Jeopardy: Quran Edition

Arabic

100

This letter in Arabic is written the same at the middle and the end of a word. It can never be connected with another letter after it. 

What is alif (ا)?

200

Is this word nakirah (نكرة) - indefinite noun or ma'rifah (معرفة) - definite noun:

Kitaab (كتاب)

nakirah (نكرة) - indefinite noun

300

How many surahs in the Qur'an start with Huroof Al-Muqatta'at (Disjointed-Letters)?

 

29

400

What is the plural for عبد/abd?

عباد or عبيد

500

Read this verse correctly:

۞ وَقَالَ ٱرْكَبُوا۟ فِيهَا بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ مَجْر۪ىٰهَا وَمُرْسَىٰهَآ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَغَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ

  [maj-ray-ha] - مَجْر۪ىٰهَا

Tafsīr

100

Where was the last ayah to be revealed sent down? 

Ghadeer Al-Khumm

200

Which surah was revealed about the ahlulbayt?

Surah Al-Insān

300

How was the word (الله) derived?

ال + اله

400

Imam al-Ridha (a) said that this verse “is nearer to the Greatest name of Allah than the iris of the eye is from its white”.

Bi-smi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm from Surah Al-Hamd 

بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

500

Which book is with God, immaterial, limitless, and always being sent down; it is the higher reality of the Qur'an we hold.

Ummul Kitāb (ام الكتاب)

Mafahīm

100

What are the two plural forms of Mo'min?

Mo'mineen and Mo'minoon

BONUS for 100 - What is the attribute of Allah which means special mercy limited to the mo'mineen?

200

What is the meaning of ولكن?

"but," "however," or "yet"

300

What are the two meanings of Al-Dīn (الدين)

1. Religion (ان الدين عند الله الاسلام)

2. Retribution (يوم الدين)

400

What does (ألا) mean in the Qur'an?

Let it be known; Alas; Isn't it the case?

الا إنّ وعد الله حق

500

What is the difference in meaning between tanzil (تنزيل) and inzal (انزال) in the Quran?

tanzil (تنزيل) is gradual revelation, inzal (انزال) is all at once

Memorization

100

Finish the verse:

...اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ

يُخۡرِجُهُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَوۡلِيَآؤُهُمُٱلطَّـٰغُوتُ يُخۡرِجُونَهُم مِّنَ ٱلنُّورِ إِلَى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِۗ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

200

Finish this commonly recited dua:

قَالَ رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِ... ييَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي

قَالَ رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي 

وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي 

وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي ‎

يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي 

300

Finish this verse:

الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ

الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُورُ

(Quran 67:2)

400

Finish this verse.

... لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا

لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُ خَاشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ ۚ وَتِلْكَ الْأَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

(59:21)

500

Finish this verse. Then, tell us the meaning.

وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ

وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ ۖإِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ ‎﴿٢﴾

Quran 5:2) help one another in furthering virtue and( God-consciousness, and do not help one another in furthering evil and enmity; and remain conscious of God: for, behold, God is severe in retribution

Wildcard

100

This prophets people took a golden calf (baqarah) as an idol.

Who were the people of Prophet Musa?

200

Which surahs have wajib sajdahs?

Surah al-Sajdah (32)

Surah Fussilat (41)

Surah an-Najm (53)

Surah al-Alaq (96):

300

When was the first revelation from the Quran sent down to Prophet Muhammad (s)?

27th Rajab (BONUS for 300! What verse(s)?)

400

Which of the Asma al-Husna is repeated the most in the Qur'an?

Al-Rahman (الرحمن) is mentioned 57 times!

500

Who is called by name in the Qur'an only four times?

Prophet Muhammad (s)