UNIVERSITY OF BIHAĆ

ISLAMIC PEDAGOGICAL FACULTY

DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC RELIGION

PORTOFOLIO

STUDENT: Adnan Murtić ASSISTANT: Jasmina Tevšić

Bihać, Septembar, 2017

TABLE OF CONTENTS GRAMMAR PART:

Present simple tense..............................................................................................................................3
Present countinuous tense......................................................................................................................5
Past simple tense...................................................................................................................................7
Past countinuos tense.............................................................................................................................9
Present perfect tense...........................................................................................................................10
Past perfect tense.................................................................................................................................11

TABLE OF CONTENTS READING PART:

Allah.......................................................................................................................................................13
The attributes of Allah..........................................................................................................................14
Things you should know about islam....................................................................................................15

Thank you Allah.....................................................................................................................................18

The year of the elephant.......................................................................................................................20

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The present simple tense is the base form of the verb:
I work in Bihać.
But the third person (she/he/it) adds an -s:
She works in Bihać.

Use
 something that is true in the present:

 something that happens again and again in the present:

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We use words like sometimes, often. always, and never (adverbs of frequency) with the
present tense:

She never plays football.

 something that is always true:

Light travels at almost 300,000 kilometres per second.

 something that is fixed in the future.

We fly to Medina next week.

Questions and negatives

Look at these questions:

Where do you live?

Does Jack play football?
Where does he come from?
Do Rita and Angela live in Manchester?
Where do they work?

With the present tense, we use do and does to make questions. We use does for the third
person (she/he/it) and we use do for the others. Look at these sentences:

I like tennis, but I don’t like football. (don’t = do not)

I don’t live in London now.
They don’t work at the weekend.
John doesn’t live in Manchester. (doesn’t = does not)
Angela doesn’t drive to work. She goes by bus.

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With the present tense we use do and does to make negatives. We use does not (doesn’t) for
the third person (she/he/it) and we use do not (don’t) for the others.

Present continuous tense

The present continuous tense is formed from the present tense of the verb be and the present
participle (-ing form) of a verb:

I am playing.

Use

1. We use the present continuous tense to talk about the present:

 for something that is happening at the moment of speaking:

Please be quiet. The children are sleeping.

 for something which is happening before and after a given time:

At eight o’clock we are usually having breakfast.

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 for something which we think is temporary:
Aid is at university. He’s studying history.
I’m working in London for the next two weeks.
 for something which is new and contrasts with a previous state:
These days most people are using email instead of writing letters.

 to show that something is changing, growing or developing:

The children are growing quickly.
The climate is changing rapidly.
 for something which happens again and again:
It’s always raining in London.

2. We use the present continuous tense to talk about the future:

 for something which has been arranged or planned:

What are you doing next week?

3. We can use the present continuous to talk about the past:
 When we are telling a story
 When we are summarising the story from a book, film or play etc.

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 The past simple tense

With most verbs the past tense is formed by adding -ed:

call > called; like > liked

But there are a lot of irregular past tenses in English.

be > was/ were

Use

1. Completed Action in the Past

Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific
time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but
they do have one specific time in mind.

I drank juice yesterday.

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 2. A Series of Completed Actions We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed
actions in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on.
I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.

3. Duration in Past

The Simple Past can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the past. A duration
is a longer action often indicated by expressions such as: for two years, for five minutes,
all day, all year, etc.

I lived in Brazil for two years.

4. Habits in the Past

The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which stopped in the past. It can have
the same meaning as "used to." To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we often
add expressions such as: always, often, usually, never, when I was a child, when I was
younger, etc.
I studied French when I was a child.

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 The past countinuos tense

The past continuous is formed from the past tense of be with the -ing form of the verb:
I was playing.

Use:
1. for something which continued before and after another action:
The children were doing their homework when I got home.

2. for something that happened before and after a particular time:

It was eight o’clock. I was writing a letter.

3. to show that something continued for some time:

My head was aching.

4 for something that was happening again and again:

I was practising every day, three times a day.

5 with verbs which show change or growth:

The children were growing up quickly.

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 The present perfect tense

The present perfect is formed from the present tense of the verb have and the past
participle of a verb.
I have made a shopping list.
Use:

1. for something that started in the past and continues in the present:
They’ve been married for nearly fifty years.

2. for something we have done several times in the past and continue to do:
I’ve been watching that programme every week.

3. We often use a clause with since to show when something started in the past:
They’ve been staying with us since last week.

4. when we are talking about our experience up to the present:

Note: We often use the adverb ever to talk about experience up to the present:
My last birthday was the worst day I have ever had.

Note: and we use never for the negative form:

Have you ever met George?
Yes, but I’ve never met his wife.

5.for something that happened in the past but is important at the time of speaking:
I can’t get in the house. I’ve lost my keys.

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 Past perfect tense

We use the verb had and the past participle for the past perfect:
I had finished the work.
Use:

1. for something that started in the past and continued up to a given time in the past:
When George died he and Anne had been married for nearly fifty years.

2. We often use a clause with since to show when something started in the past:
They had been staying with us since the previous week.

3. or something that happened in the past but is important at the time of reporting:
I couldn’t get into the house. I had lost my keys.

4. We use the past perfect to talk about the past in conditions, hypotheses and wishe
I would have helped him if he had asked.

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 Allah

In the religion of Islam, belief in Allah is the single most important tenet. The Muslim name for
God is "Allah," which is simply Arabic for "the (al) God (Ilah)." Muslims believe that Muhammad was
Allah's chief servant and messenger.

To a Muslim, Allah is the Almighty, Creator and Sustainer of the universe, Who is similar to nothing
and nothing is comparable to Him.

"In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.

Say, "He is Allah , [who is] One,
Allah , the Eternal Refuge.
He neither begets nor is born,
Nor is there to Him any equivalent." (Qur´an, 112)

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 The attributes of Allah

Allah is the proper name applied to the true God Who exists necessarily by Himself
comprising all the excellent Divine names and attributes of perfection. Allah is One and Unique. He
has no son, partner, or equal. He is the sole Creator and Sustainer of the universe.
Every creature bears witness to His Oneness, Divinity, and Ruboobiyyah, and to the
uniqueness of His attributes and names. His essence does not resemble any other essences. He does
not exist in anything, nor does anything exist in Him. There is none like unto Him. He is the One, the
Sole, the Indivisible. He is the Rubb who accomplishes all affairs, Allah is the Omnipotent and the
Omniscient. His knowledge comprehends in perfect manner all things, hidden or manifest.

Muslims believe that Allah is the all-powerful Creator of a perfect, ordered universe. He is
transcendent and not a part of his creation, and is most often referred to in terms and with names
that emphasize his majesty and superiority. Among the 99 Beautiful Names of God (Asma al-Husna)
in the Quran are: the Creator, the Fashioner, the Life-Giver, the Provider, the Opener, the Bestower,
the Prevailer, the Reckoner, and the Recorder.

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 Things You Should Know About Islam
1. Islam in Arabic is a verbal noun, meaning self-surrender to Allah (literally: “the god)
as revealed through the “message and life of his prophet Mohammed.” In the religious
sense, Muslim means “anyone or anything that surrenders itself to the true will of
God.”

2. The Quran is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be the
unedited revelation from Allah verbally revealed through the angel Gabriel to
Muhammad while he was in a trance-like state.

3. The first sura of the Quran — considered to be the perfect embodiment of Islam — is
repeated in daily prayers and in other occasions. This sura, which consists of seven
verses, is the most often recited sura of the Quran:

“All praise belongs to God, Lord of the Universe,

the Beneficent, the Merciful and Master of the Day of Judgment,

You alone We do worship and from You alone we do seek assistance,

guide us to the right path, the path of those to whom You have granted blessings, those
who are neither subject to Your anger nor have gone astray.”

This sura is repeated during the five prayers Muslim are required to pray every 24 hours.

4. . The basic religious duties of Muslims are known as the Five Pillars:

Shahadah: declaring there is no god except Allah, and Muhammad is Allah’s

Messenger

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 Salat: ritual prayer five times a day. In performing salat, the precise body movements
are as important as the mental state. Salat may be performed almost anywhere
provided that the Muslim faces the “Qibla,” that is, in the direction of Islam's most
sacred mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Zakat: compulsory charity for the poor, assessed at 2.5 percent of capital assets (items
such as bank deposits but not possessions such as cars or houses).

Sawm: fasting from dawn to sunset during the month of Ramadan (the ninth month of
the lunar calendar).

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 Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime if he or she is able; the hajj takes
place during the last ten days of the twelfth lunar month.

5. Sharia is the moral code and religious law of Islam.

6. The Islamic view of the Bible is based on the belief that the Torah, Psalms, and
Gospels were revelation from Allah that became distorted or corrupted. Muslims
believe that Jesus was a Muslim prophet (a messenger of Allah), and that he was not
the son of God. They believe he was never crucified or resurrected, nor indeed died at
all. Instead, the Quran claims, “God raised him unto Himself.”

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 "Thank You Allah"

I was so far from you

Yet to me you were always so close
I wandered lost in the dark
I closed my eyes toward the signs
You put in my way
I walked everyday
Further and further away from you

Ooooo Allah, you brought me home

I thank you with every breath I take

‫الحمد هلل الحمد هلل‬

All praise's to Allah
All praise's to Allah

I never thought about

All the things you have given to me
I never thanked you once
I was too proud
To see the truth
And prostrate to you
Until I took the first step
And that's when you opened the doors for me
Now Allah, I realized what I was missing
By being far from you

‫الحمد هلل‬
All praise's to Allah

Allah, I wanna thank you

I wanna thank you for all the things that you've done
You've done for me through all my years I've been lost
You guided me from all the ways that were wrong
And did you give me hope

Mahir Zain

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 Birth of Muhammad (SAW) - The year of the Elephant

Over fourteen hundred years ago, the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was born to `Abdullah and
Amina. He was born in Makkah, the famed town of the Arabian Peninsula. According to the
local calendar, it was Monday, 12th Rabi-ul-Awwal, 571 (there are, however, some
differences with the dates, although this date is widely accepted by most people) of the
Christian Era (C.E.). This year is also known as the Year of the Elephant.

The Year of the Elephant was celebrated in Arabian history. It was known as the Year of the
Elephant because that year, Abraha, the vice-regent of Ethiopia in Yemen attacked Makkah
with an elephant with the intention of destroying the Ka`bah. Abraha had made a grand
temple in Sana`a. He wanted to divert all the attention from the Ka`bah to his Cathedral.
When the Arabs heard of this, they were angered, and a man if the tribe of Kinanah secretly
defiled the church one night.

When Abraha heard of this, he was enraged, and immediately began planning an attack on the
Ka`bah. He assembled a huge army, which was to be lead by himself, on the back of an
elephant. On the way to Makkah, some tribes attacked Abraha's army, but were easily
defeated, and one of their chiefs, Nufayl was captured. As a ransom for his life, he was told to
guide the army to Makkah.

Allah has revealed a surah Fil about this event:

„Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant?
Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?
And He sent against them Flights of Birds,
Striking them with stones of baked clay.
Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up“(Fil,
105)

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