Quark 7 - My Faith 1 - NF:My Faith 1 - NF.qxd.qxd

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Once Sayyidatuna ‘A’ishah [r]

received a gift of two bags full of sil-

ver dirhams. One hundred thou-

sand silver coins to be exact. That

was an awful lot of money indeed.

Oh how excited I would be if I

received such a handsome gift, but

‘A’ishah [r] looked so very sad.

Tears began to trickle over her rosy

cheeks.

Her maid servant rushed over to her

fearing the worst. “Dear Lady, why

do you cry. What harm has come to

you?” ‘A’ishah [r] wiped the tears

from her cheeks as she looked

over to where her maid servant

was. “No harm has come to me, but

harm has come to others. The pain

of hunger of the orphans and the

suffering of the widows makes me

cry. How can I enjoy this gift when

there are so many who are in

need?” ‘A’ishah’s [r] said. “I wonder

Read the following story. T

Vocabulary

....................received

....................dirham

....................trickle

.................... maid

.................... hunger

....................suffering

....................wrapped

....................shawl

....................tagging

....................lanes

cobble stone....................

....................orphan

....................widow

....................distributing

....................radiant

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