Qur’an
(القرآن)
(القرآن)
Which surah is equivalent to 1/3rd of the Quran?
Surah Al-Ikhlas
What did the Prophet ﷺ say about how actions are judged?
He ﷺ said that actions are judged by intentions, and each person gets what they intended.
إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى
Which Prophet was born without a father?
Prophet Isa (عِيسَى عليه السلام)
Which blind Companion, for whom Sūrat ʿAbasa was revealed, later served as one of the mu’adhdhins of the Prophet ﷺ in Madinah?
ʿAbdullāh ibn Umm Maktūm (عبد الله بن أم مكتوم رضي الله عنه)
Which ruler led an army of elephants toward the Kaʿbah intending to destroy it, but he and his army were destroyed by stones sent by flocks of birds?
Abrahah al-Ashram
Which Surah is the heart of the Quran?
Surah Yaseen
What did the Prophet ﷺ say is our key to Jannah?
He ﷺ said that the key to Jannah is the prayer, and the key to the prayer is purification (wuḍu).
مُفْتَاحُ الجَنَّةِ الصَّلَاةُ، وَمُفْتَاحُ الصَّلَاةِ الطُّهُورُ
Which Prophet could soften iron with his bare hands?
Prophet Dāwūd (دَاوُد عليه السلام)
What was the real (given) name of the Companion famously known as Abu Bakr al-Ṣiddīq?
ʿAbdullāh ibn Abī Quḥāfah (عبد الله بن أبي قحافة)
Which bird carried the message of Prophet Sulaymān عليه السلام, and to whom did it carry the message?
The Hudhud (hoopoe) carried it to the Queen of Sheba (Bilqīs)
Which prophet is mentioned the second most in the Qur’an?
Prophet Ibrahim عليه السلام
Who did the Prophet ﷺ say are the best among us?
He ﷺ said the best of us are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it.
خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ
Which Prophets are known as Ulūl ʿAzm (أُولُوا العَزْم) – the Prophets of strong resolve?
Prophets Nūḥ (نُوح), Ibrāhīm (إِبْرَاهِيم), Mūsā (مُوسَى), ʿĪsā (عِيسَى), and Muḥammad (مُحَمَّد عليهم الصلاة والسلام)
Who were the two main leaders of the Anṣār in Madinah, one from the tribe of al-Aws and one from al-Khazraj?
From al-Aws: Saʿd ibn Muʿādh (سعد بن معاذ).
From al-Khazraj: Saʿd ibn ʿUbādah (سعد بن عبادة)
Which tābiʿī was described as being unknown in this world but well-known in the heavens because of his sincerity and service to his mother?
Uways al-Qarni (أويس القرني رحمه الله)
What is the name of the longest ayah in the Qur’an, and which surah is it in?
Āyat ad-Dayn (the Verse of Debt), Surah al-Baqarah, ayah 2:282.
What did the Prophet ﷺ say about respecting elders and loving youngsters?
He ﷺ said that He is not from us who doesn’t show mercy to our young and respect our elders.
لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ لَمْ يَرْحَمْ صَغِيرَنَا وَيُوَقِّرْ كَبِيرَنَا
What duʿa did Prophet Ayyub (عليه السلام) make when he was afflicted with severe sickness and hardship?
رَبِّ إِنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ
“My Lord, hardship has certainly touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.”
Which six Companions did ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه appoint to the shūrā council to choose the next caliph after him?
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (علي بن أبي طالب)
ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (عثمان بن عفان)
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf (عبد الرحمن بن عوف)
Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ (سعد بن أبي وقاص)
Al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām (الزبير بن العوام)
Ṭalḥah ibn ʿUbaydillāh (طلحة بن عبيد الله)
Who were the five righteous men whose names the people of Nūḥ عليه السلام later turned into idols?
Wadd, Suwāʿ, Yaghūth, Yaʿūq, and Nasr (وَدّ، سُوَاع، يَغُوث، يَعُوق، نَسْر).
And the āyah:
وَقَالُوا لَا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا (نوح ٢٣)
In which surah of the Qur’an is the name “Ahmad” mentioned? Recite the verse.
Surah As-Saff (Surah 61:6)
وَإِذۡ قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ يَٰبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ إِنِّي رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيۡكُم مُّصَدِّقٗا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيَّ مِنَ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِ وَمُبَشِّرَۢا بِرَسُولٖ يَأۡتِي مِنۢ بَعۡدِي ٱسۡمُهُۥٓ أَحۡمَدُۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ قَالُواْ هَٰذَا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٞ
What did the Prophet ﷺ say about the importance of the heart being sound/clear?
He ﷺ said there is a piece of flesh in the body; if it is sound, the whole body is sound, and if it is corrupt, the whole body is corrupt. That piece is the heart.
أَلَا وَإِنَّ فِي الْجَسَدِ مُضْغَةً
إِذَا صَلَحَتْ صَلَحَ الْجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ
وَإِذَا فَسَدَتْ فَسَدَ الْجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ
أَلَا وَهِيَ الْقَلْبُ
Which Prophet is the son, grandson, and great-grandson of Prophets? Name them all.
Prophet Yūsuf (يُوسُف عليه السلام), son of Yaʿqūb (يَعْقُوب), son of Isḥāq (إِسْحَاق), son of Ibrāhīm (إِبْرَاهِيم عليهم السلام)
The Prophet ﷺ once said to the Companions about the Qur’an: “Take (learn/recite) the Qur’an from these”.
From which Sahaba did he tell us to take the Qur’an?
ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd رضي الله عنه
Sālim Mawlā Abī Ḥudhayfah رضي الله عنه
Muʿādh ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه
Ubayy ibn Kaʿb رضي الله عنه
What is the full name of Imām al-Bukhārī, the compiler of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī?
Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mughīrah ibn Bardizbah al-Juʿfī al-Bukhārī
(محمد بن إسماعيل بن إبراهيم بن المغيرة بن بردزبه الجعفي البخاري)