Science & Our Planet
This is the closest star to Earth and the center of our solar system.
What is the Sun?
This is the largest ocean on Earth, covering more than 30% of the planet's surface.
What is the Pacific Ocean
This is the specific name of the cave on Mount Noor where the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) received the very first revelation of the Quran.
What is the Cave of Hira?
These massive stone structures were built in ancient Egypt as grand tombs for the Pharaohs.
What are the pyramids
This vital gas is what humans inhale to survive, which plants release during photosynthesis.
What is oxygen
Running through Egypt, this river is famously known as the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River?
Meaning "unintentional mistakes" or "forgetfulness," this is the specific name of the two prostrations (sujud) performed at the end of a prayer to fix an error in the number of rak'ahs.
What is Sujud as-Sahw
This country is famous for building a "Great Wall" thousands of miles long to protect its ancient borders.
What is China
Often called the "powerhouse of the cell," this organelle generates most of the cell's chemical energy.
What is the mitochondria?
This is the only continent on Earth that is also a single, entire country.
What is Australia?
This term refers to the verified chain of narrators that connects a Hadith directly back to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
What is Isnad? or sanad
This ancient European empire is famous for its gladiators, the Colosseum, and inventing concrete.
What is the Roman Empire (or Ancient Rome
This is the three-letter acronym for the molecule that carries the genetic code and instructions for all living things.
DNA
This massive mountain range in Asia contains Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world.
What are the Himalayas?
This major historical event and migration marks the exact beginning of the Islamic Hijri calendar
What is the Hijrah (the migration from Makkah to Madinah)?
This historic event began in England in the 1700s when people stopped making everything by hand and started using factories and steam engines.
What is the Industrial Revolution?