SURAT AL BALAD GRADE 3 WALT Recite Surat

SURAT AL BALAD GRADE 3

WALT: • Recite Surat al-Balad correctly • Give the meaning of the terms of the Surah • Explain the general meaning of the Surah • Infer that faith is the way to get rid of sadness

STARTER • What would happen if a man had no country to live in? • What is the duty of a man towards his country? • In which city was Prophet Muhammad PBUH born?

INTRODUCTION • Name of the surah- Surat-Al-Balad • Number of Verses- 20 • It was sent in Makkah • It’s the 90 th surah in the Quran • Other name: The City

• • • • • 1. I swear by this city (Makkah); 2. And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah), 3. And by the begetter (i. e. Adam) and that which he begot (i. e. his progeny); 4. Verily, We have created man in toil. 5. Thinks he that none can overcome him? 6. He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!" 7. Thinks he that none sees him? 8. Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? 9. And a tongue and a pair of lips? 10. And shown him the two ways (good and evil)? 11. But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep. 12. And what will make you know the path that is steep? 13. (It is) Freeing a neck (slave, etc. ) 14. Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine), 15. To an orphan near of kin. 16. Or to a Miskin (poor) afflicted with misery. 17. Then he became one of those who believed, and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion. • 18. They are those on the Right Hand (the dwellers of Paradise), • 19. But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc. ), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell). • 20. The Fire will be shut over them (i. e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.

MEANING OF THE WORDS • The city- Makkah • The begetting and the begotten; parents and children- Prophet Adam • Toil and struggle- difficulties and toil • The two paths- the path of good and bad

SURAH BALAD MAIN TOPICS: The main themes of this Surah are: a) Reminding mankind that Allah is All-Knower of what they do b) Reminding mankind that Allah has given them ability to differentiate between the good and the evil c) Characteristics of the true believers d) Rewards for the true believers in the next life e) Punishments for those who are not true believers

GENERAL MEANING OF THE SURAH Allah swears by Makkah, where the prophet was born, that the whole life of man from birth is hard work and hardship. Yet this man may feel too proud of the power and wealth granted to him by Allah and think that no one has power over him or can overcome him. He forgets Allah, who created him, is able and has power over everything. It would have been more proper for him to obey his lord and choose the path of good, which would protect him from misery and help him avoid the path of evil, which would take him to misery and destruction.

BASED ON THE LAST PARAGRAPH, ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. • What did Allah SAW swear by? _________________________ • What did Allah SAW swear for? _________________________ • How does a muslim use wealth to please his lord? _________________________ • Give some examples of the hard works that man usually does. _________________________

Allah says: ‘He thinks that none has power over him? And he says (boastfully): I have destroyed vast wealth (in my hostility to Muhammad). He thinks that nonw beholds him? ’ questions answers What does a boastful man think about Allah’s He thinks that no one will _______ bounties? How does man destroy his wealth? Because he will spend it on _______ Who is the one who sees and hears us and is always with us? He is ______

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF… • Allah had created man without eyes to see? _________________________ • Allah had nor endowed man with 2 lips to cover his mouth? _________________________ • Man had no mind to help him identify things? _________________________

A Muslim should thank Allah for _____________

HOW WOULD YOU ACT IN THE FOLLOWING? • My fellow student lost his daily pocket money ____________________________ • The restaurant owner was late in bringing food ____________________________ • A patient came in but did not find a seat while I was sitting ____________________________