Riddles
Q: What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
A: Lunch and dinner.
What are the 5 pillars of Islam ?
Salat
Namaz
Zakat
Saum
Hajj
David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle and _____?
David.
What does the word Quran mean?
Something that is often “read” or “recited. ”
What is more useful when it is broken?
An egg.
Q: If 2 is company and 3 is a crowd, what are 4 and 5?
A: 9.
What kind of food is forbidden for a Muslim?
○ Blood ○ The flesh of an animal that dies naturally and has not been slaughtered ○ The flesh of pig or swine ○ The flesh of an animal on which the name of any other deity other than Allāh has been invoked ○ Liquor and all intoxicants.
If an electric train is traveling south, then which way is the smoke going?
There is no smoke — it's an electric train.
Who is the founder of Ahmadiyyat and what was his claim?
Ḥazrat Mirzā Ghulam Aḥmadas of Qadian. He claimed to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi.
Forward, I am heavy; backward, I am not. What am I?
Ton.
Q: Rachel goes to the supermarket and buys 10 tomatoes. Unfortunately, on the way back home, all but 9 get ruined. How many tomatoes are left in a good condition?
A: 9.
What revelation did the Promised Messiah (as) receive after his father’s death with transalation?
Translation: “Is not Allāh all-sufficient for His servant?”
What is it that no one wants to have, but no one wants to lose either?
A lawsuit.
How many kinds of Salat are there?
There are four types of Ṣalāt in Islām. i. ii. iii. iv. Farḍ Prayers (obligatory prayers) Sunnah Prayers (additional prayers) Nawāfil Prayers (optional prayers) Wājib Prayers (e.g. ‘Eid Prayers, Vitr Prayers)
What gets bigger the more you take away?
A hole.
Q: I sometimes run, but I can’t walk. What am I?
A: A nose.
Name the Khulafa-e-Rashideen.
○ Ḥazrat Abū Bakr Siddīq (ra) ○ Ḥazrat ‘Umar Fārūq (ra) ○ Ḥazrat ‘Uthmān Ghanī (ra) ○ Ḥazrat ‘Alī (ra)
I look and sound likea parrot what am I ?
A parrot .
Name the 5 revealed books of God and who they were given to.
SUHAF (Scrolls), given to Prophet Abraham (as) ○ TAURAT (Torah), given to Prophet Moses (as) ○ ZABŪR (Psalms), given to Prophet David (as) ○ INJῙL (The Gospels), given to Prophet Jesus (as) ○ QUR’ĀN, given to Prophet Muhammad (sa)
What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
Your left hand.
Q: Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
A: Incorrectly.
When and where did the first Bai‘at of the Promised Messiah (as) take place, and who was the first person to take Bai‘at?
○ The first bai‘at was initiated at the hands of Ḥazrat Mirzā Ghulam Aḥmad (as) on March ○ 23, 1889 in Ludhiana, a town in India. Ḥazrat Maulānā Hakīm Nūruddīn (ra) who later became the first Khalīfa was the first person to take Bai’at at the hand of Promised Messiah (as).
A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years. How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height?
Nine years.
Name the five Khulafa of the Promised Messiah (as)
Hazrat Khalifa tul Messiah I, Hazrat Maulānā Hakīm Nūruddīn (ra) ○ Ḥazrat Mirzā Bashīruddīn Maḥmūd Aḥmad (ra) ○ Ḥazrat Mirzā Nāṣir Aḥmad (rh) ○ Ḥazrat Mirzā Tahir Aḥmad (rh) ○ Ḥazrat Mirzā Masroor Aḥmad (aa)
Why is Europe like a frying pan?
Because it has Greece at the bottom.