CHAPTER
V
DAWN
OF ISLAM (3)
The
non-believers were angry with the increasing number of people who declared
their acceptance of the religion of Islam. They were full of arrogance and
conceit, so they got together and
decided to launch a campaign of harrasment and provocation againt the Muslims.
They accused the prophet of being of liar, a sorcerer and madman. They made
every effort to stop the spread of Islam. But Islam slowly and surely continued
spreading among them.
One
day the leader of the non-believers decided to invite the prophet to a meeting
to talk about his lies and stop him from spreading the new religion. In the
meeting the non-believers said, “If you want wealth, then we are prepared to
raise enough money for you to make you the richest among us. If it honour and
prestige you want, we will make you our king. If you are suffering from some
kind of ilness or possessed by some evl spirit, then we will sen for the best
doctor or the best healer to come and treat you or drive these evil spirit away.
But you have to stop calling people of islam”.
The prophet said that he did now
want anything and did not suffer from any disease, all he wanted was to give
them good tiding of Allah’s reward and to warn them of His Wrath.
After
no further efforts could be made to stop the spread of Islam they made up their
minds to get rid of the prophet even by killing him if necessary. The only
thing that stopped them doing tht straightaway was their fear of the prophet’s
uncle Abu Thalib. So they asked him to stop his nephew and those who sided with
him. Abu Thalib was in a difficult position, he found himself in a real
dilemma, torn between two difficult choise Should be protect his nephew or let
him be killed. He thought it might be a good idea if he could talk to Muhammad
and try to persuade him in a nice way to give up Islam and end this rift
between him and his people. So he called his nephew and told him what had
happened with the Quraysh people and their offerto him, he said, “So please
save me and save yourself from trouble”. There was a pause. The prophet was
just about to take a very important decision. The whole world aws waiting his
answer: would he continue declaring Islam or would he go with his uncle and
give it all up.
He
made up his mind and he chose what Allah had, chosen for him. He said to his
uncle, “by the name Allah, uncle. If your people were to bring the sun and
place it in my right hand, ang bring the moon and put it in my left hand to
persuademe to give up Islam, I would not do so. I shall carry out his duty
until Allah makes it triumphant or I die”.
Abu Thalib was full of surprise and admiration for his nephew. He was impressed
by his courage, honesty and determination in his struggle to continue spreading
the light of Islam.
PERMULAAN
ISLAM
Orang-orang kafir marah dengan peningkatan sejumlah orang yang menyatakan
penerimaan mereka terhadap agama Islam. Mereka penuh keangkuhan dan
kesombongan, jadi mereka bersama-sama memutuskan untuk mengadakan kampanye gangguan
dan penghasutan melawan orang-oraang muslim. Mereka menuduh nabi adalah seorang
pembohong, seorang penyihir dan orang gila. Mereka membuat setiap usaha untuk
menghentikan penyebaran Islam. Tetapi Islam secara perlahan dan pasti
melanjutkan penyebaran diantara mereka.
Suatu hari pemimpin orang-orang
kafir memutuskan untuk mengundang nabi untuk sebuah pertemuan membicarakan
kebohongan beliau dan menghentikan beliau dari penyebaran agama baru. Dalam
pertemuan orang-orang kafir mengatakan, “Jika kamu ingin kekayaan, kami
disiapkan untuk menyiapkan cukup uang untukmu, untuk membuatmu paling kaya
diantara kami. Jika itu adalah kehormatan dan harga diri yang kamu inginkan,
kami akan menjadikanmu raja kami. Jika kamu sedang menderita dari beberapa
jenis penyakit atau dikuasai oleh beberapa roh jahat, kami akan mengirimkan
dokter terbaik atau dukun terbaik untuk datang dan merawatmu atau mengusir
roh-roh jahat ini. Tapi kamu harus menghentikan mengajak orang-orang kepada
Islam.” Nabi mengatakan bahwa beliau tidak menginginkan apapun dan tidak menderita
dari beberapa penyakit; semua yang beliau inginkan adalah untuk memberikan
mereka berita baik dari pahala-pahala Allah dan untuk memperingatkan mereka
dari kemurkaan-Nya.
Setelah tidak ada usaha-usaha lebih
jauh yang dapat dibuat untuk menghentikan penyebaran Islam mereaka mencari akal
untuk menyingkirkan nabi bahkan dengan membunuh jika perlu. Satu-satunya hal
yang menghentikan mereka melakukan itu dengan segera adalah ketakukan mereka
terhadap paman nabi, Abu thalib. Jadi mereka memintanya untuk menghentikan
keponakannya dari penyebaran Islam, memfitnah tuhan-tuhan mereka dan menghina
kepercayaan mereka, atau mereka akan memeranginya, keponakannya dan yang
berpihak dengannya. Abu Thalib berada dalam posisi sulit; dia mendapati dirinya
dalam dilema nyata, terkoyak dalam dua pilihan sulit. Haruskah dia melindungi keponakannya
atau membiarkannya terbunuh. Dia memikirkannya mungkin menjadi sebuah ide bagus
jika dia dapat berbicara kepada Muhammad dan mencoba untuk membujuknya dalam
jalan baik untuk menyerahkan Islam dan menghentikan perpecahan ini antara dia
dan orang-orangnya. Jadi dia memanggil keponakannya dan memberitahunya apa yang
telah terjadi dengan orang-orang Quraisy dan tawaran mereka kepadanya, dia
berkata, “Tolong selamatkan aku dan selamatkan dirimu dari masalah. ” Disana
berhenti sebentar. Tentang nabi untuk mengambil sebuah keputusan yang sangat
penting. Seluruh dunia menunggu jawaban beliau: akankah beliau melanjutkan menyiarkan
Islam atau akankah beliau pergi dengan pamannya menyerahkan itu semua.
Beliau berfikir dan beliau memilih
yang telah Allah pilihkan untuk beliau. Beliau berkata kepada pamannya, “Dengan
nama Allah, paman. Jika orang-orangmu membawakan matahari dan menempatkannya di
tangan kananku, dan membawakan bulan dan meletakkannya di tangan kiriku untuk
membujukku menyerahkan Islam, aku tidak akan melakukannya. Aku harus mengemban
tugas ini sampai Allah membuatnya jaya atau aku mati. ” Abu Thalib penuh
keheranan dan sanjungan pada keponakannya. Dia terkesan oleh keberanian beliau,
kejujuran dan kebulatan tekad dalam perjuangan beliau untuk melanjutkan
penyebaran cahaya Islam.
VOCABULARY
Arrogance : kecongkakan, keangkuhan
Conceit : kesombongan
Harassment : gangguan
Provocation : penghasutan
Sorcerer : ahli sihir
Healer : dukun, penyembah
To
give up: menghentikan, membuang
Rift: keretakan, kerenggangan
Tiding: kabar, berita
Wrath: kemurkaan
To
get rid of: menyingkirkan,
membuang
to
persuade :
membujuk, mendesak, mengajak
I. ANSWER
THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO THE TEXT
1.
Why were the
non-believers angry? (Because of the increasing people who declared their
acceptance of the religion of Islam)
2.
What did they do with
their anger? (They got together and decided to launch a campaign of
harrassment and provocation againts the Muslims)
3.
What did they accuse Muhammad
of? (They accused Muhammad of being liar, a sorcerer and madman)
4.
What efforts did they
make to stop the spread of Islam? (Lauch a campaign of harrassment,
provocation, accused the prophet of being liar, a sorcerer and madman)
5.
Did the prophet attend
the meeting? (Yes, he did)
6.
What did the leader of the non-believers offer to the prophet? (Wealth,
honour and treatment)
7.
What condition would be
fulfilled it the prophet accepted the offer? (Be the richest among the
non-believers, be a king and health from the illness and possessed by some evil
spirit)
8.
Did the prophet accept
the offer? (No, he didn’t)
9.
What the prophet really
want? ( Give them good tidings of Allah’s rewards and to
warn them His Wrath)
10. What
other efforts did they make to stop the prophet from spreading Islam? (They asked Abu Thalib to stop prophet from spreading
Islam)
11. What
made them not to kill the prophet?(Their fear of the prophet’s uncle, Abu Thalib)
12. What
did they do then relating to Abu Thalib? And what would they do if Abu Thalib
refused to persuade the prophet?
(They
asked Abu Thalib to persuade the prophet and they will killed the prophet if he
refused it)
13. Why
was Abu Thalib in a difficult position? (Because Abu Thalib was a leader of the Quraysh people)
14. What
did Abu Thalib say to the prophet?
(So
please save me and yourself from trouble)
15. How
did the prophet respond to his uncle’s request and what was his uncle’s
impression? (The prophet continued spreading Islam. Abu Thalib
impressed by the prophet courage, honesty and determination in his struggle to
continue spreading the light of Islam)
II.
TEXT DISCUSSION
Analize
the text in terms of character, events and setting, and give the appropriate
title of it.
1.
The title of the text
is Dawn Of Islam
2.
The characters in the
story are:
a. The
non-believers
b. Prophet Muhammad
c.
Muslims
d. The leader of the non-believers
e. Abu Thalib
3. The
setting of the story
a.
The time: When the beginning of Islam
b.
The location: In Mecca
4.
The events. This story shows us the chronological order of events in four
paragraphs.
The main point of each paragraph.
a. Paragraph
1: The non-believers were angry with the increasing
number of people who declared their acceptance of the religion of Islam.
b. Paragraph
2: The
leader of the non-believers decided to invite the prophet to a meeting to talk
about his lies and stop him from spreading the new religion.
c. Paragraph
3: The non-believers asked Abu Thalib to stop spreading
Islam.
d. Paragraph
4: The prophet continued spreading Islam.
5. The
conclusion of the whole story:
a.
The non-believers efforts to stop the prophet from spreading Islam.
b.
The prophet refused all the things which was offered by the
non-believers.
c.
Islam continued spreading among the non-belivers.
III. REFERENCE
Interpret
the wordsbin italics or expressions below by referring to their context in the
story.
1.
They were
full of arrogance and conceit.
They: The
non-believers
2.
They
made every efforts to stop the spread of Islam.
They: The
non-believers
3.
Islam continued slowly
and surely spreading among them.
Them: The
non-believers
4.
If what you want
is wealth then we are prepared to raise enough money for you to
make you the richest among us:
You: Prophet
Muhammad
We: The
non-believers
You: Prophet
Muhammad
You: Prophet
Muhammad
Us: The
non-believers
5.
What he wanted
was to give them the good tidings of Allah’s rewards.
He: Prophet
Muhammad
Them: The
non-believers
6.
The only thing that
stopped them doing that straightaway.
Them: The
non-believers
That: Efforts
7.
So they asked him
to stop his nephew from spreading Islam.
They: The
non-believers
His: Abu
Thalib’s nephew
Him: Abu
Thalib
8.
Or they would
fight him, his nephew and who sided with him.
They: The
non-believers
Him: Abu
Thalib
Him: Muslims
9.
He
said, “so please save me and save yourself”.
He: Abu
Thalib
Yourself: Prophet
Muhammad
Me: Abu
Thalib
10. If
your peoplewere to bring the sun and place it in my right hand, and
bring the moon and place it in my left hand to persuade me to
give up Islam.
Your: Abu
thalib’s people
It: moon
It: sun
Me: Prophet
Muhammad
IV. VOCABULARY
DEVELOPMENT
Fill
in the blanks with words derived from the text.
1. Some
the Quraysh people accepted Islam as their
religion.
2. Many
of them had provoked to boycott the Muslim.
3. The
prophet had been accussed of being a liar
and a mad man.
4. Nobody
could stop spreading of Islam.
5. The
non-believers decided to collect
money for the prophet.
6. This
medicine could heal your illness.
7. Every
Muslim makes any efforts to again the rewards
of
Allah.
8. Because
there was no other peaceful effort that could be made, they wanted to get rid of
or
to kill
him.
9. Muhammad’s
courage
was immpressed by his uncle.
V.
GRAMMAR IN FOCUS
If
Example:
·
If what you want is
wealth, we are prepared to raise enough money for you.
·
If it is honour and
prestige you want, we will make you our king.
·
If you are suffering
from some kind of illness we will send fot the best doctor.
·
If you are possessed by
some evil spirit then we will sent best healer to come and treat you.
·
If your people were to
bring the sun and place it in my right hand to persuade me to give up Islam, I
would not do so.
·
He thought it might be
a good idea if he had could talk to Muhammad.
Other
examples
·
If we did not go to his
party, he would be angry.
·
If you stopped smoking
you would be healthier.
Fill
in the blank with an appropriate verb from the list below.
Stop Find Invite Go
Return Bite Point Come
Take Offer Love Will
1.
If someone find
my
wallet, I will gave him some present.
2.
They offer
come to you if you invite them.
3.
What would you do if
you bite by a dog?
4.
If it stop
raining, we could go out to the stop.
5.
She will be very
frightened if someone point a gun at her.
6.
If I can save enough
money next year I go on a pilgrimage to
Mecca.
7.
Will Ali be angry if I return
his book late?
8.
If I love
the job, I think I take it.
9.
If Ani passed her exam,
she promised she invite me to a
restaurant.
10. I
am sure the students will understand if
you explained the difficult words clearly.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Darwis, Djamaluddin. English For Islamic Studies
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