Surah Meanings & Names
This word means "The Frowning" (Surah 80).
What is Abasa?
Juz Amma starts with Surah An-Naba and ends with this Surah.
What is Surah An-Nas?
Surah Al-Duha was revealed to comfort Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and tell him that this of his life will be better than the first.
What is the later stage (or the akhirah/hereafter)?
This Surah is equivalent to one-third of the Quran in reward.
What is Surah Al-Ikhlas?
Complete the opening: "Idha ja'a nasru Allahi wa..."
What is al-fath?
This word means "The Sun" (Surah 91).
What is Ash-Shams?
Surah Al-Qadr states that Laylatul Qadr is better than this many months.
What is 1,000 months?
Companion Abu Bakr cried when this Surah was revealed because it signaled that the Prophet's ﷺ mission on Earth was nearing completion.
What is Surah An-Nasr?
The final two Surahs of the Quran are collectively known by this Arabic nickname.
What are Al-Mu'awwidhatayn (The Two Seekers of Refuge)?
Complete the ayah from Surah Al-Asr: "Inna al-insana la fi..."
What is khusr (loss)?
This word means "The Great News" or "The Announcement" (Surah 78).
What is An-Naba?
This is the number of Surahs contained in Juz Amma (Juz 30).
What are 37 Surahs
This Surah was revealed after the disbelievers of Quraysh proposed a compromise to worship the Prophet's ﷺ God for one year and their idols for the next year.
What is Surah Al-Kafirun?
In Surah Al-Kafirun, the Prophet ﷺ declares: "To you be your religion, and to me be..."
What is "my religion" ("lakum dinukum wali din")?
Complete the ayah from Surah Al-Ma'un: "Fa-waylun lil-musallin. Alladhum 'an salatihim..."
What is sahun (heedless/forgetful of their prayer)?
This word means "The Cleaving" (Surah 82).
What is Al-Infitar?
This Meccan Surah describes the day when a mother will flee from her child—This Surah also describes the Day of Resurrection and swears by the self-blaming soul.
What is Surah Al-Qiyamah?
This woman (wife of Abu Lahab) used to carry thorns and wood to put in the path of the Prophet ﷺ, earning a severe warning in Surah Al-Masad.
Who is Umm Jamil (Arwa bint Harb)?
Surah Al-Ma'un criticizes the person who drives away the orphan and fails to encourage the feeding of this group.
Who is the poor person / the needy?
Complete the ayah from Surah Al-Tin: "Laqad khalaqna al-insana fi ahsani..."
What is taqwim (the best stature/form)?
This word means "The Ripping Open" or "The Splitting" (Surah 84).
What is Al-Inshiqaq?
In Surah Al-Asr, Allah swears by time that mankind is in loss, except for those who have four specific qualities. Name two of them.
What are believing, doing righteous deeds, enjoining truth, and enjoining patience?
Surah Al-Falaq and Surah An-Nas were revealed together for this medical/spiritual reason involving the Prophet ﷺ.
What is to cure/protect him from magic (performed by Labid ibn al-Asam)?
Surah Quraysh reminds the tribe of the blessings of two specific trade journeys. Name the two seasons/directions.
What are the winter journey (to Yemen) and the summer journey (to Syria)?
Complete the opening of Surah Al-Humazah: "Waylun li-kulli humazatin..."
What is lumazah (every scorner and mocker)?