Quran Quiz

1. Which month does the Quran identify as the month in which it was sent down?

2. Which two surahs are commonly known together as Al-Mu'awwidhatayn, the two surahs of seeking refuge?

3. A student is tracing the passage about the change in prayer direction toward Al-Masjid al-Haram. In which surah should the student look?

4. Which surah contains the verse that instructs believers preparing for prayer to wash their faces and their arms to the elbows?

5. You are looking for the Quranic account of young believers who took refuge in a cave. Which surah should you read?

6. Which surah is the opening chapter of the Quran?

7. In which surah is Ayat al-Kursi, the Throne Verse, found?

8. A reader wants to find the surah named after the creatures that warn one another as Sulayman's army approaches. Which surah is it?

9. A Quranic narrative describes a prophet confronting Pharaoh and being supported by his brother Harun. Which prophet is central to this account?

10. The advice “My son, establish prayer” appears within a father's counsel to his child. Which named figure gives this counsel?

11. A passage describes the sun, moon, and eleven stars bowing in a dream. Whose story contains this dream?

12. Which surah does not begin with the written formula “Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim” in the standard Quranic arrangement?

13. Which is the longest surah in the Quran?

14. How many surahs are in the Quran?

15. Someone is seeking the short surah that declares Allah is One and says that He neither begets nor is born. Which surah matches that description?

16. Who is the only woman explicitly identified by her personal name in the Quran?