The Qur'an

Question 1

Muslims believe that the words of the Qur’an are the words of…..

Answer 1

Allah

Question 2

The were given to………by the Angel……..

Answer 2

Muhammad

Jibril

Question 3

What does the word Qur’an mean

Answer 3

“Recitation” - Muslims believe Muhammad recited what Gibril taught him, he then taught his friends and they too learned the words by heart

Question 4

What could Muhammad not do?

Answer 4

read or write, but his friends who had learned it wrote it down

Question 5

In how many books was the Qur’an written and within how many years of Muhammad’s death?

Answer 5

one book and within 20 years of Muhammad’s death

Question 6

What do Muslims believe about the words of the Qur’an?

Answer 6

They should be changed in any way because they are the words of Allah

Question 7

What can Muslims who do speak Arabic have?

Answer 7

a translation into their own language for their own use but for worship, the Qur’an is always read in Arabic

Question 8

What can all Muslims do?

Answer 8

Recite parts of Qur’an in Arabic

Question 9

How are copies of the Qur’an treated

Answer 9

With great respect

Question 10

When a copy is not being used where is it stored

Answer 10

It is carefully wrapped and put on highest piece of furniture in room

Question 11

What will a Muslim do before reading the Qur’an

Answer 11

wash or sometimes have a bath

Question 12

Where is the Qur’an often placed to be read

Answer 12

On a stand, so it does not have to be handled too much

Question 13

What do some Muslims do

Answer 13

Some Muslims learn whole Qur’an by heart as they believe what it teaches is so important

Question 14

Those who succeed in learning the whole Qur’an by heat are allowed to use what title in their name

Answer 14

Hafiz

Question 15

How many chapters is the Qur’an made up of

Answer 15

114

Question 16

What are chapters called

Answer 16

Surahs

Question 17

What is the longest Surah and how many verses does it have

Answer 17

Surah 2 and has 286 verses

Question 18

What is the shortest Surah and how many verses does it have

Answer 18

Surah 103 has only 3 verses

Question 19

All the surahs of the Qur’an start with the words ‘in the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful’ except one, which Surah is this?

Answer 19

Surah 9

Question 20

Some surahs describe events, others give……….

Answer 20

Teaching

Question 21

Who do Muslims believe the teaching is important

Answer 21

Because it tells them how they should live

Question 22

Muhammad isn’t the only……

Answer 22

Prophet

For example Abraham (ibrahim), Moses (musa) and Jesus (isa)are mentioned in Qur’an

Question 23

According to the Qur’an what was the problem

Answer 23

even though they had teachings of these prophets, people kept forgetting what Allah was like

Question 24

Allah called……….to be his prophet and gave him the……so that people would not…….his teachings

Answer 24

Muhammad
Qur’an
Forget

Question 25

Muslims believe that the………of other……….were given by…but they have been………….by………… Only the……has been kept in its………form and so is truly the word of……. In other words Muslims believe that……completes what………and……….began

Answer 25

Scriptures
Religions
God
Altered 
Human beings
Qur'an 
Original
Allah
Islam
Judaism
Christianity

Question 26

What is the Hadith

Answer 26

the other important collection of teachings

Question 27

What is the Qur’an

Answer 27

The Muslims holy book