matters	e) as a sacred trust.	5-h
6	Therefore, all claims to superiority	f) who lead a righteous life.	6-b
7	Return all things kept with you in trust	g) in the bond of brotherhood,	7-a
8	Both men and women	h) so be careful	8-d
9	If you will hurt others	I) unless they gave those of their own free will.	9-c
10	Consider the life and property  of every Muslim	J) was the goodness with  which they led their lives.	10-e

 

Exercise 7

Work in pairs and complete the following statements. Write the complete sentences in your notebook.

1. Most of the Quraish refused to accept Islam because they thought that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) was    Against their Gods and ancestors

2. The day the Prophet Muhammad entered Yathrib, marks the start of the        Islamic calander                               

3. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) invited the leaders of all the communities living in Madina to discuss             this matter                         

4. The three main points of the Charter of Madina were rights and duties of muslims and jews of madina, freedom for religion and prohibited alliance with the outside enemies            

5. In order to strengthen the position of the Muslims in Madina, the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) took three major steps, which were                                                                                                                                    

6. The farewell pilgrimage of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) is an important event for the Muslims because   He delivered his last sermon                                                               

7. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) asked the people in the gathering to listen carefully as                                                                        

8. The Muslims can ensure that all people get their fair share by                                                                                               

 

Exercise 8

Work in groups as divided by the teacher. Orally discuss and then prepare a chart on one of the following topics, as assigned by the teacher.

1. The principles that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) followed after migrating to Madina so that Muslims and non-Muslims could live in peace and harmony.

2. The basic messages in the last sermon about the rights of other people and why it is important to respect them.

3. At least five teachings, as described in the Last Sermon of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W), that we should practice in our daily life in order to strengthen our society.

4. Some of the bad practices that we have adopted, which are against the teachings of the last sermon of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W), and how these are affecting our society.