Quran Suras
It is the largest Sura in the Quran and after the is named for "The Cow", something that the Children of Israel are asked to sacrifice.
What is Sura al-Baqarah?
It is the original name for the city of Madinah.
What is "Yathrib"?
I have no dots and appear to be a single line going straight up. I sometimes have a small flag at the top.
What is "Alif"?
The number of Suras in the Quran.
What is 114?
These months have the shortest fasts.
What are winter months? (Acceptable: November, December, and January.)
This Surah appears in the closing sections (Juz) and is named after something we use to write. It is also the only Sura to begin with this single letter: Noon!
What is Surah Qalam?
The name of the grandfather of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him), even though he wasn't actually a slave.
Who is the venerable Abdal Muttalib?
One of the two letters with three dots.
What is "Tha"?
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What is "Sheen"?
The twelfth (12) Sura in the Quran.
What is Sura Yusuf?
This traditional iftaar food sounds like your will be checking your calendar.
What are dates?
The name for this Sura is often translated as the Sura of "sincerity", although this word never appears in the actual ayat.
What is Sura Ikhlaas?
The first Qiblah was in the direction of this city that starts with the letter "J".
What is Jerusalem?
If you're learning your Arabic alphabet you may celebrate when you get to this final letter.
What is "Ya"?
The only Sura with two (2) "Bismillah i'r Rahmaan i'r Raheem"! One at the beginning, and one in the middle when Prophet Sulaiman, peace be upon him, begins a letter to someone.
What is Sura Naml ("The Ant")?
Although the word "breakfast" is a compound word for breaking fast, this early morning "breakfast" begins your fast rather than breaks it.
What is Suhoor?
The first Sura in the Quran is "Al Fatiha", which means 'The ... ?'
What is "The Opening"?
In the Quran, the city of Makkah is called by another name. It is almost the same as "Makkah", except instead of starting with the letter "meem", the name begins with this Arabic letter.
What is the letter "ba"?
In Andalusian style, this Arabic letter does not normally have its dot in the middle of the half-circle. Some might think the calligrapher is out to lunch.
What is "Noon"?
Although this word is neither the first word in Sura Fatiha, nor even in the first few Juz of the Quran, it was the first word of Quran ever revealed.
What is "Iqra" (Read)?
A traditional dish in the Arabic world, it literally means "upside down".
What is "Maklooba"?
Every Sura begins with "Bismillah i'r Rahmaan i'r Raheem", except this 9th Sura of the Quran.
What is Sura Tawbah?
This colorful sea runs mostly northwest to northeast along the western edge of the Arabian peninsula.
What is the Red Sea?
Most of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs (Khulafaa al-Rashidun), may God be pleased with them, have a first name that begins with this Arabic letter.
What is "'Ayn"?
The age of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, when his prophecy began was also his age when the Quran first started to be revealed to him.
What is 40?
This triangular food popular in Pakistan and India is usually fried, and also has three syllables in its name.
What is samosa?