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By
Diana Herawati, S.Pd.
Editor & Proof Reader
Wahiduddin Richard Shelquist
Part I: Love
What is Love 5
Love Letter 7
Teachers 9
Mother 10
Friends 12
The Love of Allah 15
Allah 18
Part 2: Wisdom
Prayers 20
Help 22
True Wealth 24
Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover 26
The Fox who got caught in the tree trunk 29
Beautiful Gift 31
Butterfly and Cocoon 33
The Selfish Man 35
WHAT IS LOVE
What is “Love” actually? People have many
different explanations and definitions about love,
but often they believe that their feelings of lust
and desire are the feelings of love. Love is
something very miraculous, powerful and
beautiful. When someone is in love, everything
will be wonderful and beautiful for the lover,
even though the longing for the beloved may
seem almost unbearable. The lover sees only the
beauty of the beloved, and that’s why the lover
Questions
When someone is in
love, the lover is full
of beautiful words
from the heart. And
that will make the
lover able to write a
wonderful love letter
to express his
feeling. Love can
make someone
become a good
writer, a good poet.
Now try to express
your love by writing a
love letter!
The following love
letter can be used to
help you start to
write the letter. It is
only an example. You
should create your
own letter using the
wonderful love that
fills your heart.
Love always,
(Your Name)
What do you
think about
the people in
this picture?
Write your
opinion about
the relationship
between your
teacher and
yourself!
Begin with the
words:
I think
……….
FRIENDS
A FRIEND'S GREETING
- Heather Haff -
It is good for us if we
can be grateful for
everything that we have Crocuta crocuta
so that we can enjoy
our life. Allah loves and rewards those who are always
grateful to Him.
ALLAH
Many people have done regular prayers but they still feel
jealous of others. That means that they still do not love
Allah because people who love Allah will love others
too, they will never be jealous or be subject
to bad behavior such as being selfish, arrogant,
dishonest, irresponsible, etc.
Exercises:
1. Write and tell about the five pillars of Islam!
What are they?
2. Write the translation of Surah al Fatihah in
English!
3. Write paragraphs for preaching and do it in
front of your friends!
4. What do you do as proof that you love Allah?
Prayers
After many days of rain, the flood waters began to cover
all of the ground. At first, the water was only ankle deep.
But gradually the flood waters just kept getting deeper
and deeper.
The rains continued, and soon the flood waters were very
deep, so she went up and sat on the roof of her house.
Someone came along in a boat, and invited her to get into
the boat to escape the rising waters, but she refused. She
said "Allah will protect me".
After her death, she found herself before Allah, and she
said "Why didn't you answer my calls to you, my Lord?"
Questions
1. What do you think of the lady’s action in that
story?
2. What will you do if you have a problem that you
cannot solve?
3. What will you do if there is someone that wants
to help you to solve that problem?
4. How do you know that the help is good for you
and it is the help from Allah?
5. How do you know that the help is not good for
you?
6. Do you always like to be helped by others and
always want to be helped?
Questions
1. What was the problem of the two brothers?
2. Why did the carpenter build the bridge
instead of a fence?
3. If you are asked to help someone to do
something for him, what will you do? Will you
do what he asks without thinking whether it is
good for others or not?
One day a
father of a very
wealthy family took
his son on a trip to the
country with the
purpose of showing his
son how the poor
people live so he could
be thankful for his
wealth.
Questions
1. Why did the father take his son on a trip
with him?
2. Did the father succeed in achieving his
purpose?
3. What did the son get from his trip with his
father?
4. Explain the meaning of the sentences in the
last paragraph!
The lady told him, ”We had a son who attended Harvard
for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But
about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband
and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere
on campus.”
Questions
1. What do you think of that president
of Harvard?
2. What do you get from that story?
3. Make a conclusion from that story!
4. Write and tell your own story that
is almost the same as that story!
Once upon time, there was a hungry fox that was looking
for something to eat. He was very hungry. No matter
how hard he tried, the fox could not find food. Finally he
went to the edge of the forest and searched there for
food. Suddenly he caught sight of a big tree with a hole
in it.
The fox was very sad and upset. He told himself, “I wish
that I had thought a little before jumping into the hole.”
A Beautiful Gift
A young man was getting ready to
graduate from college. For many
months he had admired a beautiful
sports car in a dealer’s showroom,
and knowing his father could well
afford it, he told him that was all he
wanted. As Graduation Day
approached, the young man awaited
signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the
morning of his graduation his father called him into his
private study.
His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine
son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed
his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but
somewhat disappointed the young man opened the box
and found a lovely, leather-bound Holy Qur’an. Angrily,
he raised his voice at his father and said, “With all your
money you give me a Holy Qur’an ?” and stormed out of
the house, leaving the holy book.
He never
contacted his
father again for
long time. Many
years passed and
the young man
Questions
1. What did the son want as his gift when he
graduated from the college?
2. Was the father rich or poor?
3. Why did the son leave his father angrily?
4. Why did the son go home to his house again?
5. Why did the son feel regret?
Questions
1. Why did the man take a pair of scissors and snip
off the remaining bit of cocoon?
2. What happened to the butterfly?
3. Why was the butterfly never able to fly?
4. What are some things in your own life that are
like that cocoon?
One day, the man lost thirty gold coins. He went to his
friend’s house and told him how he lost his gold coins.
His friend was a kind man.
The man left the gold coins and went to the court and
informed the judge there about what had taken place
between him and the girl’s father.
The judge sent for the girl and her father, and when they
arrived asked the girl how many gold coins did she find.
The judge then told the man that the gold coins did not
belong to him because the girl found thirty and not forty
as he claimed to have lost and then told the girl to take
the gold coins and that if anybody is looking for them he
will send for the girl.
The judge told the man that if anybody reports that they
have found forty gold coins he will send for him. It was
then the man confessed that he lied and that he lost thirty
gold coins but the judge did not listen to him.