Facts

Question 1

which surah in Quran tells us about Torah?

Answer 1

Surah al maidah

Question 2

What are the four books of God?

Answer 2

1. Tawrāh (Torah)
2. Zabur
3. the Injīl (Gospel)
4. Quran

Question 3

which prophet did the Torah come to?

Answer 3

Musa (as)

Question 4

Which prophet pbuh did Zabur come to?

Answer 4

Prophet Dawud (as)
in form of songs

Question 5

Which surah tells us about zabur and the prophet (as) it came to?

Answer 5

An Nisa

Question 6

which surah talks about injeel?

Answer 6

7th surah -al ar’af

7:156)

Question 7

What is said about the Quran?

Answer 7

3rd surah Al imran

“[It is] He Who has sent down the Book (the Quran) to you (Muhammad (PBUH)) with truth, confirming what came before it. And he sent down the Torah and the Injeel. Aforetime, as a guidance to mankind, And

He sent down the Furqaan (The Criterion) [of judgment between right and wrong (this

Question 8

The word for criterion

Answer 8

Furqaan

Question 9

What word does Quran derive from? What does it mean?

Answer 9

Qur’an – root word ‘’qara’a” - to collect or to compile

Question 10

What is said in surah 25 about Quran?

Answer 10

Surah al-furqaan

“Those who reject faith say: Why is the Qur’an not revealed to him all at once”?’

Revealed in stages, gradually (25:32)

Question 11

Where is it answered about why quran revealed in stages?

Answer 11

surah 17 al-isra’il

divided (into parts from time to time), in order that thou mightiest recite it to men at intervals: We have revealed it by stages.” (Al-Isra’il, 17:106)

Question 12

What is the second root word?

Answer 12

Second root word is “qar’ana” meaning a union or conjunction

word “qar’ana” is that the Qur’an is combined with guidance, the two being inseparable.

• “This is the book: it is guidance sure, without doubt”. (2:2)

Question 13

what is the third root word?

Answer 13

“qira’athun” meaning to read or recite

Question 14

What is the meaning of “qira’athun”

Answer 14

read/recite

Question 15

What is tilawat?

Answer 15

recitation of the successive verses of the Qur’ān in a standardized and proven manner according to the rules of the ten recitations

Question 16

What is the fourth root word for Quran?

Answer 16

“qira’in” - plural of “qarina” which meaning evidence, argument or symbol.

Question 17

Before Quran what was the period of known as ?

Answer 17

Jahiliyya
(ignorance)

Question 18

How did the revelation first begin?

Answer 18

Prophet Muhammad (as) had good dreams
would go to the Cave of Hira
Then met jibril (as) angel

Question 19

How many revelation modes were there?
Can you list them.

Answer 19

6

1.Dream

2. Bell
3. Angel as man
4. Angel
5. Direct
6. heart

Question 20

What happened in relation to the bell?

Answer 20

The Holy Prophet SAW would hear the ringing of a bell or a melodious sweet sound, which would be immediately followed by divine revelation.

Hazrat Ayesha RA narrated once the divine revelation began, Angel Jibraeel AS would come at various times with different ayahs of the Quran.

Question 21

What way did the angel present?

Answer 21

as a man
gibreel

One of the most common ways of receiving revelation was through Angel Gibraeel (as).

Al-Bakarah: 2:97-98)

Question 22

How many chapters revealed in Makkah? When did this happen?

Answer 22

86
2/3 quran
Before Hijrah

Question 23

How many in madina?

Answer 23

28
1/3 quran
After hijrah

Question 24

What is the Makkah and madian phase?

Answer 24

When Muhammad (as) first a prophet /first revalation until entered madina (13 years)

madina until death (10 years)

Question 25

What are three differences between Makki and Madian surahs?

Answer 25

Makki -tend to be short, refer to 'o people of X', history, stories of prophet, belief explanations whereas Madian 'oh you who believe', longer surahs, more re: actions

Question 26

What is the word for actions?

Answer 26

Furu

Question 27

Name of the first four surahs

Answer 27

Al alaq al mudassar al muzammil al qalam

Question 28

Order in Quran of the first four revealed surahs

Answer 28

96 74 73 68

Question 29

Which hazarats supported quran being compiled?

Answer 29

Hazarat abu bakr all the different materials Hazarat usman together in one place

Question 30

where are the first two copies of the quran placed?

Answer 30

1. Hast Imam library, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2. topkapi museum in Turkey

Question 31

why were vowels created?

Answer 31

For non arabic speakers fattah damah kasra zabar zair pesh original scripts dont have this as the arabs did not need it

Question 32

When was the Yamama Battle what happened during this battle?

Answer 32

in 632 AD, many companions who retained the Quranic verses were martyred.

Question 33

Who suggested compilation of the Quran?

Answer 33

Umar Ibn Al Khattab (RA) had the idea of compiling the Quran. He suggested it to Abou Bakr Siddiq (RA), who was the Caliph of the Muslims, after prophet Muhammed (PBUH) left this world.

Question 34

Who borrowed the original manuscript of the Quran for it to be complied?

Answer 34

Hazarat Usman (RA.)

Question 35

who was Zayd bin Thabit?

Answer 35

Muhammad (pbuh) scribe for Quran

Question 36

Who kept the complied Quran?

Answer 36

Umar Ibn Al Khattab (RA) kept the collected Quran. Then his daughter Hafsah (RA) kept it

Question 37

What is the standardised script?

Answer 37

Quraishi dialect

Question 38

Why was hazarat usman important?

Answer 38

The compilation of the Quran during the time of Hazrat Usman (Uthman ibn Affan) is an important event in Islamic history. Hazrat Usman was the third caliph of Islam

Question 39

who were the four scribes for standardisation of the quran?

Answer 39

* Four scribes of the Quran (assigned originally to write the revelation by the Prophet SAW himself) of companions were responsible for standardization. 1. Zaid bin Thabet 2. Said Ibn Aas, 3. Abdullah Ibn Zubair, 4. Abdulrahman Ibn Thabet.

Question 40

What time frame was the Quran revealed?

Answer 40

Approximately 23 years

Question 41

What word is tasfeer derived from?

Answer 41

Fasar to open

Question 42

Whats the difference between translation and tasfir?

Answer 42

Translation focuses on the meaning and can be changed from language to language based on the words whereas tasfir applies context/ meaning behind it and the message