Quran Quiz for everyone

Islamic quiz for Quran.

Very basic and good quiz which discover many hidden facts, also useful for children to know more about Holy Quran

1) What is the meaning of the word "Qur'an" ?
    A) That which is Read.

2) Where was the Qur'an revealed first ?
    A) In the cave of Hira   (Makkah)

3) On which night was the Qur'an first revealed ?
     A) Lailatul-Qadr (Night of the Power)

4) Who revealed the Qur'an?
A) Allah revealed the Qur'an
5) Through whom was the Qur'an revealed?
    A) Through Angel Jibraeel (Alaihis-Salaam)

6) To whom was the Qur'an revealed?
    A) To the last Prophet,  Muhammed (Sallahu Alaihi Wasallam).

7) Who took the. responsibility of keeping the Qur'an safe?
   A) Allah himself.

8) What are the conditions for holding or touching the Qur'an?
  A) One has to be clean and to be with wudhu (ablution)

9) Which is the book which is read most?
   A) The Qur'an.

10) What is the topic of the Qur'an?
   A) Man.
11) What are the other  names of the Qur'an accord ing to the Qur'an itself?
   A) A l-Furqaan, Al-Kitaab,   Al-Zikr, Al-Noor,   Al-Huda.

12) How many Makki  Surahs (chapters) are  there. in the Qur'an?
    A) 86

13) How many Madani Surahs (chapters) are  there in the Qur'an?
    A) 28
14) How many Manzils  (stages) are there in the  Qur'an?
    A) 7
15) How many Paara or Juz (parts) are there in. the Qur'an?
    A) 30
16) How many Surahs (chapters) are there in  the  Qur'an?
     A) 114

17) How many Rukoo  (paragraphs) are there in  the Qur'an?
     A) 540
18) How many Aayaath  (verses) are there in the  Qur'an?
     A) 6666

19) How many times is the word 'Allah' repeated in  the Qur'an?
     A) 2698
20) How many different  types of Aayaath (verses)  are there in the Qur'an?
    A) 10
21) Who is the first 'Haafiz'   of the Qur'an?
    A) Prophet Muhammed    (Sallalahu Alaihi  Wasallam)

22) At the time of the death of Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu AlaihiWasallam)  how many Huffaz were    there?
   A) 22
23) How many Aayaath  (verses) on Sajda (prostation) are there in the Qur'an?
    A) 14
24) In which Paara (part) and Surah (chapter) do you find the first verse about Sajda (prostation)?
   A) 9th Paara, 7th Chapter Surah-al-Araaf, Verse 206.

25) How many times has the Qur'an stressed about Salaat or Namaaz (prayer)?
   A) 700 times
26) How many times has the Qur'an emphasized on alms or charity?
    A) 150

27) How many times in the Qur'an, is the Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)
     addressed as Yaa-Aiyu- Han-Nabi?
    A) 11 times
28) Where in the Qur'an has      Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu AlaihiWasallam)       been named. 'Ahmed'?
    A) Paara 28th, Surah Saff,        Ayath 6th.

29) How many times has the name of Rasoolullah    (Sallallahu AlaihiWasallam) been mentioned in the Qur'an?
A) Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)  4   time & Ahmed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)   1  time.
30) Name the Prophet whose name is mentioned and discussed most in the Qur'an?
   A) Moosa (Alahis-Salaam)
39) Which is the first and  the most ancient Masjid according to the Qur'an?
    A) Kaaba
40) In Qur'an mankind is divided into two groups.   Which are those two groups?
   A) Believers and         disbelievers
41) Who is the man about whom, Allah has said in the Qur'an that his body is. kept as an
       admonishing example for future generations to come?
     A) Fir'aun. (Pharaoh).
42) Besides the body of Pharaoh, what is that thing which is kept as an  admonishing example for future generations to come?
    A) Noah's Ark.
43) After the wreckage of Prophet Noah's Ark, which is its place of rest mentioned in theQur'an?
   A) Cave of Judi.
46) In the Qur'an there is a  mention of a Prophet who has been called by his     mother's name. Who was  he?
    A) Jesus [Prophet Isa   (Alahis salaam)] is mentioned as Ibn Maryam.

47) Which was the agreement that was titled Fath-hum-Mubeen' without fighting a battle?
    A) Treaty of Hudaibiya
48) What are the different   names used for Satan or Devil in the Qur'an?
 A) Iblees & Ash_Shaitaan.
49) Which category of creature does the Qur'an put 'Iblees' into?
    A) Jinn.
50) What were those worships and prayers that were ordered by Allah to   the community of Bani
    Israeel and which were  continued by the Muslim Ummah also?
   A) Salaat and Zakaat.          (Al Baqarah:43)
51) The Qur'an repeatedly warns of a certain day. Can you say which day it is?
     A) Youmal Qiyamah             (Doomsday)
52) Who were those people  with whom Allah was pleased and they were pleased with Him, as
     mentioned in the Qur'an?
   A) Companions of Prophet Muhammed. (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)
53) In which Holy Book of Non-Muslims the Qur'an mentioned repeatedly?
    A) In the Holy Book of  Sikh Community -   Granth Saheb.
54) In which year were the       vowels inserted in the Qur'an?
   A) 43 Hijri.
55) Who were the first serious students of the Qur'an?
    A) As-haabus Suffah.
56) Which is the first Residential University where the faculty of the Qur'an was established
   for the  first time?
    A) Masjid-e-Nabvi.
57) By what name did the Qur'an address those noble and pious people who were selected by
     Allah to convey His message to mankind?
    A) Nabi (Prophet) and Rasool (Messenger).

58) What type of a person does the Qur'an want to make?
     A) Momin.
59) What is the scale or measure of one's dignity according to the Qur'an?
    A) Thaqwa. (Piety)
60) What according to the Qur'an is the root cause of the evil?
      A) Alcohol.
61) What are the two most   important types of Aayaat   (Verses) found in the  Qur'an?
   A) Muhakamaat and Muthashabihaath.
62) Which is the longest Surah (Chapter) in the Qur'an?
    A) Surah-al-Baqarah.

63) Which is the smallest Surah in the Qur'an?
    A) Surah-al-Kausar.
64) What was the age of Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu AlaihiWasallam)  when Qur'an was first
   revealed to him through   Jibraeel (Alaihis-salaam)?
   A) 40 Years.
65) How long did Prophet  Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) receive the revelation of the
   Qur'an in Makkah?
   A) 13 Years.
66) How long did Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) receive the revelation of the
     Qur'an in Madinah?
    A) 10 Years.
67) Where was the first Surah revealed?
    A) In Makkah.
68) Where was the last Surah revealed?
    A) In Madinah.
69) How many years did it take for the complete  revelation of the Qur'an?
     A) 22 years, 5 months
         and 14 days.
70) Which Surah (Chapter)  of the Qur'an is to be read compulsorily in each raka'at of the
      Salaat. (Namaaz)?
    A) Surah-al-Fatihah.
71) Which is the Surah, which Allah taught as a Du'a (Prayer)?
   A) Surah-al-Fatihah.
72)What is the reason of keeping Surah-al-Fatihah in the beginning of the Qur'an?
    A)It is the door to the Qur'an
73) What is the Surah (Chapter) revealed completely and found first place in the Qur'an?
    A) Surah-al-Fatihah.
74) Who was the only lady whose personal nameis found in the Qur'an?
 A)Mariam (Alaihis-salaam)
75)In which Surah (Chapter)  of the Qur'an do you find maximum instructions?
    A) Surah-al-Baqarah.
76) When and Where did the PrOphet Muhammed  Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and Jibraeel (Alaihis-salam) meet for the second time?
A) On Friday,18th Ramadan, in the Cave of Hira.

77) What was the interval between the first and the second revelation?
   A) 2 years and six months.

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Baseless and Senseless claims of muddai

This is one of the many replies to the baseless and senseless claims of laeen muddai doing the rounds on different media. 

Mr. Khuzaima Qutbuddin

I am writing this letter in reply to the blasphemous email and video that has not only disturbed each and every mumin but stirred and driven them to the height of passionate fury. it is indeed the teachings of our beloved Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin RA and his equally illustrious and rightful heir apparent Aqa Moula Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin TUS, that today in spite of this seething pain and anger we are sitting in the cool shade of Raudat Tahera praying for the long life of Aqa Moula TUS and trying to ignore your disturbingly disgusting video. 

You claim rights to the lofty office of Ad-Dail mutlaq and by doing that you have chosen the title of "Muddai" and torn off from your attire the grand and lofty title of Mazoon ud Dawat and shunned away from the exalted designation of  "Al-Mumin". You have finally liberated us from the bonds of "muruvat" and duty that have obliged us to call you mazoon saab since the past few years. Your deeds and your attitude have for years led us to doubt and question your position, but the silence of our Moula TUS and his allowing your name to be read in the Ahd al-Awliya has refrained us from coming to any conclusion and in fact often rendered us wounds of guilt instead. 

Mr. Khuzaima, since the day i began to understand this world, in my small humble capacity, and recognize the efforts of my Moula TUS as a mature mumin and human being, i have failed to find even a few shades of these qualities in you. What you did in East Africa causing so much havoc and confusion, leading mumineen to give misaq again, is something no one can fathom even today. It was an act of sheer madness. You had hurt our Moula RA yet Moulana al-Muqaddas RA covered your ignonimous deeds with kindness and generosity. Mr. Khuzaima, I am sorry but according to me an adna mumin, from what i perceive of you from not only my personal experience but from all that i have witnessed throughout those years, that you dont possess the qualities of an adna Mumin, and have the nerve to call yourself Al-Dai al-Mutlaq. 

Doing what you did with a humble mumin for a personal grudge though not acceptable, is understandable. But yesterday you crossed all limits. When not only each and every mumin but the whole world was mourning, you chose to gather your gang in your den and give them a discourse about your supposed virtues. No doubt we have witnessed the event of saqifa being repeated in this era. You claim your right to do imamat, well if u were so afraid to unveil true self in public you could have adhered to your ways of "taqiyat" and prayed namaz with Aqa Moula TUS. What you give in your tiresome incomprehensible speech is lame excuses. How can you do what you did on the day of wafaat of a Moula TUS who has given you so much. Whatever you have today is the result of Moulas generosity and benevolence and that you can never deny. This is how you show your gratitude? 

You say you were waiting for Moula RA to get shifa so he would clarify personally thus you absconded for the innumerable events. Your son spits poison and barks that Moula RA was brought to such events forcibly. So where were you during the celebrations of the 100th Milad Mubarak? We dont see you playing any role anywhere. When Moulana Mohammed Burhanuddin Aqa would come amidst us on that noorani chair we saw a farishta descending from the heavens. A spirit that is not bound by any physical restrictions lifted us in darajaat through nazaraat that you and your likes can never feel. You saw the discomfort boiling inside you come in front of your eyes. We saw peace and sukun. Moula RA found peace in being amidst mumineen and we offer laakho sajadaat of shukr in Hazarat Aaliya of our Aqa Moula TUS that he strived so hard to make it possible for both Moula RA and Mumineen. 

Where were you when we saw Al-Anwar, Al-Aqmar and all jawame of the fatemiyeen revived? How dare you use the lofty word fatemidawat in your blasphemous propaganda. Where were you when Moula revived the Fatemi saqafat through "Al Multaqal Fatemi al-Ilmi"? where were you when Moula RA opened the doors of Al-Jamea tus Saifiyan and let the Nile of Ilm-e-Alemohammed flow through. Where were you o sheikh when we saw this Moizzi Era in its grandeur and glory??? Wherever we saw Moula RA hoist the flags of Fatemi Sultan, we saw you missing. And on occasions where you luckily made it, we have seen on your face expressions of anger and envy when mumineen would be crying tears of happiness. Thousands of mumineen bear witness to what I say. 

You say that you were the chosen one. Syedna Taher Saifuddin Aqa RA conferred Nass upon you and it cannot be changed. You question in your ridiculous monologue the authority of Imamuz zaman RA as to how could he fail in his tayeed. Well Mr Khuzaima, a student from the primary section of Jamea would suffice to answer that. History has witnessed many such occurrences when a Dai has done nass and the Mansoos has passed away. Did the tayeed of Imam fail then? Al-iyazo billah. Similarly it may be possible according to your claims that Moulana Taher Saifuddin Aqa RA may have wished to see you reach this lofty position. But it is possible and now evident that you never rose to his expectations. Your soul died. What we see and understand today is that those words of Taher Saifuddin Moula RA were his attempt to stop you from straying. That is our perspective and your deeds have proved it to be the right one. And what do you try to prove and achieve by showing the hand-written letter of Taher Saifuddin Moula RA? Havent you seen "Aali Qadr Mufaddal" written by Syedna al-Muqaddas? How can you fail to see in those divine letters what even a small mumin child can register? Your deeds are against each and every word of the rasail shareefa of your illustrious father. You have insulted the living risalah of Moulana Taher Saifuddin RA and Moulana Mohammed Burhanuddin RA and you blaspheme the living Quran - e - kareem by holding in your hands the Kitaabullah that cannot be touched but by only those who are pure.

You challenge in your unintelligible speech anyone who doubts you to confront you. Well you are the Muddai. You are the one who is supposed to confront. And trust me, we dont need even geniuses. Little novices like me will suffice our Moula TUS and lay bare for the world your true face. Why do you fear that you will be beaten? we mumineen are a peace loving community and the whole world knows it. We were waiting impatiently for you to come and submit yourself in the feet of our Moula TUS so we could embrace you. But you failed not only Moula but each and every mumin. The so called attacks are fabrications or your imgination. We mumineen are brought up to meet the enemy with dignity. The weapon we yield is mohabbat and dua. And the name of our Moula TUS is enough to spoil clothes of Khalid and his likes. 

The pages of Quran and the pages of Dawat history stand testimony to the fate of those who have stood against Haq na Dhani. I need not say more.

Abde Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin TUS

[As received on the common forum]

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We Demand Apology from Mumbai Mirror

Dear editor,

It is with shock, dejection and almost a sense of shame at the trite standards that your journalistic practices have fallen to these days that I write to you this evening.

I was highly impressed by your advertising campaign - I Am Mumbai - last year which seemed to project your newspaper as a truthful, honest, real representative of the people of Mumbai. To a large extent, I believed it too with flashes of doubt depending on the quality and nature of articles you published over the past one year.

However, the sensationalist, ill-informed, poorly researched, largely opinionated, allegation-hurling and fact-starved article headlined "A Perilous Transition" on the front page (with extensions on page 6) of your tabloid today has forced me to not just review my positive opinions about your editorial standards but actually discard them altogether.

In the garb of presenting a fair observation, it is quite clear through the language and content of the article that it was not just influenced by a group of people discussed in the article, i.e., a small number of personally frustrated people who consider Khuzaima Qutbuddin to be the successor of the Late His Holiness Dr Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, but written with deliberate bias and almost a hint of vendetta against the Dawoodi Bohra community and its new spiritual leader.

As a newspaper that is read widely and held in high regard, I was appalled that your editorial team would even allow such a poorly written article to be published in the first place. Considering you'll have high standards in place, the publishing of this article, therefore, clearly reflects that this was a considered attempt at being sensationalist, drawing unnecessary attention to a non-issue and maligning the hard-earned and globally respected reputation of the Dawoodi Bohra community and its new spiritual head, His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin.

It's also in poor taste from a humanitarian point of view because it has been published at a time when the Dawoodi Bohra community over the globe is in mourning and still trying to recover from the unexpected loss of the beloved Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin.

Instead of offering sympathies and condolences to the community or paying a much-deserved tribute to the impeccable and prolific achievements about the late Syedna who was a beacon of peace and progress in India and a globally consulted stalwart for wisdom and developing human potential, your newspaper chose to talk about an issue that is hardly a subject for discussion in any Dawoodi Bohra household. Even more so, it chose to adopt an intellectually bereft stance and demonstrate journalistic lewdness in doing so.

I'd like to argue my case on a few facts -

1) Your article does not shed any light on the actual investiture process (nass) from one Dai-el-Mutlaq (Vicegerent to the Imam) to the next and makes its own assumptions about what happened 49 years ago or 3 years ago without any evidence or facts.

In the first place, how can any ambiguity about the new Syedna arise because Khuzaima Qutbuddin has never presented any evidence regarding the investiture he claims was made to him 49 years ago. Moreover, as a regular, practising Dawoodi Bohra who has had the privilege to attend many sermons of the late Syedna, never in the past 49 years did the Syedna ever refer to Khuzaima as his successor. Nor does he have any witnesses to his investiture whereas there are witnesses to Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin's proclamation in London and Mumbai.

Any doubts about this historic event can only imply that the doubters believe that the alive and conscious Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin was not in charge after his stroke and leadership issues were being handled without his consent. Is that what Khuzaima's associates are suggesting? If so, then their own faith in the late Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin can be called into question and, more importantly, their trust in their own senses and intellect can be questioned because there have been countless instances in the past 3 years where the late Syedna has appeared publicly with Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin as his successor.

Moreover, even after Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin fell ill in London 3 years ago and appointed Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin as his successor, never did Khuzaima Qutbuddin ever stake a claim or mention to the late Syedna that he was being denied or being wronged. After all, as part of his faith, he would believe that the Syedna would do justice and listen to his plea if he merited a hearing.

2) Without any evidence, it portrays the benevolent and benign Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin as a "radical hardliner". On what basis?

I'm sorry to say this but the article's author suffers from the most basic of flaws when making an objective argument - selective perception. How can such an article be published?

For instance, how can a dignified, respected leader holding a legal, constitutionally recognised office be morally assaulted without any proof? How can a leader under whose administrative guidance - for the first time in human history - women were institutionally freed from the domestic chores of cooking as a result of the "community kitchen" be portrayed as someone who advocates limited educational access to women?

How can a leader who personally supervised de-addiction and rehabilitation programmes be labelled as having a divergent school of thought in Islam?

Moreover, he personally beseeched and facilitated Dawoodi Bohras in Yemen to avoid growing 'khat' (a flowering plant that is classified by the WHO as a drug of abuse and has damaging physiological and psychological effects) and take up organic fruit and vegetable farming practices instead for the benefit of society at large. How can he not be a moderate, progressive liberal with a humanistic aspect of Islam at the heart of his teachings? 

How can a leader who personally preaches women's rights within a family and propagates non-violence and fair treatment of women at home have hardline views on gender?

The issue here is not just of journalistic callousness but of a planned systematic attempt at publicly demeaning the Dawoodi Bohra community and its new spiritual leader. The issue here is grave as your article is based on blatant lies and claimed representations of opinions such as "He is seen as a right-wing radical ...", "Dawoodi Bohras faced with having to select from two individuals..."

In the first place, a Dawoodi Bohra, by definition of his faith, would unconditionally accept whoever has been handpicked by the late Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin as his next leader. And those who doubt his decision, are by definition, not Dawoodi Bohra and, hence, have no moral or legal right to comment on this decision.

And in the past three years or even now, never has a Dawoodi Bohra been faced with a choice as the late Syedna never suggested that there was a choice to be made. Hence, this article lies. Spiritual leadership is a highly responsible and serious task and is not some trivial game show where there is a draw of lots or choices to be made without fundamental and complete knowledge.

A big lie in the article is that the late Syedna was unable to utter a word in front of a large assembled gathering in Mumbai after he appointed Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin. I was personally a witness to that ceremony (over a live telecast) and can clearly remember the late Syedna pronouncing his successor's name.

Another glaring lie in the article is that "Mufaddal Saifuddin claimed...". Never can a Dai-el-Mutlaq claim his succession. He can only accept the investiture made in him by his predecessor in front of witnesses. Mufaddal Saifuddin was publicly appointed by Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin. Whereas the reality is that it is Khuzaima who is staking a "claim" and has no witnesses.

In fact, here are a few facts that haven't been mentioned in the article -

1) Against people's wishes and without their consent, members of the Dawoodi Bohra community are being sent text messages and emails and being coerced to give up their faith and acknowledge Khuzaima Qutbuddin as their leader. A key pillar of a Dawoodi Bohri's faith is her/his allegiance to and unconditional belief in the Syedna. Since Khuzaima was never officially anointed or appointed by the late Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, choosing Khuzaima as her/his leader would mean giving up a lifetime of faith in the late Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin himself and adopting an un-Islamic belief system.

2) Khuzaima Qutbuddin's family members are forcing people (especially young children) to renounce Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin as their leader and sending MMS videos of such forced renunciation to people (again, without consent).

3) Khuzaima Qutbuddin's history has rarely been saintly. He has been linked with various traits and activities that do not befit a spiritual leader and certainly not one who can uphold the faith of a million-strong community.

Therefore, I sincerely request and, in fact, demand an unconditional apology from Mumbai Mirror for publishing an article that lacks objectivity, malevolently maligns the reputations of a highly respected global leader and the entire Dawodi Bohra community at large and, by virtue of indulging in such a tawdry and unprincipled standard of journalism, has brought the highly reliable Indian press into disrepute.

Regards

Yousuf
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Why Namaaz

SAYINGS OF PROPHET MOHAMMED (Sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam)

The one who doesn't pray namaz, will receive Fifteen punishments from Allah..

Six punishments in life time.

Three while dying .

Three in the grave &

Three on the Day of Judgment.

THE SIX PUNISHMENTS IN LIFE TIME:

1. Allah takes away blessings from his age. (makes his life misfortunate)

2. Allah does not accept his Dua's.

3. Allah erases the features of good people from his face.

4. He will be detested by all creatures on earth.

5. Allah does not reward him for his good deeds.

6. He will not be included in the Dua's of good people.

THE THREE PUNISHMENTS WHILE DYING:

1. He dies humiliated.

2. He dies hungry.

3. He dies thirsty. Even if he drinks the water of all seas, he will still be thirsty.

THE THREE PUNISHMENTS IN THE GRAVE :

1. Allah tightens his grave until his chest ribs come over each other.

2. Allah pours on him fire with embers.

3. Allah sets on him a snake called 'the brave', 'the bold' which hits him from morning until afternoon for leaving Fajr prayer, from the afternoon until Asr for leaving Zuhar prayer and so on. With each strike he sinks 70 yards under the ground.

THE THREE PUNISHMENTS ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT:

1. Allah sends who would accompany him to hell pulling him on the face.

2. Allah gives him an angry look that makes the flesh of his face fall down.

3. Allah judges him strictly and orders him to be thrown in hell.

THOSE WHO DO NOT SAY THEIR PRAYERS OF:

FAJR : the glow of their face is taken away.

ZUHAR : the blessing of their income is taken away.

ASHAR : the strength of their body is taken away.

MAGHRIB : they are not benefited by their children.

ISHAA : the peace of their sleep is taken away.