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What was the name of the idol Ibrahim questioned his father about when he was young?
Mardukh
What major human skill is Idris described as being the first to introduce in basic form?
Writing
What two personal qualities of Nuh are emphasized in the story?
He was an excellent speaker and extremely patient.
Where was Idris born, and where did he later continue his mission after leaving his homeland?
He was born in Babylon and later continued his mission in Egypt.
What physical feature made Samiri’s calf appear to produce a sound?
It had an opening/hole through which air or wind passed, producing a sound.
Approximately how many soldiers originally began with Talut according to the story and approximately how many soldiers failed the river test by drinking too much?
About 80,000 soldiers
About 76,000 soldiers
Why did Musa go looking for Khidr?
Allah taught Musa that no human possesses all knowledge and that Khidr had knowledge Musa did not have.
Put these events in the correct order: Dawud receives the Zabur and becomes a Prophet, Dawud defeats Jalut, Dawud becomes king, Dawud becomes Talut’s chief adviser.
Dawud defeats Jalut → becomes Talut’s chief adviser → receives the Zabur and becomes a prophet → later becomes king.
Instead of being frightened by the three-day warning, what did the disbelievers challenge Salih to do?
They challenged him to make Allah’s punishment come as quickly as possible.
Explain the exact water rule given to Thamud regarding the she camel
One day the she-camel was allowed to drink the water from the well, and the next day the people and their animals could use the well.
What two separate mistakes did Cain make before killing Abel?
He refused Allah's command concerning marriage and then gave a poor-quality sacrifice instead of his best.
Give the details of ‘Ad's punishment and where the of Hud and the believers migrated to after the punishment of Ad.
The destructive wind lasted eight days and seven nights, and Hud and the believers later migrated to Hadhramaut in Yemen.
Near the end of Adam's life, whom did he appoint to continue guiding humanity, and what common mission did he say all future prophets would share despite having different miracles and characteristics?
He appointed Seth. Adam explained that all prophets would call people to worship Allah alone.
Why is the number three important twice in Yunus's story?
His name was selected three times in the ship's lottery, and he later experienced three darknesses: night, the whale's stomach, and the depths of the sea.
Before fighting Jalut, what did Dawud tell Talut that his small size did not mean he didnt have courage or ability?
Dawud said that while protecting livestock he had already killed both a lion and a bear.
In the miracle involving the birds, give all four details: how many birds were used, what Ibrahim did to them, how many portions were made, and where the portions were placed.
He used four birds, cut them up and mixed their parts, divided them into four portions, and placed the portions on four different hills before calling them back by Allah’s permission.
Give all four details: Idris's generation after Adam, the city where he was raised, the place to which he migrated, and the reason for that migration.
He was from the fifth generation after Adam, was raised in Babylon, migrated to Egypt, and left because only a small number accepted his message while most rejected it.
Which sequence is correct: Lut's acceptance of Ibrahim's message, their migration from Babylon, Lut's settlement near the Dead Sea, or the angels' announcement concerning his people?
Lut accepted Ibrahim's message → they left Babylon → Lut later settled near the Dead Sea → the angels eventually announced the coming punishment of his people.
Yusuf’s shirt appears at three major parts in the story. Explain what the shirt proved or caused in each of the three moments.
First, the bloody but untorn shirt exposed the brothers’ wolf story as false. Second, the shirt torn from the back helped prove Yusuf was fleeing from Aziz’s wife and was innocent. Third, Yusuf’s shirt was later placed on Yaqub’s face and Allah restored his eyesight.
Give both the Arabic meaning of Yunus's famous dua in the story and what did he admit to Allah about his actions.
“There is no god but You; glory be to You; indeed I was among the wrongdoers.” Yunus admitted that he himself had acted wrongly.
The Burning coal-and-pearl event is connected to Musa later on in his prophethood at Mount Tur. Explain the connection
Baby Musa selected the burning coal rather than the pearl,proving to Pharaoh that he was not a danger to him. Some scholars said Musa put the coal in his mouth and burned his tongue, causing his speech difficulty. Later Musa asked Allah to improve his speech.
Explain how Dawud went from using the kingdom’s treasury for his living expenses to earning his own money, and what miracle helped him do this.
Allah (swt) sent an angel to Dawud (as) ordering him not to take money from the treasury. Dawud asked Allah for a way to earn his own living, so he began making and selling weapons. Allah then made iron soft like clay in his hands, allowing him to shape it easily.
Explain Yaqub's night with the stone: what he used it for, what he saw, what he did to it afterward, and why.
He used the stone as a pillow, dreamed of a ladder between Heaven and Earth with angels ascending and descending, poured oil on the stone afterward, and marked it so he could recognize the sacred location later.
Dawud was not originally selected as one of Talut's main warriors. What was his actual role, where was he from, and why were his brothers already connected to the army?
Dawud was a young teenager from Bethlehem serving mainly as a helper to his brothers, some of whom had joined Talut's army.
Part I - Explain the exact trick the people of Musa used to break the Sabbath law without technically “catching” the fish on Saturday, and what happened to the violators afterward.
Part II - According to some of the scholars how much days did the punishment last?
They prepared fish traps on Friday, fish entered them on Saturday, and they collected the fish on Sunday while claiming they had not fished on Saturday. They were transformed into monkeys; according to some scholars in the story, they remained that way for three days and then died.