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quiz 1

Q1. What was the first word of the Qur’an which was revealed to Prophet Muhammad
s?
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A1. ‫( اق َرأ‬iqrā’) — “read” (Surah al-ʿAlaq [“The Clot”] 96:1).

Q2. Through which angel did Allah reveal the Glorious Qur’an to Prophet Muhammad
s?
A2. The archangel Jibrīl.

Q3. What is the name of the cave in which the Prophet Muhammad s would meditate?
A3. Cave of Ḥirā’, in Jabal al-Nūr (“Mountain of Light”); located in Makka al-Mukarrama
(“The Honoured”).

Q4. In which month and year was the Qur’an revealed to Prophet Muhammad s?
A4. During the month of Ramaḍān1, when the Prophet Muhammad s was 40 years old.

Q5. How old was the Prophet Muhammad s when he declared prophethood?
A5. He was 40 years old.

Q6. Into how many parts or ajzā’ (sing. juz’) is the Glorious Qur’an divided?
A6. The Glorious Qur’an is in 30 parts, or ajzā’.

Q7. How many chapters or sūrah’s does the Qur’an contain?

A7. A total of 114 chapters, or sūrah’s.

1
The 9th month of the Islamic calendar in which fasting (al-ṣawm) is obligatory (farḍ).
Q8. What is the name of the third caliph of Islam who prepared one unified version of
reading the Qur’an?
A8. His name is ʿUthmān ibn2 ʿAffān (ʿUthmān ibn [son of] ʿAffān).

Q9. True or false:

There is not a single letter or dot, added or omitted from the message that the
Prophet s received from Allah u in the form of the Qur’an.

A9. True, nothing has been added or omitted from the Qur’an that was revealed to the
Prophet Muhammad s.

Q10. What is the longest sūrah of the Qur’an?

A10. It is Sūrah al-Baqara (“The Cow”), which consists of a total of 286 verses (āyāt3); it is
the 2nd sūrah of the Qur’an. The Āyat al-Kursī is also within this sūrah (2:255).

Q11. What is the shortest sūrah of the Qur’an?

A11. The shortest sūrah of the Qur’an is Sūrah al-Kawthar (“The Abundance”), it is the 108th
sūrah of the Qur’an, and only 3 verses in length.

Q12. In which language was the Qur’an revealed?

A12. The Glorious Qur’an was revealed in the Arabic language.

Q13. And over how many years was the entire Qur’an revealed?
A13. It took over 23 years for the entire Qur’an to be revealed.

Q14. Every sūrah of the Qur’an begins with the basmala/bismilla (bi-smi llāhi r-raḥmāni
ْ َّ ٰ ْ َّ
r-raḥīm ِ‫الرحِيم‬ ‫)ِمْسِب اهللِ الرح ِن‬, besides one; what is the name of the sūrah that does not
begin with this phrase?
A14. Sūrah al-Tawba (“The Immunity”), the 9th sūrah of the Qur’an.

2
The terms: ibn or bin mean the ‘son of’ in Arabic. It may be shortened and written as: b.
3
Each surah of the Qur’an contains a number of verses, in Arabic this is referred to as āyāt (sing. ayāh).
Q15. What is the name of the sūrah which was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad s by
the angel of Jibrīl in a single sitting, and is also the opening sūrah of the Qur’an?
A15. It is Sūrah al-Fātiḥa (“The Opening”), the 1st sūrah of the Glorious Qur’an and the
most recited sūrah of the entire Qur’an. A Muslim must recite this sūrah whilst
praying their 5 daily prayers. It consists of a total of 7 verses.

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