IT INNOVATION TEACHING ENGLISH THROUGH IT: First Year English Notes Sindh Board ABOU BEN ADHEM

First Year English Notes Sindh Board ABOU BEN ADHEM

ABOU BEN ADHEM

Q 1)    Who wrote the poem “Abou Ben Adhem”?
The most tremendous and religious conceptual based poem “Abou Ben Adhem” was written by James Henry Leigh Hunt. He was an English critic, essayist, poet and writer. In 1808 after leaving the war office of British army he had joined his brother’s newspaper called “The Examiner”. In 1816 he made a mark in English literature with the publication of Story of Rimini.

Q 2)    What did Abou ask the angel first time and what was angel’s answer?
One night Abou awoke from a deep and peaceful sleep by some unusual light in his room. He saw an angel who was silently and calmly writing something in the book of gold. The room’s environment was very calm that Abou asked boldly to the angel what he was writing. The angel raised its head softly and replied Abou with much relaxation that he was writing the names of those who love God.


Q 3)    What did Abou ask the angel the second time and what was the angel reply?
Abou asked secondly about his name whether his name was included in the list of those persons who love God or not but the angel replied negatively that disheartened Abou slightly but he did not disappoint and with cheer asked the angel to write his name in the list of those people who love His fellow being.

Q 4)    What did Abou request the angel to do and what was the result?
Abou requested confidently to the angel to write his name on the list of those who love God’s fellow being. The angel wrote his name without telling anything and vanished from there but at the next night the angel came back with the great wakening light and showed Abou the list of those people who have been blessed and Abou’s name was on the top of that list.

Q 5)    Why did Abou Ben Adhem lead all the rest?
Abou Ben Adhem’s name was on the top of the list of those people who had been blessed by God because of his kind and gentle way to treat the humanity. Abou was a well-wisher and had a great love for the humanity and he had made his philosophy to get the blessing and closeness of God by treating gently and kindheartedly and to provide his services for His fellow beings.

Q 6)    What moral lesson does the poem “Abou Ben Adhem” contain?
The poem “Abou Ben Adhem” contains the religious concept besides it also has some ethical and moral values. The poet by explaining the incident of Abou Ben Adhem was trying to make people believe that the man cannot have love of God unless he does not understand the sufferings of His fellow beings because of all the loves practiced by the human beings, the love of fellow beings supersedes. He convinced the reader that in the eyes of God nothing is more remarkable and praiseworthy work than to service the humanity for his well being.

“Love is in your heart which is given by God. so give it to others.”


John Keats

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