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Read the story below and find suitable one
word meanings for the words in the vocabulary list.

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There once lived in the city of Jilan,
in Iraq, a great Muslim saint called
‘Abd-ul-Qadir Jilani [rh]. He was
renowned for his piety and service
to Islam and respected by all.

There lived a Jew in his neighbour-
hood. Whenever the great Shaykh
offered his Salah or recited the holy
Qur’an, the Jew made a tremen-
dous racket, clashing and clattering,
so as to disturb him in his prayers.
The Shaykh bore all this nuisance
with great patience. He never once
uttered a single word of protest, nor
did he allow anybody else to con-
front the Jew on his behalf.

Once, his Jewish neighbour was
arrested by the police and locked
up. The Shaykh was not aware that
this had happened and for a number
of days he did not hear any noise
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