Miscellaneous
What is the largest island in the world?
Greenland
Name the 4 surahs in the Quran in which every single verse of the surah ends in the Arabic letter "raa (ر )".
54 - al-Qamar
97 - al-Qadr
103 - al-Asr
108 - al-Kawthar
What are the primary sources of the Seerah?
Top 3
1. The Quran
2. Hadith
3. Books written specifically for Seerah
-Seerat Ibn Ishaq (سيرة ابن إسحاق - Seerah by Ibn Ishaq).
-Seerat Ibn Hisham (سيرة ابن هشام - Seerah by Ibn Hisham).
Who was the flag bearer during the Battle of Uhud?
Mus'ab ibn Umayr
Who defeated Vlad the Impaler?
Mehmed II (Fatih) in 1476
Name the four classical Sunni schools of thought (figh), in chronological order.
1. Hanafi
2. Maliki
3. Shafi'i
4. Hanbali
What is the tafsir of Surah Nasr?
إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْفَتْحُ ١ وَرَأَيْتَ ٱلنَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِى دِينِ ٱللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًۭا ٢ فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ تَوَّابًۢا ٣
1. When comes the Help of Allah and the conquest
2. And you see that the people enter Allah's religion (Islam) in crowds,
3. So glorify the Praises of your Lord, and ask for His Forgiveness. Verily, He is the One Who accepts the repentance and forgives.
It was the end of the life of Allah's Messenger ﷺ that Allah was informing him of. Allah said,
إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ
(When there comes the help of Allah and the Conquest.) which means, that is a sign of the end of your life.
فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْهُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوِبَا
(So, glorify the praises of your Lord, and ask His forgiveness. Verily, He is the One Who accepts the repentance and Who forgives.)'
After the conquest of Mecca, the Prophet (SAW) gave the keys to the Ka'aba back to which Sahabi?
Who was the first Sahabi to recite the Quran in front of the Kaa'ba?
Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud
The Rock of Gibraltar in Spain is named after who?
Tariq ibn-Ziyad
(Jabal Ṭāriq (جبل طارق)
What is the smallest bone in the human body?
Stapes bone. Innermost bone in middle ear responsible for transmitting sound waves to the cochlea
وَلَا تُصَلِّ عَلَىٰٓ أَحَدٍۢ مِّنْهُم مَّاتَ أَبَدًۭا وَلَا تَقُمْ عَلَىٰ قَبْرِهِۦٓ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَمَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ فَـٰسِقُونَ
And do not ever offer ˹funeral˺ prayers for any of their dead, nor stand by their grave ˹at burial˺, for they have lost faith in Allah and His Messenger and died rebellious
Surah Tawba 84
Explain when and why this verse was revealed.
After the death of Abdullah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul, a known munafiq, the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) led his janaza and prayed for him.
The only Pagan to be killed at the hands of Prophet Muhamamd (SAW)?
Ubay ibn Khalaf at the Battle of Uhud
This sahabi is known as Dhul-Janahain (ذُو ٱلْجَنَاحِيْن).
Jafar Ibn Abi Talib
Explain what is Bayt al-Ḥikmah (بَيْت الْحِكْمَة ) and what happened to it.
Major Abbasid-era public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad. It acted as one of the world's largest public libraries during the Islamic Golden Age. It was destroyed in 1258 during the Mongol siege of Baghdad.
What is the official national animal of Scotland?
Before Umar's (RA) conversion, he visited the Ka'aba at night and saw the Prophet (SAW). He heard him reciting a specific Surah from the Quran. After listening to the Prophet (SAW) recite, Umar (RA) mentions that this was the first time that Islam entered his heart. What Surah was the Prophet (SAW) reciting?
Surah al-Haqqah (سورة الحاقة)
The Prophet (SAW) appointed three commanders (Sahaba), one after the other for the Battle of Mu'tah. All three were martyred.
Name all three.
He appointed first Zayd ibn Harithah as its leader, and he said, "If Zayd is killed, then Ja'far ibn Abi Talib shall be in charge. And if Ja'far is killed, then Abdullah ibn Rawahah (عبد الله بن رواحة) shall be in charge"
Who is the only woman to have been with the Prophet ﷺ from his birth to his death?
Barakah bint Tha'alabah (Umm Ayman)
During this battle, the Persians used huge War Elephants against the Muslims and caused heavy causalities. Eventually, the Muslims won this battle which paved the way to conquering Persia. Name the battle and how the Muslims destroyed the War Elephants.
Battle of al-Qadisiyyah. Saa'd Ibn Abi Waqqas ordered the archers to shoot at the War Elephants' eyes. The soldiers then cut of the elephants' trunks.
On the day of the conquest of Makkah, how many rak'ahs did the Prophet (SAW) pray for salatul Duha
(صلاة الضحى)
8 rak'ahs
وَلَوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَا أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَٰذَا سُبْحَانَكَ هَٰذَا بُهْتَانٌ عَظِيمٌ
"If only you had said upon hearing it (the slander), 'How can we speak about such a thing! Glory be to You [O Lord]! This is a heinous slander!'" [Quran, 24:16]
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What is this referring to and who is Allah quoting in this aya
It's mentioned one day Abu Ayyub al-Ansari's wife came home and said to him, "Have you heard?"—and she did not even mention the slander about Aisha (RA), but Abu Ayyub became angry and said, "How can we speak about such a thing! Glory be to You [O Lord]! This is a heinous slander!" And Allah revealed in Surah al-Nur quoting Abu Ayyub al-Ansari as a good example, even though he said this in the privacy of his house.
Name the three people the Quraysh sent and the three people the Muslims sent to have a duel (Mubaraza) before the Battle of Badr.
From the Quraysh side:
1. Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (عتبة بن ربيعة)
2. Utbah's younger brother Shaybah ibn Rabi'ah
3. Utbah's son al-Walid ibn Utbah (الوليد بن عتبة)
From the Muslim side:
1. Ubaydah ibn al-Harith ibn al-Muttalib
2. Hamzah ibn Abdul Muttalib
3. Ali ibn Abi Talib ibn Abdul Muttalib
Who is the only person in the history of Islam to have been born inside the Ka'ba?
Hakim Ibn Hizam
Who is considered the father of modern day surgery?
Abu Qasim Khalaf Ibn Abbas Al Zahrawi
Born in al-Andalus (936-1013)