III. Meaning Focus.

a) True/False Statements.

Read the text quickly and look at the following statements. Do you agree with

these agreements? Why\ Why not?

1. Uthman told his friend Abu Bakr about Islam and soon after Abu Bakr became a Muslim.

2. Uthman paid 24,000 dirhams for a well so that the Muslims could have enough water to drink.

3. Uthman often spent most of the night praying.

4. Abu Bakr and Umar asked Uthman questions about the revelations.

5. At the time he was assassinated, Uthman was praying to the One True God.

b. Information Search.

Answer the questions using information from the text.

1. Why was Uthman called the "bashful" one by the Prophet (SAAS)? Because he was…

• generous.

• polite.

• modest.

• tolerant.

2. Why did people call Uthman "the man with two lights?"

3. Why did Uthman not sleep very much?

□ As caliph, he had a lot of work to do.

□ He spent most of the night in prayer.

□ He wrote down the revelations to the Prophet (SAAS).

□ He was afraid of being assassinated.

4. Give evidence from the text to show that Uthman was well educated.

c. Information Management.

The sentences below are about Uthman bin Affan. Number them in the correct order.

……They were told to burn any copies which were in any way different.

……The Prophet (SAAS) asked for a Muslim who would buy the Well of Roma.

……Uthman asked the owner, a Jew, how much he wanted for it.

……Therefore he asked Uthman to buy the rest of the well for 8,000 dirhams.

……The Jew said the price was 24,000 dirhams, so Uthman offered him 12,000 dirhams for half of it.

……Uthman offered to buy it for the Muslims.

……The Jew complained that the Muslims were using all the water, and he had none to sell.

……. Uthman had it copied and sent to each of the Muslim cities

…… various Muslim centres had begun to develop their own traditions for reciting and writing down the Quran.

d. Learner Activity.

1. Work in groups. Make up five Wh- questions about the life of Uthman.

2. Ask your questions to people from other groups. Listen and answer their questions.

3. Return to your original group and compare your responses. Share your information with the class.

e. Vocabulary in Context.

Match each word from the text with the correct meaning.

1. respectable a. accepting other people's beliefs and behavior

2. tolerance b. religious worship, love, and admiration

3. modest c. having a good place in society

4. bashful d. a hole in the ground for collecting water

5. hard times e. moved smoothly, like a stream

6. weapons f. not bragging or boasting about oneself

7. bargaining g. washing oneself

8. well h. shy, afraid to talk to people

9. ablutions i. with sincere and strong belief

10. devoutly j. asking for something at a lower price

11. prostrating k. proposed for a position or job

12. adoration 1. a difficult period or point in time

13. nominated m. taken control of by force

14. conquered n. tools used to harm or kill someone

15. flowed o. lying face down in prayer

f. Semantic Cloze Task.

Use some of the words from the previous task to complete the passage below. Use the words in their correct form.

Uthman bin Affan came from a (1)…………family. He was loved by the Prophet (SAAS) for his (2)……….. (3)……….. .Being rich, he was able to buy (4)……….. for the army and to (5)……….. for a (6)……….. to supply the Muslims with water. The Muslims could then do their (7)……….., as there was plenty of water to spare. He was also a very (8)……….. Muslim as he prayed all night and (9) ……….. himself or stood in (10)……….. of Allah (SWT). At the age of seventy, his (11)……….. to be caliph was accepted by the people. During the twelve years when he was caliph, Islam spread to many countries, including (12)……….. Persia and parts of Byzantium.