QURAN BEYOND TRANSLATIONS
WHAT IS THE MOST KNOWN VERSE OF AHLUL BAYT (AKA VERSE OF PURIFICATION)
SURAH AL AHZAB VERSE 33
اللَّهُمَ اغْفِرْ لِي الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تَهتِكُ الْعِصَمَ اللَّهُمَ اغْفِرْ لِي الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تُنْزِلُ النِّقَمَ اللَّهُمَ اغْفِرْ لِي الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تُغيِّرُ النِّعَمَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تَحْبِسُ الدُّعَاءَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تَقْطَعُ الرََّّجَاءَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تُنْزِلُ البَلاءَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي كُلَّ ذَنْبٍ أَذْنَبْتُهُ وَكُلَّ خَطِيئَةٍ أَخْطَأْتُهَا
OH ALLAH, FORGIVE ME THOSE SINS WHICH TEAR APART SAFEGUARDS! OH ALLAH FORGIVE ME THOSE SINS WHICH DRAW DOWN ADVERSITIES! OH ALLAH FORGIVE ME THOSE SINS WHICH ALTER BLESSINGS! OH ALLAH FORGIVE ME THOSE SINS WHICH HOLD BACK SUPPLICATION! OH ALLAH FORGIVE ME THE SINS WHICH CUT DOWN THE HOPES! OH ALLAH FORGIVE ME THOSE SINS WHICH DRAW DOWN TRIBULATION! OH ALLAH, FORGIVE ME EVERY SIN I HAVE EVER COMMITTED AND EVERY MISTAKE I HAVE EVER MADE!
DUAA KUMAYL
WHICH IMAM HAS SONS NAMED OMAR AND OTHMAN?
IMAM ALI (AS)
IN WHICH BATTLE WAS IMAM ALI GIFTED THE THULFIQAR?
THE BATTLE OF BADR.
WHO IS THE SEVENTH IMAM?
IMAM MUSA AL KADHIM
WHERE DOES ALLAH (SWT) MENTION THAT YOUR GUARDIANS [AWLIYAA] ARE ALLAH (SWT), PROPHET MUHAMMAD (S) AND IMAM ALI (AS)
SURAH MAIDAH VERSE 55
يَا سَيِّدَنَا وَمَوْلاَنَا إِنَّا تَوَجَّهْنَا وَٱسْتَشْفَعْنَا وَتَوَسَّلْنَا بِكَ إِلَىٰ ٱللَّهِ وَقَدَّمْنَاكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ حَاجَاتِنَا يَا وَجِيهاً عِنْدَ ٱللَّهِ إِشْفَعْ لَنَا عِنْدَ ٱللَّهِ
OH OUR MASTER AND CHIEF, WE ARE TURNING OUR FACES TOWARD YOU, SEEKING YOUR INTERCESSION; AND YOUR ADVOCACY FOR US BEFORE ALLAH, AND WE ARE PRESENTING YOU [AS OUR INTERMEDIARY] FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF OUR NEEDS. O WELL ESTEEMED WITH ALLAH, INTERCEDE FOR US BEFORE ALLAH.
DUAA AL TAWASSUL
WHAT IS UM ALBANINS REAL NAME?
FATIMA BINT HUZAM
AFTER RIPPING THE GATE OF KHAYBAR OUT FROM THE HINGES, THE SAME NIGHT, IMAM ALI COULDN'T BREAK WHAT WITH HIS BARE HANDS?
A LOAF OF BREAD
THERE IS ONLY ONE SURAH IN THE QURAN THAT CONSISTS OF SEVEN VERSES. WHICH SURAH IS THAT?
SURAH AL FATIHA
WHAT IS KHIDR'S STORY AND WHERE IS IT IN THE QURAN?
SURAH AL KAHF 65-82
HE WAS SENT TO TEST PROPHET MUSA (AS)'S PATIENCE. ...
مَا ذُكِرَ خَبَرُنا هذَا فِي مَحْفِلٍ مِنْ مَحَافِلِ أَهْلِ الاْرْضِ وَفِيهِ جَمْعٌ مِنْ شِيعَتِنا وَمُحِبِّينا وَفِيهِمْ مَهْمُومٌ إِلاَّ وَفَرَّجَ اللّهُ هَمَّهُ وَلاَ مَغْمُومٌ إِلاَّ وَكَشَفَ اللّهُ غَمَّهُ وَلاَ طالِبُ حاجَةٍ إِلاَّ وَقَضَى اللّهُ حاجَتَهُ.
WHENEVER AND WHEREVER AN ASSEMBLY OUR FOLLOWERS AND FRIENDS MENTIONS THIS EVENT, THERE SHALL REMAIN NONE GRIEVED BUT ALLAH WILL REMOVE HIS GRIEF, THERE SHALL REMAIN NONE DISTRESSED BUT ALLAH WILL DISPEL HIS DISTRESS, THERE SHALL REMAIN NONE WISH-SEEKER BUT ALLAH WILL GRANT HIS WISH.
HADITH AL KISAA
WHICH FIGURE IN THE HOLY FAMILY WAS KNOWN TO BE SO TALL HIS FEET DRAG TO THE FLOOR WHILE ON HIS HORSE?
AL ABBAS (AS)
WHO ATE HAMZA'S LIVER IN THE FOLLOWING BATTLE AFTER HE KILLED AN ENEMY OF ISLAM?
HIND BINT UTBAH
NAME THE SEVEN BODY PARTS THAT TOUCH THE GROUND DURING SUJOOD
FOREHEAD AND NOSE, LEFT HAND, RIGHT HAND, LEFT KNEE, RIGHT KNEE, THE ENDS OF BOTH FEET
IN SURAH INSAN 4/5 OF PEOPLE OF THE AHLUL BAYT FED 3 KINDS OF PEOPLE AS THEY WERE BREAKING THEIR FAST. WHO WERE THEY AND WHAT WHO WERE THE 3 KINDS OF PEOPLE?
IMAM ALI, SAYEDA FATIMA, IMAM HASAN, IMAM HUSSAIN (AS)
POOR PERSON, ORPHAN, CAPTIVE
رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ
OUR LORD DO NOT LET OUR HEARTS DEVIATE YOU AFTER YOU HAVE GUIDED US GRANT US YOUR MERCY INDEED YOU ARE THE GIVER OF ALL BOUNTIES
THE QURAN
DUA FROM SURAH AL IMRAN VERSE 8
WHO WAS SENT FRUITS FROM HEAVEN BEFORE HER BIRTH TO HER HOLY CHILD?
FATIMA BINT ASAD
DOUBLE POINTS
CONTEXT: AMR IBN ABD WUDD WAS A VERY STRONG WARRIOR, HE CALLED FOR A DUEL AGAINST THE MUSLIMS AND EVERYONE WAS TERRIFIED NOBODY DARED TO ACCEPT BESIDES IMAM ALI (AS). A FIERCE DUEL ENSUED, AND IMAM ALI STRUCK DOWN IBN ABD WUDD;
BEFORE IMAM ALI'S FINAL STRIKE OF AMR, AMR DID SOMETHING TO IMAM ALI, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO WALK AWAY, TAKE A BREATHER, AND COME BACK TO FINALLY KILL HIM
1. WHAT DID AMR IBN ABD WUDD DO?
2. WHY DID IMAM ALI (AS) WALK AWAY BEFORE FINALLY KILLING HIM?
3. BONUS PTS: WHICH BATTLE WAS THIS?
1. SPIT IN HIS FACE
2. TO KILL HIM FI SABEEL ILLAH AND NOT IN SPITE OF WHAT HE DID
3. BATTLE OF THE TRENCH
NAME THE SEVEN ORGANS IN THE TREATISE ON RIGHTS BY IMAM ZAYN AL ABIDIN
TONGUE, EARS, EYES, HANDS, LEGS, STOMACH, PRIVATES
AISHA HAD ISSUES WITH UTHMAN BIN AFFAN TO START WITH BUT WHEN HE WAS MARTYRED SHE AVENGED HIS DEATH. WHY?
IN SPITE OF IMAM ALI (AS)
WHAT IS THE STORY OF UMM SALAMAH AND THE RED SOIL?
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (S) GAVE HER RED SOIL (FROM KARBALA) AND TOLD HER TO KEEP IT WITH HER, AND WHEN THE SOIL TURNS INTO BLOOD, TO KNOW THAT THAT IS WHEN THE TRAGEDY OF KARBALA/IMAM HUSSAIN (AS) HAS OCCURED
WHO IS TIRBOUN ALNASRANI?
A CHRISTIAN MONK WHO HEARD THE CRY OF IMAM HUSSAIN (AS) WHEN HE SAID "هل من ناصرٍ ينصرنا؟" / "IS THERE ANYONE WHO CAN HELP US?" BUT REACHED AFTER THE TRAGEDY OF KARBALA HAD ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.