Teachers Book Surah Quraish

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish SURAH 106: QURAISH ‫سورة قريش‬ The Quraish Tribe Learning Outcomes: At the end of this Surah, the students will learn: 1. To remind about Allah’s blessings. 2. Ways to worship Allah. SURAH OVERVIEW “Quraish” is the name of the tribe of the Prophet Muhammad (saw). This surah is a Meccan surah. The surah was revealed to remind the Quraish tribe of the blessings from Allah that they are enjoying. These blessings that Allah refers to in this surah are peace and safety from hunger. The Quraish were free to travel for trade and feed themselves with all kinds of products from the East and West of the Arab peninsula. This comfortable situation is related to the historical event mentioned in Surah al-Fiil. Because Allah protected the Kaabah from being attacked, people from all over the world understand that the Kaabah is sacred. As a result, they, too, revere it and respect the Quraish, who were the custodians of the Kaabah. Thus, the Quraish were able to live and travel in peace and security. There are four main points in the surah:

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish TAFSIR CORNER 1. Mentioning the Blessings Enjoyed by the Quraish: “For the security of the Quraish,” Allah begins the surah by reminding the Quraish that He has blessed them with security. One of the wisdom of Allah is that He would begin an important message by clearly addressing its recipient so the message will be understood. 2. Ease of Travelling in Different Seasons: “Secure in their winter and summer journeys.” Not only were the Quraish secure in Mecca, they were also granted safety in their travels. The Quraish would travel to Yemen in the winter and Syria in the summer for trade. Allah protected their journeys from attacks by robbers, severe weather, and so on. This secured trade allowed them to expand their wealth. 3. Call of Worship: “Let them worship the Lord of this House,” Allah commands the Quraish to worship Him as a gesture of gratefulness. The Quraish were blessed with security, the noble position of custodians of the Kaabah, and the honour of Allah’s Prophet is chosen from among them – the Quraish should be the most grateful people in the world. 4. A reminder of the blessings of Allah: “Who gave them food against hunger, and made them secure from fear.” Not only does Allah allow them to have a free ride and live to see the important events of Islam as well as enjoy its benefits, He also generously preserves and sustains their life with all sorts of food from all places. He also keeps them safe from any fear of the uncertainty of life. This is a reminder to the Quraish, who were readily aware of the great importance of the Kaabah and its effects on their lives. At the moment of danger and difficulty, the Quraish used to appeal only to the Lord of that House and seek only His help. However, when comfort was theirs, they easily forgot where the blessings came from. Thus, this simple reminder was sent from Allah to them, and to us too, for the security and blessings we enjoy in our life.

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish LESSON 1: GAME – TRADING VILLAGE Introduction: In verse 1, the focus will be on the recalling of the blessings of the Quraysh. This will be the focus of lesson 1. Set Induction: In the first verse, Allah has mentioned the blessings that are enjoyed by the Quraysh tribe. But what are the blessings? And why are the blessings a blessing? Let us do an activity to understand this blessing. Lesson Outcome: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to identify the blessings that have been provided to the Quraysh. Materials: 1. Goods and Merchandise Procedure: 1. Ask the students to bring something from their home that they can sell to their friends and teachers. 2. Set up tables and chairs as sale booths in class. 3. Students can display their goods and prices. 4. The teacher can invite other teachers and administrators to come in as buyers. 5. The money from the sale can either be taken by the parents or donated to any charity box. Lessons: 1. This activity is related to verse 1 which mentions the blessings of the Quraysh, which is the ease to travel anywhere. 2. Why is this a blessing? Because the Arab peninsula is not actually a hospitable place. Therefore, they must find their life supply elsewhere. 3. The ease of travel, therefore, is a very great blessing to such a people. Lesson Assessment: Formative: Ask the students about the blessings of the Quraysh. Suggestions: 1. What are the blessings that Allah has provided for the Quraysh? Summative: Ask about the relevance of the blessing as a blessing. Suggestion: 2. Why is easy travelling a blessing? Ans: Because it allows them to find for themselves food and all other equipment of life.

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish LESSON 2: EXERCISE – ESCAPE THE MINEFIELD Introduction: Verse 2 addresses multiple topics in a single verse. Here, we will focus on the manner with which the blessings are acquired by the Quraish – which is through travel. Set Induction: In verse 2, Allah has mentioned the blessing of easy travel for the Quraysh. However, this travel is only easy if a condition is fulfilled. What is the condition? And why does Allah put a condition in acquiring His blessings? Lesson Outcome: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 1. Explain the relevance of easy travel as a blessing. 2. Identify the condition required to be fulfilled to acquire the blessing mentioned in the surah Materials: 1. Blindfold or piece of cloth 2. All sorts of objects Procedure: 1. For this exercise, you need a large empty area. Fill the area with obstacles such as chairs, boxes or anything else you have in class. This area is the “minefield”. 2. The students are divided into a few pairs. A student from every pair wears a blindfold. 3. The blindfolded member then has to navigate through the minefield while their partner verbally guides them safely through it. Lessons: 1. Part of the Quraish tribe’s strength is being united. 2. Allah put conditions on all blessings that He has promised. For example, to excel academically, we must be hardworking; to eat, we must find the food; etc. 3. Why does Allah put such conditions to His blessings? Because only those who are worthy can enjoy His blessings. And to be worthy, we must fulfil the condition. 4. The Quraysh were initially the worthy people to be the custodian of the Kaabah. However, once they turned away from the true religion, they have stripped themselves from worthiness. This is a lesson that we will see in verse 3 and 4. 5. Aside from obedience, cooperation is also a condition to live successfully in a hostile environment. Lesson Assessment: Formative: Ask the students about the relevance of easy travel as a blessing. Suggestion: 1. Why is easy travel a blessing? Ans: Because it allows us to find things that are not available in our place. Summative: Ask the students to identify the condition required to be fulfilled to acquire the blessing mentioned in the surah.

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish Suggestion: 2. What made the Quraysh worthy of the blessings? Ans: Because they were the custodians of the Kaabah. 3. Why are they not worthy then? Ans: Because they no longer obeyed Allah.

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish LESSON 3: D.I.Y - PAPER GLOBE Introduction: Here, the focus will be on the geography of the Quraysh’s residence area. This geography allows them to travel in both summer and winter to provide themselves with all sorts of blessings. Set Induction: In verse 2, Allah mentions that the blessing of the Quraysh is the ease of travel. How is travelling made easy for them? Does the location of their city play a role? Let us find out! Lesson Outcome: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 1. Pinpoint the location of Makkah in the globe. 2. Explains the geographical factors that contribute to the possibility of travel in summer and winter. Materials: 1. 2 paper bowls 2. Thread 3. Glue 4. Scissors 5. A world map Procedure: 1. Glue 2 bowls together with the thread in between. 2. Then, cut the world map to fit the glued bowls. 3. Next, glue the map to the bowl. 4. Voila! You have your own Earth model! Lessons: 1. Allah has created the earth for us to benefit from, enjoy and protect. 2. He does so by way of knowledge. With knowledge of the world, we could know about the changes of seasons and other things. 3. For example, when we know about the times when the winds will be blowing strongly, we could plan our travel to face the strong winds. 4. Therefore, being in a place where the wind is averagely mild allows us to travel easily. 5. Also, knowing about the advantages of our geographical position also allows us to achieve the same aim. Aside from obedience, cooperation is also a condition to live successfully in a hostile environment. Lesson Assessment: Formative: Ask the students to make a globe and pinpoint the location of Makkah. Suggestions: 1. Ask them to pinpoint some other locations as well to make the activity more interesting. Summative: Ask the students to explain the geographical factors that contribute to the possibility of

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish travel in summer and winter. Suggestions: 2. What is the element that creates summer and winter? Ans: the wind. 3. Where do winds come from? The wind is produced due to the rapid rotation of the Earth. How do the winds change the weather? Ans: strong wind carries cold air to our place, resulting in winter. And weak winds create hotter weather, resulting in summer.

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish LESSON 4: GAME – SUPERWIND Introduction: The next 3 activities will focus on the three aspects of verse 2: (a) the role of wind in creating seasons; (b) riḥlah; and (c) trading. Here, the activity focuses on the role of wind in creating summer and winter. Set Induction: In verse 2, Allah says that the Quraysh could travel in any season – be it in the summer or in the winter. But how do the Quraysh travel in these different seasons? Let us play this game to find the answer. Lesson Outcome: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 1. Identify the role of wind as the enabler of travel. 2. Explain how wind helps travellers to travel around the world in different seasons. Materials: 1. Cotton balls 2. Craft sticks 3. Pieces of ribbon 4. Leaves 5. Straw Procedure: 1. Mark a start and finish line. Or for older students, you can draw a course/track. 2. This is a competitive race experiment. Divide into groups of four. 3. Each person in a group gets one of these materials. 4. Everyone sits at the starting line. 5. Everyone blows their different objects with a straw until the objects reach the finish line. 6. See who wins the race. Lessons: 1. The wind is Allah’s creation. It can help move and support the movement of boats, aeroplanes, birds, and for plant seeds to spread and grow. 2. By studying the movement of the wind, we can know in which direction the wind will move our transports. 3. So, for example, when the wind is blowing to the East, we can set our course to eastern sites. Lesson Assessment: Formative: Ask the students about the directions of the wind in different seasons. 1. Show the students a video about the monsoon winds. Based on the video, ask them to identify the different types of wind. Summative: Ask the students how to travel in the past and move from a place to other far away places. 1. How does the wind move a ship?

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish LESSON 5: REHLAH - TRIPS Introduction: Here, the focus will be on the travel (riḥlah) aspect of verse 2. Set Induction: In verse 2, Allah says that the travel to trade helps the Quraysh to acquire all sorts of things. But how does that happen? How does trading things help us to acquire all sorts of things? Let us do this activity to find out. Lesson Outcome: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to explain the basic mechanism of the microeconomy. Procedure: 1. It’s the trip day! Bring the students on a short trip to any factories nearby. 2. Let the students explore how the goods are being made and sold. 3. If there are no factories available in your area, you can try bringing the students to any mall, shop lots or somewhere they can walk, learn about trading and business while having fun. Lessons: 1. This activity expands on the Trading Village activity from Week 1. 2. It lets the students learn about trading in a fun and experiential manner. 3. By trading (buying and selling), we can acquire the things that we want but could not produce on our own. 4. In the meantime, by selling the things that we can produce, we are providing for others the things that they want and need. 5. With this complex interaction of buying and selling, people can get what they want while at the same time provide for others what the others want. Lesson Assessment: Formative: Ask the students about the reasons behind trading. Suggestions: 1. Why do we buy things? Ans: Because there are things that we want and need, but we cannot produce it ourselves. 2. Why do people sell things? Ans: Because there are things that they can produce but do not need. So, they sell them to others who need it. Meanwhile, they can buy other things that they want from the money that they get by selling. Summative: Ask the students about the significance of trading. Suggestions. 1. What benefits can trading provide for us? Ans: Trading helps the members of a community to provide for themselves the things that they could not acquire on their own. This they do by cooperating with each other

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish LESSON 6: BUSINESS ART Introduction: Here, the focus is on the purpose of the travel, which is to do trading as a means for acquiring the goods as parts of their blessings. Set Induction: What is trading? Let us do exactly that. Lesson Outcome: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to practice the activity of trading for themselves. Materials: 1. Watercolours 2. Plastic plate 3. Paintbrush 4. Plastic fork 5. Straw 6. Water 7. Canvas Procedure: 1. Select which paint colours to use. 2. Use a brush, plastic fork, and straw to create a painting based on your creativity. 3. Dry the canvas. 4. Frame the beautiful painting and sell to parents. 5. You may also trade your paintings with a classmate if you like each other’s work. 6. If you sell it for money, that can be used to buy food as a reward or donated to charity Lessons: We want to experience the process of trading, buying and selling so we can appreciate the work of the Quraysh, as well as our parents who may be business traders.

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish LESSON 7: MELTING CASTLE (PART 1) Introduction: The next 3 activities focus on another aspect of verse 2, which is, the seasons. Aside from that, it also gives attention to verse 3. Here, we will focus on the season aspect of verse 2. Set Induction: In verse 2, Allah mentions the seasons in which the Quraysh used to travel. These are the winter and the summer. What is winter like? Let us conduct an experiment to understand this. Lesson Outcome: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to describe the environment of winter. Materials: 1. Castle moulds 2. Baking soda 3. Water 4. Glitter 5. Food colouring 6. Baster or eye dropper Procedure: 1. Add water to a good amount of baking soda just until you get a crumbly but pack- able dough. It shouldn’t be runny or soupy. 2. Mix in some glitter to make it sparkly! 3. Pack the mixture into the moulds and place them in the freezer until solid. 4. Continue activity on Day 2. Lessons: 1. This activity is related to the word “shitāʾ” in verse 2, surah Quraysh, which means “winter”. 2. In the winter, the sun appears less because it is hidden behind the thick clouds. 3. The temperature is very low. 4. There is snow everywhere. 5. Most animals are not very active. They spend their time hibernating. 6. The clothes that we wear are much thicker. Lesson Assessment: Ask the students about the differences between winter and the normal season. Suggestions: 1. How is winter different from the normal season based on the following aspects: a. The appearance of the sun. b. Temperature. c. Presence of snow. d. Animal behaviours. e. Clothes worn.

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish LESSON 8: MELTING CASTLE (PART 2) Introduction: Here, we will focus on the season aspect of verse 2. Set Induction: In the previous activity, we have learned about winter. In this activity, we will learn about summer. Lesson Outcome: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to describe the environment of summer. Materials: 1. Lukewarm water 2. Vinegar Procedure: 1. Check the freezer, take out the frozen castles the students made previously. 2. Pour a bit of warm water on the outside of the mould to help release the castles. 3. Gently pour some vinegar on the castles. You can use eyedroppers if you have any. 4. Watch how the ice castles melt! Lessons: 1. This activity demonstrates the reaction between baking soda and vinegar. 2. It is also related to the word “ṣayf” in verse 2. Lesson Assessment: Ask the students about the differences between summer and the normal season. Suggestions: 1. How is summer different from the normal season based on the following aspects: a. Appearance of the sun. b. Temperature. c. Presence of snow. d. Animal behaviours. e. Clothes worn.

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish LESSON 9: DRAW YOUR HOUSE Set Induction: In the previous activities, we have learned about the indebtedness of the Quraysh to God because He has made them the custodians of His house. In this activity, we will learn about verse 3 in which the term “house” is referenced specifically. And let us draw our own house. Lesson Outcome: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 1. Identify the word house as the translation of “al-bayt”. 2. Draw floorplan models of their own house. Materials: 1. Pencil 2. A ruler 3. A paper 4. An eraser https://www.centerforarchitecture.org/k-12/resources/how-to-sketch-a-floor-plan/ Procedure: 1. Pick a room in your home and figure out the overall shape. Is it a rectangle? A square? A trapezoid? Lightly draw this shape on your paper to show the walls. 2. Look at each wall to observe where there are openings for windows, doors, and walkways. Mark these openings on your sketch and erase those portions of the wall outline. 3. Use the symbols above to draw in the doors and windows. Thicken your outline for the walls to show they are solid. 4. You can add furniture to your sketch by drawing their shapes as seen from above. Make sure your plan drawing works like a map, so it shows their correct locations in the room. Lessons: 1. Even though buildings are 3-D spaces, architects use 2-D drawings to create their designs and organize their ideas. A floor plan is a 2-D drawing of a building or room from an overhead view. 2. It is like a map of the space. Sketch a floor plan of a room in your home using the plan drawing symbols. 3. Do you know that the word Kaabah means cubic, referring to the shape of God’s house? 4. We humans also build our house generally in similar shapes – squares and rectangles. 5. Having a house is one of the instances of security as a blessing. Therefore, we should not only be grateful for having a house to live in but must also be concerned about others who do not have a house to live in. Lesson Assessment: Formative 1. Ask the students to draw a floor plan of their own rooms. Summative: 2. Ask the students to identify the word house in verse 4.

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish LESSON 10: PAPERCRAFT – FOLDED FOOD Introduction: The next 3 activities will focus on verse 4. This verse focuses on the resultant blessings that Allah has provided the Quraysh with the blessing of easy travel. With easy travel, there come other blessings as well. Aside from security, one of the blessings is food. Lesson 10 gives special attention to this type of blessing. Set Induction: In the previous activity, we have looked at one of the blessings that Allah has given us, namely, the blessing of a living place. Here, we will look at the other blessing that comes with the ease of travel, namely, food. Lesson Outcome: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to list down the blessings that Allah has provided with the ease of travel. Materials: 1. Origami paper Procedure: 1. First, take a large piece of coloured paper and fold it diagonally in half. 2. Fold it again into half, and then unfold this to leave a centre line 3. Then, against the centre line made earlier, fold a second layer onto the first layer folded in the first step 4. Now, turn over the paper and fold the backside frontward to the centre line. 5. Both the left and right sides should be folded. 6. Now, for the carrot leaves, take two smaller pieces of paper. Fold each one in half and then unfold them. 7. Fold the parallel corners towards the centre mark, and then turn the leaf over. 8. Fold the lower edge halfway towards the centre mark. 9. Finally, insert the leaves into the slot made in the body of the carrot. 10. Voila! You have successfully made your own carrot. Lessons: It is part of Allah’s mercy that there exist so many varieties of food on earth that help us stay healthy and strong. Lesson Assessment: Formative: 1. Instruct the students to make a food origami. Summative: 2. Ask the students to list down the blessings that Allah has provided with the ease of travel.

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish LESSON 11: D.I.Y – FEED OTHERS Introduction: With easy travel, there come other blessings as well. These blessings should be shared with others. Set Induction: We have looked previously at the types of blessings that Allah has given us. What should we do with these blessings? Well, let us find out! Lesson Outcome: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to explain the implication of being blessed with different types of good things. Materials: 1. Bread 2. Salad 3. Tomatoes 4. Mayonnaise 5. Boiled egg 6. Cling wrap, ziplock bag, or paper bag Procedure: 1. It’s the sandwich-making time! Divide the tasks among the students. Some of them can prepare the vegetables and some can prepare the egg. 2. Guide each student to assemble a sandwich, and then wrap or pack the sandwich. 3. Bring the student to a nearby street or shop and let them give their sandwiches to any passer-by they find. Lessons: This activity is related to verse 4, surah Quraysh. Allah has fed the Quraish tribe and protected them from hunger. Allah gives us so many blessings. When we share these blessings, we show our gratitude to Allah and we make others happy too. Lesson Assessment: Ask the students to explain the implication of being blessed with different types of good things. Suggestion: 1. What should we do with the blessings that Allah gives us? Ans: We should share it with others who are not fortunate enough to acquire these blessings by themselves.

ILQ | Teachers’ Book Quraish LESSON 12: JOURNAL OF SURAH QURAISH Set Induction: Let us write a journal to record everything that we have learned. Lesson Outcome: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to recall all the lesson of this surah. Materials: 1. Papers 2. Colour pencils 3. Paper decorations Procedure: 1. Give the students a few pieces of paper printed with pictures of tribes, winter, summer, foods, caravans, people trading, etc, and let them paste them on plain paper. 2. They also can draw extra pictures by themselves of what they have been learning throughout the month about surah Quraish. 3. They may decorate their papers as they wish! The teacher will check their journal once a month. Lessons: Repetition and self-directed learning are part of effective revision. The student easily to revise what they learnt throughout the surah. When reviewing their work, you will find out that each student will focus on different types of emotions and experiences. This will help the teachers to understand more about the students’ interests and personalities.