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?The Big Question
What does it really mean to make a promise?
Write your first answer now. You will come back to it at the end.
1Put the story in order
Number the parts of the chapter from 1 to 6, in the order they happen.
- A Tired City
- Two Teachers
- The Second Pledge
- “Slowly, People of Yathrib!”
- The First Pledge
- Who Will Shelter Me?
2Match the words
Write the letter of the right meaning next to each word.
- Bay'ah بَيْعَة
- Al-Aqabah العَقَبَة
- Al-Ansar الأَنْصَار
- Al-Muhajirun المُهَاجِرُون
- A “The Helpers”: the Muslims of Madinah who welcomed the emigrants. Allah gave them this name.
- B A solemn pledge: a promise made with the hand, with responsibilities attached.
- C A mountain pass near Mina where the two pledges were made.
- D “The Emigrants”: the believers who left Makkah for the sake of Allah.
3True or false?
Circle T for true or F for false. Correct the false ones on the line.
The Aws and Khazraj had been fighting each other for years.
TFMus'ab ibn Umayr was sent to Yathrib to teach the Qur'an.
TFAs'ad ibn Zurarah told them the promise would cost them nothing.
TFTwelve men made the first pledge at al-Aqabah.
TFAlmost everything in the first pledge was about belief only.
TF
4Quick quiz
Circle the best answer.
Which two tribes lived in Yathrib?
- AQuraysh and Thaqif
- BAws and Khazraj
- CHashim and Kinanah
Who were the first teachers to arrive in Yathrib?
- AAbu Bakr and Umar
- BMus'ab ibn Umayr and Ibn Umm Maktum
- CHamzah and Ja'far
What was new in the second pledge?
- AA promise to protect the Prophet ﷺ as they protected their own families
- BA promise to fight Quraysh straight away
- CA promise to move to Makkah
Who named the people of Madinah “al-Ansar”?
- AThey named themselves
- BAllah named them
- CQuraysh named them
5From the Qur'an: read, copy, understand
وَٱعۡتَصِمُواْ بِحَبۡلِ ٱللَّهِ جَمِيعࣰا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُواْۚ وَٱذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ إِذۡ كُنتُمۡ أَعۡدَآءࣰ فَأَلَّفَ بَيۡنَ قُلُوبِكُمۡ فَأَصۡبَحۡتُم بِنِعۡمَتِهِۦٓ إِخۡوَٰنࣰا وَكُنتُمۡ عَلَىٰ شَفَا حُفۡرَةࣲ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ فَأَنقَذَكُم مِّنۡهَاۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَهۡتَدُونَ ١٠٣
“Hold firmly together to the rope of Allah and do not be divided. Remember Allah's favour upon you when you were enemies, then He united your hearts, so you, by His grace, became brothers.”
Surah Al Imran 3:103 · meaning in plain English
Copy the verse carefully in Arabic:
What does this verse teach you?
6Think and write
Why did As'ad ibn Zurarah stop everyone before they made the pledge?
Most of the first pledge was about how to treat other people. Which promise on that list matters most in your school or home?
?Back to the Big Question
What does it really mean to make a promise?
Has your answer changed? Write it again using what you learned.
Imagined scene: Who Will Shelter Me?
Colour the place where this part of the story happened. No people are shown.
Eight-pointed stars like these decorate mosques and books across the Muslim world. Choose three colours and repeat them.
1Story order
- Who Will Shelter Me?
- A Tired City
- The First Pledge
- Two Teachers
- The Second Pledge
- “Slowly, People of Yathrib!”
2Words
- Bay'ah → B
- Al-Aqabah → C
- Al-Ansar → A
- Al-Muhajirun → D
3True or false
- True. The Battle of Bu'ath left them tired and divided (Bukhari 3777).
- True. With Ibn Umm Maktum, he was among the first teachers there (Bukhari 3925).
- False. He warned them it might cost them their best men.
- True. Ubadah ibn al-Samit was one of them.
- False. Only one item was about belief; the others were about how you treat people.
4Quiz
- B · Aws and Khazraj
- B · Mus'ab ibn Umayr and Ibn Umm Maktum
- A · A promise to protect the Prophet ﷺ as they protected their own families
- B · Allah named them
Questions 5 and 6 have no single right answer. Look for answers that use details from the chapter.