By The Numbers
Arabic terms
Quran
People
Places
100
23% of the world's population.
Who are Muslims?
100
The term for "In the name of Allah."
What is bismillah?
100
The number of Suras ('chapters') in the Holy Quran.
What is 114?
100
He was born in 570 CE, and died in 632 CE.
Who was Prophet Muhammad (SAWS)?
100
Location of "No Reservations" Saudi Arabia television show.
What is Jeddah?
200
Islamic Hijri calendar began in this century.
What is the 7th Century C.E.? (The year 622 CE in fact)
200
The ritual washing before prayer.
What is wudu'?
200
1/30th of the Quran.
What is a juz?
200
He was a prophet of Allah who was said to be especially handsome.
Who is Prophet Yusuf (AS) a.k.a. Joseph
200
City and state with the highest Muslim population in the USA.
What is Dearborn, Michigan?
300
Number of times a Muslim circles the Kaaba during the pilgrimage ritual.
What is seven times?
300
Person responsible for the call to prayer.
Who is the muathin?
300
A surah named "mother of the Book"
What is Surahtul Fatihah?
300
Moved capital from Mecca to Damascus and turned their backs on the "true purpose" of Islam.
Who were the Umayyads?
300
City Muhammad (SAWS) escaped to, when his life was threatened by the polytheistic followers in Mecca.
What was Medina?
400
The number of Muslim majority nations: A) 124 countries B) 57 countries C) 49 countries D) 35 countries
What is C) 49 countries?
400
White garment worn by men and women during the pilgimage to Mecca.
What is the ihram?
400
The sura (chapter) that does not begin with "bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem"
What is Suratut Tawba (9)?
400
He is the Prophet who made dua for Yahya (A.S.) a.k.a John the Baptist
Who is Zakariya (AS) a.k.a. Zechariah?
400
Became the educational center of the Muslim world from the 8th-13th centuries.
What is Bagdad?
500
Which year is it according to the Islamic calendar? A) 1435 hijra B) 1201 hijra C) 2002 hijra D) 1434 hijra
What is D) 1434 hijra?
500
Direction pointing towards Mecca.
What is the qiblah?
500
The word that has been mentioned 2698 times in the Quran.
What is the word "Allah".
500
They eliminated the Umayyads from power and moved the capital of the Muslim world to Bagdad.
Who were the Abbasids?
500
The place Prophet Muhammad went when he received instructions on salat.
What is Jannah?
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