Ramadan and Islam Basics
What is the number of pillars in Islam, and list them.
What are the five pillars of Islam: Shahada, Salah, Zakat, Sawm, and Hajj?
Laylatul Qadr is hidden in these days of Ramadan.
What are the last 10 days?
When is a time when duʿā’ is especially accepted?
Between the adhan and iqamah
This special nightly prayer is performed during Ramadan.
What is Taraweeh?
During Ramadan, Muslims do not eat or drink between these two times.
What are sunrise and sunset?
During Ramadan, many Muslims try to complete reading this entire holy book.
What is the Quran?
When making duʿā’, we should ask with a ________ heart.
Sincere or pure
Ramadan ends with this celebration.
What is Eid al-Fitr?
Ramadan helps us understand how these people feel.
Who are people who do not have enough food (the hungry or poor)?
The Quran first came down during this month, on this special night.
What is Ramadan, and what is the night of Laylatul Qadr?
Why is concentration (khushuʿ) is important in Salah?
Khushuʿ helps the heart focus on Allah, making the prayer meaningful and sincere.
The Islamic calendar follows this type of cycle.
What is the lunar (moon) cycle?
Fasting teaches us these important character traits.
What are patience, self-control, gratitude, and strength?
One night of worship on Laylatul Qadr is better than this number of months or years.
What is 1,000 months, or over 83 years?
What should a Muslim do after asking Allah for something?
Have patience
Muslims determine the beginning of Ramadan by observing this.
What is the sighting of the new moon?
This meal is eaten to break the fast at sunset, and the meal eaten to start the fast at sunrise.
What is iftar at sunset, and what is suhoor at sunrise?
Laylatul Qadr means this in English.
What is the Night of Decree (or Night of Power)?
What does it mean to trust Allah’s timing when making duʿā’?
It means believing that Allah knows the best time to answer and that His plan is always wise.
Ramadan is the ___ month of the Islamic (Hijri) calendar.
What is the ninth month?