Quran Suras
Famous Names
Arabic Letters
Quran Math
Fasting and Food
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It is the largest Sura in the Quran and after the is named for "The Cow", something that the Children of Israel are asked to sacrifice.

What is Sura al-Baqarah?

100

It is the original name for the city of Madinah.

What is "Yathrib"?

100

I have no dots and appear to be a single line going straight up. I sometimes have a small flag at the top.

What is "Alif"?

100

The number of Suras in the Quran.

What is 114?

100

These months have the shortest fasts.

What are winter months? (Acceptable: November, December, and January.)

200

This Surah appears in the closing sections (Juz) and is named after something we use to write. It is also the only Sura to begin with this single letter: Noon!

What is Surah Qalam?

200

The name of the grandfather of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him), even though he wasn't actually a slave.

Who is the venerable Abdal Muttalib?

200

One of the two letters with three dots.

What is "Tha"?

or

What is "Sheen"?

200

The twelfth (12) Sura in the Quran.

What is Sura Yusuf?

200

This traditional iftaar food sounds like your will be checking your calendar.

What are dates?

300

The name for this Sura is often translated as the Sura of "sincerity", although this word never appears in the actual ayat.

What is Sura Ikhlaas?

300

The first Qiblah was in the direction of this city that starts with the letter "J".

What is Jerusalem?

300

If you're learning your Arabic alphabet you may celebrate when you get to this final letter.

What is "Ya"?

300

The only Sura with two (2) "Bismillah i'r Rahmaan i'r Raheem"! One at the beginning, and one in the middle when Prophet Sulaiman, peace be upon him, begins a letter to someone.

What is Sura Naml ("The Ant")?

300

Although the word "breakfast" is a compound word for breaking fast, this early morning "breakfast" begins your fast rather than breaks it.

What is Suhoor?

400

The first Sura in the Quran is "Al Fatiha", which means 'The ... ?'

What is "The Opening"?

400

In the Quran, the city of Makkah is called by another name. It is almost the same as "Makkah", except instead of starting with the letter "meem", the name begins with this Arabic letter.

What is the letter "ba"?

400

In Andalusian style, this Arabic letter does not normally have its dot in the middle of the half-circle. Some might think the calligrapher is out to lunch.

What is "Noon"?

400

Although this word is neither the first word in Sura Fatiha, nor even in the first few Juz of the Quran, it was the first word of Quran ever revealed.

What is "Iqra" (Read)?

400

A traditional dish in the Arabic world, it literally means "upside down".

What is "Maklooba"?

500

Every Sura begins with "Bismillah i'r Rahmaan i'r Raheem", except this 9th Sura of the Quran.

What is Sura Tawbah?

500

This colorful sea runs mostly northwest to northeast along the western edge of the Arabian peninsula.

What is the Red Sea?

500

Most of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs (Khulafaa al-Rashidun), may God be pleased with them, have a first name that begins with this Arabic letter.

What is "'Ayn"?

500

The age of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, when his prophecy began was also his age when the Quran first started to be revealed to him.

What is 40?

500

This triangular food popular in Pakistan and India is usually fried, and also has three syllables in its name.

What is samosa?