General Knowledge
General Knowledge II
Similarities to other Religions
Umar Ibn Khattab story
Background for Quranic verses read
100

What is the name of God in Islam?

Allah

100

How many pillars of Islam are there?

Five

100

What is the name for a Muslim counterpart of a Priest or a Rabbi?

Sheikh

100

Umar Ibn Khattab is the ____ rightfully guided caliph. (number)

second

100

What is the name of the first verses that have been revealed to the Prophet Muhammad? (hint: Surah Al ___)

Alaq

200

What is the name of the final Prophet in Islam?

Prophet Muhammad

200
What is the name of the month that Muslims fast in?

Ramadan

200

What is the name of the city that Muslims go to that is a counterpart for Rome or Jerusalem in pilgrimage?

Mecca

200

What city was Umar Ibn Khattab born in?

Mecca

200

Which Angel gave Prophet Muhammad the first verses of the Quran?

Angel Gabriel

300

What is the name of one of the closest friends of Prophet Muhammad that we talked about today?

Umar Ibn Khattab

300

What is the pillar of Islam done 5 times a day?

Prayer (Salah)

300

What is the name of the city that contains holy sites for Islam, Judaism and Christianity?

Jerusalem

300

What did Umar Ibn Khattab want to do to Prophet Muhammad before joining Islam?

Kill the Prophet

300

In Islamic tradition, how are gatherings concluded?

By reading Surah Al Asr

400

What is the name of the religious site in the City of Mecca?

Kaaba
400

What is the name of Pilgrimage in Arabic?

Hajj

400

What is the name of the period of time that Muslims fast in that is a counterpart to Lent or Yom Kippur?

Ramadan

400

Who did Umar figure out converted to Islam in secret? (you only have to say one person to get the point)

His sister and brother in law

400

What did Prophet Muhammad tell the Angel that gave him the first verses of the Quran?

That he cannot read or write.

500

Where did Prophet Muhammad receive the first verse of the Quran? (geographical location, not name of location ex: mountain)

In a cave

500

What is the name of donation of money/paying alms in Arabic?

Zakat/Zakah

500

What is the name for the confession of faith in Islam, similar to the Apostle's Creed or the Shema Yisrael?

the Shahada

500

What made Umar stop hating Islam?

When he struck his sister, he saw the blood and felt ashamed. He then asked his sister to reread the verses they were reading, and from then he converted to Islam.
500

What does Alaq mean?

Clot