Majalah Santunan edisi Juli 2010 - Kementerian Agama Prov Aceh

By Erfiati Adam, MA, English Teacher at MAN Model Banda Aceh
Prophet Mohammed P.B.u.H
(Part Two)
Mohammed’s message upset many and the persecution of the followers of Islam was so bad that some of his
followers had to leave their homes and go to Habsha seeking for the protection of the Christian king, Negus.
More and more of Mohammed’s followers were leaving Mecca for Habsha to escape persecution. But not all
who listened to Mohammed’s message ridiculed him. In 620 A.D., he was able to win converts among the tribe of Yathrib
(Madina) and converted many of the Yathrib tribe to Islam. The Yathrib had heard of Mohammed’s reputation as a man of
wisdom and hoped that he could help settle disputes in Madina, between themselves, some local Jews, and other groups
of people. Mohammed converted so many members of the Yathrib tribe to Islam that he was able to form an alliance pact
with the Yathrib who promised him protection if he were to come to live with them in Madina.
Following his pact with the Yathrib tribe all the followers of Islam save three left Mecca for Madina. The Mohammed’s
followers had left Mecca to escape the ridicule and oppression that was carried out against them by the non-believers.
Only Mohammed, his cousin Ali, and Mohammed’s friend Abu Bakr stayed behind in Mecca. Mohammed and Abu Bakr
would leave Mecca after finding out about a Qurish conspiracy to kill Mohamed. With most of Mohammed’s followers
gone, Qurish tribal leaders who harbored resentment against Mohammed decided to assassinate him. Their plan was to
murder Mohammed in his home at night but Mohammed found out about the plot and left Mecca before they could carry
out their plans. Abu Bakr and Mohammed were able to escape Mecca and were able to flee to Madina and were they fell
under the protection of the Yathrib tribe.
In Madina Mohammed was no longer persecuted but was respected by the people and rose to a high position of power
solving disputes between the various locales. As an arbitrator Mohammed was widely respected by the people of Madina,
he also began to work on his message at this time. He had in Mecca set the codes of conduct to live by, in Madina he
worked on what relations between followers of Islam should be with one another and with non-believers. It was also in
Madina that Mohammed made Islam more Arabian. Mohammed believed that some Jews who lived in Madina were
conspiring against him with the Qurish tribe of Mecca, those who had forced him to leave his home.
Grammar Focus: Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Tense is one of tenses sequence which is applied to state an activity that was completed before another
activity in the past time. Commonly, either the conjunctions after or before is used in the sentence but it is sometimes
missed from the sentence. To be noted that usually the past perfect tense comes together with the simple past tense in
one sentence. In this context, the activity in the simple the past perfect had perfectly been done before the activity in the
simple past occurred.
The formula of Past Perfect Tense is S+HAD+PAST PARTICIPLE+O/C
Example:
1. Fatih had kept his puzzle away before Fayyadh arrived this morning
1st action (completed) 2nd action
2. After Gabriel had studied English, he studied Geography (last week)
1st action (completed) 2nd action
3. The earthquake had taken place before the tsunami occurred in 2004
1st action (completed) 2nd action
Please pay attention to the following sentences:
1. The Mohammed’s followers had left Mecca to escape the ridicule and oppression that was carried out against them
by the non-believers.
2. Mohammed believed that some Jews who lived in Madina were conspiring against him with the Qurish tribe of
Mecca, those who had forced him to leave his home.
3. The Yathrib had heard of Mohammed’s reputation as a man of wisdom and hoped that he could help settle disputes
in Madina.
Task for students:
Based on the above examples, please identify which actions occurred one to the others in the past times!
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