Islamic Trivia
What are the only two true "holidays" in Islam?
Eid-ul-Fitr & Eid-ul-Adha
What was the name of Yaqub (AS) and Rahil’s son, as mentioned in the video?
Yusuf
What is Yaqub’s (AS) alternate name?
Israil
What will the feeling of the believers be in the barzakh? The disbelievers?
peace; torment
What is the Ruh? Describe it.
It is the soul, or the spirit, of an individual. It can be described as of divine origin.
What is the Arabic word used for the biography of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)?
Seerah
What did Yaqub (AS) do to placate his brother?
He sent him various animals as a gift.
At what age did Ishaq (AS) die?
180 years old
Which angels will ask the questions of the grave?
Munkar and Nakir
Name one thing that can protect us from the punishment of the grave.
Reading Surah Mulk every night.
What Arabic word means the interpretation of the Quran?
Tafseer
In the beginning of the video, what saddened Rahil?
She did not have a son.
What did Yaqub (AS) do when he returned to Jerusalem?
He built a mosque.
What will happen immediately when the angels begin to ask the questions?
The eyes will open
What is the term in Arabic for “punishment of the grave”?
Adhab ul qabr
When did the Islamic calendar start?
In the year the Hijrah took place (622 CE)
How did Laban respond to Yaqub (AS) taking his property and leaving without notice?
Laban became very angry; he assembled a group of people and set off to follow Yaqub (AS)
What were the terms of the covenant made between Yaqub (AS) and Laban?
Neither of them would enter the land of the other from that day forward.
Which places will the believers and disbelievers be in?
Illiyyin and Sijjin respectively
What are the three questions humans will be asked in the grave?
Who is your Lord? What is your religion? Who is your Prophet?
Which three people in human history had no father, with the exception of any rare genetic abnormalities?
Adam (AS), Hawwa (SA), and Isa (AS)
What two things did Yaqub (AS) ask of his uncle early in the video?
1) May I go and visit my family
2) Give me each speckled, spotted, and black lamb that will be born this year
How did Laban attempt to circumvent Yaqub’s (AS) request? How did this attempt fail?
Laban asked his sons to take away all the speckled, spotted, and black sheep from the flock. Nonetheless, when the remaining sheep bred, many of them were born of the phenotypes Yaqub (AS) had originally requested.
What will the nature of the way a person dies reflect?
The way that person lived, e.g. if he lived a good life, he will have a painless death, or if he lived a bad life, it will be a sorrowful death
What will the part of the Earth which a believer used to perform sujood upon do after that believer dies?
It will cry and miss the closeness to Allah the believer experienced when that believer placed his head down upon it