Early Life & Makkah
Nomadic desert travelers who brought goods to Makkah each year. The people of Makkah were often referred to as this.
Who are the Bedouins?
The mountain cave where the first revelation was received.
What is Cave Hira?
The name of the migration from Makkah to Madinah.
What is the Hijrah?
The Muslims’ first major battle against the Makkans.
What is the Battle of Badr?
The Prophet freed the people of this city after conquering it peacefully.
What is Makkah?
The sacred site in Makkah that housed 360 idols before Islam.
What is the Kabah?
The angel who commanded the Prophet to “Recite.”
Who is Jibril (Gabriel)?
The companion who hid with the Prophet in the cave.
Who is Abu Bakr?
The defensive tactic Muslims used to protect Madinah from attack.
What is digging a trench?
At the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet recited: “Truth has come and falsehood has ______.”
What is perished?
The Prophet's Parents
Who are Hazrat Abdullah and Hazrat Aminah?
The first person to believe in the Prophet’s message.
Who is Khadijah?
These two small creatures helped protect the Prophet in the cave.
What are a spider and two doves?
The Makkan leader who ordered the attack during the Battle of the Trench.
Who is Abu Sufyan?
At Ghadir Khumm, the Prophet said: “I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its ____.”
What is gate?
The Prophet’s grandfather who raised him after his mother passed.
Who is Abd al-Muttalib?
The young boy who accepted Islam early and lived in the Prophet’s household.
Who is Hazrat Ali?
Chose the location for the Prophet's mosque.
What is a Camel?
The fierce warrior defeated by Hazrat Ali at the trench.
Who is Amr ibn Abd-Wudd?
At Ghadir Khumm, the Prophet declared: “Ali is the ______ of those whose Mawla I am.”
What is Mawla (leader/guardian)?
This uncle of the Prophet raised him after the death of his grandfather.
Who is Abu Talib?
For three years, Muslims met secretly here to learn the new revelations.
What are homes and the hills around Makkah?
The first mu’azzin who called Muslims to prayer from a rooftop.
Who is Bilal?
The strong fortress city conquered when Hazrat Ali broke down its doors.
What is Khaybar?
The Prophet said he was leaving behind two things: the Qur’an and the ______.
What is the Ahl al-Bayt?