Video Script — Unit 4

Eid-Ul-Adha

Subject: English | Class: 3 | Series: Leeds (SNC 2020)

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Hello, students! Welcome to Unit 4 of your Leeds English textbook. Today we are going to learn about a very special occasion for all Muslims: Eid-ul-Adha.

Eid is the main festival of Muslims. It is known as the festival of expressing gratitude to Allah. It is also the festival to celebrate with pure heart and devotion.

Eid-ul-Adha is celebrated to honour the great sacrifice given by Hazrat Ibrahim (Alaihis Salam) in the way of Allah. Let me tell you what happened.

One night, Hazrat Ibrahim (Alaihis Salam) had a dream. In the dream, Allah told him to sacrifice his son, Hazrat Ismail (Alaihis Salam). When Hazrat Ibrahim shared this dream with Hazrat Ismail, the young boy happily agreed to Allah's will.

Satan tried to stop Hazrat Ibrahim and Hazrat Ismail, but they did not listen to him. They were ready to obey Allah's command. Allah was so pleased with their obedience and faith that He sent a lamb to be sacrificed in Hazrat Ismail's place.

This is why Muslims celebrate Eid-ul-Adha every year on the 10th of Zilhaj, the last month of the Islamic calendar.

On this day, prosperous Muslims give sacrifice of goat, cow, or camel. The meat of these animals is distributed into three equal parts. One part goes to the poor. One part goes to relatives and friends. And the third part is for the family.

Before going to the Eidgaah for prayer, people take a bath and wear new clothes. There is also a custom of eating some light sweet vermicelli or dates in the morning.

The beautiful festival of Eid-ul-Adha is celebrated in great spirits and joy all around the world. The joyous day begins with a special Eid prayer that is performed in congregation, which means in rows, at the Eidgaah. Before the Eid prayer, the glories of Allah are recited.

Now let us learn some vocabulary from this unit.

"Gratitude" means thanks. We express gratitude to Allah for His blessings.

"Joyous" means cheerful. Eid is a joyous occasion.

"Sacrifice" means ritual slaughter. Muslims offer the sacrifice of animals on Eid-ul-Adha.

Next, let us learn about consonant clusters. A consonant cluster is a group of consonants that appear together in a word with no vowels between them.

There are two types of consonant clusters. Initial consonant clusters come at the beginning of a word. For example, CR as in crab, crow, and cry. FL as in flat, flip, and flute.

Final consonant clusters come at the end of a word. For example, ST as in nest, fast, and last. LD as in gold, cold, and fold.

Some more initial clusters are PL as in plan, SL as in slip, CL as in clap, and SK as in skip. Some more final clusters are RN as in born, FT as in left, NK as in bank, and RL as in girl.

Now let us learn about adjectives. Adjectives are words that tell us more about people, animals, places, or things. For example, in "good child," the word "good" is an adjective. In "cold weather," the word "cold" is an adjective. In "blue urn," the word "blue" is an adjective.

Adjectives can describe different things. They can describe size, like large or small. They can describe quality, like intelligent or beautiful. They can describe quantity, like few or many. They can describe age, like old or young. They can describe shape, like oval or round. And they can describe colour, like green or red.

Let me give you some examples. "Ayesha has a red scarf." Here "red" is a colour adjective. "A giraffe has two eyes." Here "two" is a quantity adjective. "There is a small chick." Here "small" is a size adjective.

Let us recap what we learned today. We learned about Eid-ul-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, which honours the obedience of Hazrat Ibrahim (Alaihis Salam) and Hazrat Ismail (Alaihis Salam). We learned the vocabulary words gratitude, joyous, and sacrifice. We learned about consonant clusters at the beginning and end of words. And we learned about adjectives and their six types: size, quality, quantity, age, shape, and colour.

Eid Mubarak to all of you! May Allah bless you and your families.

Thank you for watching. See you in the next lesson!