Prophets of Allah
5 Pillars of Islam
Quran
Arabic Vocabulary
General Knowledge
100
Who is the last Prophet/Messenger of Allah?
Who is Prophet Muhammad (SAW)?
100
What are the 5 Pillars of Islam?
What are...? 1. Shahada (declaration of faith) 2. Salah (prayer) 3. Zakat (charity) 4. Sawm (fasting during Ramadan) 5. Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah)
100
What is the first surah in the Quran?
What is Surah Al-Fatiha?
100
What does "Islam" mean in English? (There is one specific meaning.)
What is "Submission" (to the will of Allah)?
100
During what Islamic month was Prophet Muhammad (SAW) born?
What is Rabi' Al-Awwal?
200
Who is the Prophet that could understand the languages of the birds and animals and speak to them?
Who is Prophet Suleiman (AS)?
200
What is the shahada? (Please recite it in Arabic.)
What is أشهد أن لا إله إلاَّ الله و أشهد أن محمد رسول الله? Ash-hadu an la illaha illallah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammad Rasulullah.
200
How many surahs are there in the Quran?
What are 114 surahs?
200
What is the Arabic word that means "to make partners with Allah."
What is "Shirk."
200
What is the name of the cave where Prophet Muhammad (SAW) received his first revelations from Allah?
What is Cave Hira?
300
Who was the Prophet that built the holy Kaaba?
Who was Prophet Ibrahim (AS)?
300
What are the 5 daily prayers?
What are Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Magrib, and Isha?
300
What is the first word that Angel Gibreel (AS) spoke to Prophet Muhammad (SAW) when the Quran was revealed to him? What does it mean in English?
What is "Iqra" (Read!)?
300
What is the meaning of the Arabic word "taqwa"? (Multiple meanings could be accepted.)
What is "God-consciousness", "piousness", "fear of Allah", "love for Allah", and/or "self restraint"?
300
What country has the largest population of Muslims?
What is Indonesia?
400
What is the celestial miracle that occurred during the time of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)?
What is the splitting of the moon?
400
What are the *detailed* steps in which wudhu is performed in order?
What are the following steps...? 1. Make niyyah (intention). 2. Wash your hands (right, left). 3. Take water into your mouth. 4. Inhale water into your nose. 5. Wash your lower arms from wrists to elbows (right, left). 6. Wash your head (massah - eyebrows to hairline). 7. Wipe your ears inside and out. 8. Wash each of your feet (right, left).
400
What it is the first phrase/group of letters that Surah Baqarah begins with?
What is "Alif Laam Meem"?
400
What is the difference Sunnah and Hadith?
What is the following difference...? Sunnah includes all of the actions of Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Hadith includes all of the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)?
400
What was the direction of the Qiblah for Salah/Sajdah before it became the Kaabah in Makkah, Saudia Arabia? What city and country is it located in?
What is Masjid Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem, Palestine?
500
What is the story behind the sacrifice that Muslims perform on Eid-ul-Adha every year?
What is this story...? Allah told Prophet Ibrahim (AS) to sacrifice his son, Prophet Ismael (AS), in a dream. Every year, Muslims sacrifice a domestic animal like a sheep or goat on Eid-ul-Adha in the remembrance of Prophet Ibrahim's readiness to sacrifice his son for Allah.
500
What is the approximate compass direction of the Qiblah that we face during Salah (in degrees)?
What is 43-44 degrees Northeast?
500
What ayah is repeated almost after every other ayah in Surah Rahman? (Please recite the ayah in Arabic and translate its meaning in English.)
What is the following ayah...? Fabi ayyi ala irab bikuma tukaziban "So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?"
500
What are 10 of the 99 names of Allah? Translate their meanings in English.
Answers will vary. For example... 1. Ar-Rahman: The Most Compassionate, The Beneficent, The Gracious 2. Ar-Rahim: The Merciful 3. Al-Malik: The King 4. Al-Quddus: The Most Holy 5. As-Salam: The All-Peaceful, The Bestower of peace 6. Al-Mu'min: The Granter of security 7. Al-Muhaymin: The Protector 8. Al-Aziz: The Mighty 9. Al-Jabbar: The Compeller 10. Al-Mutakabbir: Supreme in Greatness, The Majestic
500
What are the names of the Islamic months in order?
What are...? 1. Muharram 2. Safar 3. Rabi’ Al-Awwal 4. Rabi’ Al-Thani 5. Jumada Al-Awwal 6. Jumada Al-Thani 7. Rajab 8. Sha'ban 9. Ramadan 10. Shawwal 11. Dhul-Qi'dah 12. Dhul-Hijjah
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