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wicked idol worshipping master to
find out because Bilal [r] knew of his
hatred for Islam. Once, when Bilal
[r] was on his way back from visiting
the Prophet [s] he was struck with
idea of walking around the Ka’aba,
to look at the strange Idols that had
been placed in and around it by the
idol worshippers, to see what effect
they would have on him, now that
he had embraced Islam.
The first idol he saw was called
Hubal, the chief idol. It was huge
and reckoned to be the mightiest
and most powerful of all the idols. It
was made of red stone. Its right
hand had been broken and the peo-
ple had replaced it with one of solid
gold.
Bilal [r] looked at the idol and found
it just as it was before. It had not
moved so much as an inch. He con-
tinued looking at it for a while, then
burst out laughing. “
Did I really wor-
ship this idol?
” he thought. “
What
did I really see in it worthy of being
Vocabulary
hoist
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suggested
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custom
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resounded
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melody
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delighted
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triumphant
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privilege
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requested
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