1) What is the meaning of the word “Quran”?
A) That which is Read.
2) Where was the Quran revealed first?
A) In the cave of Hira (Makah).
3) On which night was the Quran first revealed?
A) Lailatul-Qadr (Night of the Power).
4) Who revealed the Quran?
A) Allah revealed the Quran
5) Through who was the Quran revealed?
A) Through Angel Jibraeel (Alaihis-Salaam)
6) To who was the Quran revealed?
A) To the last Prophet, Muhammad (SAW).
7) Who took the responsibility of keeping the Quran safe?
A) Allah himself.
Q8: What are the conditions for holding or touching the Quran?
A) One has to be clean and to be with wudhu (ablution).
9) Which is the book which is read most?
A) The Quran.
10) What is the topic of the Quran?
A) Man.
11) What are the other names of the Quran according to the Quran itself?
A) Al-Furqaan, Al-Kitaab, Al-Zikr, Al-Noor, AL-Huda.
12) How many Makki Surah’s (chapters) are there in the Quran?
A) 77
13) How many Madani Surah’s (chapters) are there in the Quran?
A) 37
14) How many Manzils (stages) are there in the Quran?
A) 7
15) How many Para or Juz (parts) are there in the Quran?
A) 30
16) How many Surah’s’ (chapters) are there in the Quran?
A) 114
17) How many Rukoo (paragraphs) are there in the Quran?
A) 540
18) How many Ayah (verses) are there in the Quran?
A) 6236
19) How many times is the word „Allah‟ repeated in the Quran?
A) 2698
20) How many different types of Ayah (verses) are there in the Quran?
A) 10
21) Who is the first „Hafiz‟ of the Quran?
A) Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
22) At the time of the death of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) how many
Hafiz was there?
A) 22
23) How many Ayah (verses) on Sajda (prostration) are there in the Quran?
A) 14
24) In which Para (part) and Surah (chapter) do you find the first verse about Sajda (prostration)?
A) 9th Parra, 7th Chapter-Surah-al-Araaf, Verse 206.
25) How many times has the Quran stressed about Salah or Namaaz (prayers)?
A) 700 times.
26) How many times has the Quran emphasized on alms or charity?
A) 150
27) How many times in the Quran, is the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
Addressed asYaa-Aiyu-Han-Nabi?
A) 11 times
28) Where in the Quran has Prophet Muhammad (SAW) been named Ahmed?
A) Para 28th, Surah Saff, Ayah 6th.
29) How many times has the name of Rasool-ullah (SAW) been mentioned in the Quran?
A) Muhammad (SAW) – 4 times & Ahmed (SAW)-1 time.
30) Name the Prophet whose name is mentioned and discussed most in the Quran?
A) Moosa (Alahis-Salaam).
31) Who was the Kaatib-e-Wahi (copyists of the revelations) of the Quran?
A) Hazrat Abu Bakr (Radhiallahu Anhu), Hazrat Usman (Radhiallahu Anhu), Hazrat Ali (Radhiallahu Anhu), Hazrat Zaid Bin Harith (Radhiallahu Anhu), Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (Radhiallahu Anhu) & Hazrat Ameer Muawia (Radhiallahu Anhu).
32) Who was the first person who counted the Ayah (verses) of the Quran?
A) Hazrat Ayesha (Radhiallahu Anha).
33) On whose advice did Abu Bakr (Radhiallahu Anhu) decide to compile the Quran?
A) Hazrat Omer Farooq (Radhiallahu Anhu).
34) On whose order was the Quran compiled completely in written form?
A) Hazrat Abu Bakr (Radhiallahu Anhu).
35) Who confined the recitation of the Quran on the style of the Quraysh tribe?
A) Hazrat Osman (Radhiallahu Anhu).
36) Out of the copies of the Quran compiled by Hazrat Osman (Radhiallahu Anhu), how many and where are they at present?
A) Only 2 copies. One in Tashkent and the other in Istanbul.
37) Which Surah of the Quran was Prophet Muhammad (SAW) reciting while praying, that Hazrat Jabir Bin Muth‟im listened to and embraced Islam?
A) Surah At-Toor.
38) Which was that Surah of the Quran which Prophet Muhammad (SAW) had recited when one of his enemies Utba after listening to it fell in Sajda (prostration)?
A) The first five Ayahs of Ha-Meem-Sajda (Fussilat) Para 24.
39) Which are the first and the most ancient Mosque according to the Quran?
A) Kaaba
40) In Quran 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 Quran that his body is kept as an admonishing example for future generations to come?
A) Firaun. (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 the Quran?
A) Cave of Judi.
44) In the Quran the name of which companion of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) is mentioned?
A) Hazrat Zaid Bin Harith (RA) (Surah – Al-Ahzab) Surah # 33, Ayah # 37.
45) Who is the relative of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) whose name is mentioned in the Quran?
A) Abu Lahab (Surah Al-Massed) Surah # 111, Para 30.
46) In the Quran there is a mention of a Prophet who has been called by his mother’s name. Who was he?
A) Jesus Hazrat Isa (Alahis salaam) is mentioned as Ibn Maryam.
47) Which was the agreement that was titled as “Fath-hum-Mubeen‟ without fighting a battle?
A) Treaty of Hudaibiya (Sulhe Hudaibiya).
48) What are the different names used for Satan or Devil in the Quran?
A) Iblees and Ash-Shaitaan.
49) Which category of creature does the Quran put “Iblees‟ into?
A) Jinn.
50) What were those worships and prayers that were ordered by Allah to the Community of Bani Israel and which were continued for the Muslim Ummah also?
A) Salah (Prayers) and Zakat. (Al-Baqarah: 43)
51) The Quran repeatedly warns of a certain day. Which day it is?
A) Yaumul Qiyamah. (The Doomsday).
52) Who were those people with whom Allah was pleased and they were pleased with Him, as mentioned in the Quran?
A) Companions / Sahaba (RA) of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
53) In which Holy Book of Non-Muslims the Quran is mentioned repeatedly?
A) In the Holy Book of Sikh Community-Granth Saheb.
54) In which year were the vowels inserted in the Quran?
A) 43 Hijri.
55) Who were the first serious students of the Quran?
A) Ashaabus Suffah (Students who used to sit at a place in
Masjid-e-Nabvi (SAW).
56) Which is the first Residential University where the faculty of the Quran was established for the first time?
A) Masjid-e-Nabvi [Mosque of the Prophet (SAW).
57) By what name did the Quran 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 Quran want to make?
A) Momin.
59) What is the scale or measure of one’s dignity according to the Quran?
A) Taqwa. (Piety)
60) What according to the Quran is the root cause of the evil?
A) Alcohol.
61) What are the two most important types or kinds of Ayah (Verses) found in the Quran?
A) Muhakkamaat and Mutashabihaath (Orders / Instructions and Examples / Instances – lessons).
62) Which is the longest Surah (Chapter) in the Quran?
A) Surah-al-Baqarah – Surah # 2.
63) Which is the smallest Surah in the Quran?
A) Surah-al-Kausar – Surah # 108.
64) What was the age of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) when Quran was first revealed to him through Hazrat Jibraeel (Alaihis-salaam)?
A) 40 Years.
65) How long did Prophet Muhammad (SAW) receive the revelation of the
Quran in Makah?
A) 13 Years.
66) How long did Prophet Muhammad (SAW) receive the revelation of the
Quran in Medina?
A) 10 Years.
67) Where was the first Surah revealed?
A) In Makah.
68) Where was the last Surah revealed?
A) In Medina.
69) How many years did it take for the complete revelation of the Quran?
A) 22 years, 5 months and 14 days.
70) Which Surah (Chapter) of the Quran is to be read compulsorily in each raka‟at of the Salah (Namaaz)?
A) Surah-al-Fatihah (The Opening) – Surah # 1.
71) Which is the Surah, which Allah taught as a Dua (Prayer)?
A) Surah-al-Fatihah (The Opening) – Surah # 1.
72) What is the reason of keeping Surah-al-Fatihah in the beginning of the Quran?
A) It is the door to the Quran.
73) What is the Surah (Chapter) revealed completely and found first place in the Quran?
A) Surah-al-Fatihah (The Opening) – Surah # 1.
74) Who was the only lady whose personal name is found in the Quran?
A) Mariam (Alaihis-salaam).
75) In which Surah (Chapter) of the Quran do you find maximum instructions?
A) Surah-al-Baqarah – Surah # 2.
76) When and Where did the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and Hazrat
Jibraeel (AS) meets 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.
78) Which is the Surah (Chapter) that does start without Bismillah?
A) Surah-al-Taubah or Baraath – Surah # 9.
79) In which Surah (Chapter) of the Quran Bismillah is repeated twice?
A) Surah-al Naml – Surah # 27.
80) How many Surah (Chapters) in the Quran have the titles named after different Prophets?
A) 6 Surah
81) In which part of the Quran do you find “Ayat-ul-Kursi‟ (Verse of the Throne)?
A) In the beginning of the third Part (Surah # 2, Ayah # 255).
82) How many different names of Allah are mentioned in the Quran?
A) 99
83) Who were the three non-prophets whose names are mentioned with due respect in the Quran?
A) Luqman, Aziz of Egypt and Zulqarnain.
84) At the time of Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) how many companions had compiled the Quran in the form of a book?
A) 75 companions.
85) Which is the only book that is completely memorized by millions of people in the world?
A) Al-Quran.
86) What did the Jinn’s who heard a few Ayah Verses) of the Quran say to each other?
A) We have heard a unique discourse which shows the right path, verily we believe in it.
87) Which are the most popular translations of the Quran in English?
A) Translation by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall and by Allama Yusuf Ali.
88) Into how many languages of the world has the Holy Quran been translated?
A) Nearly 103 languages.
89) Who was the first translator of the Holy Quran into Urdu?
A) Moulana Shah Rafiuddin Muhaddis Dehlavi.
90) What will be our condition on „The day of the Judgment‟ according to the Quran?
A) Everybody will be in a state of anxiety.
91) Who was the Prophet mentioned in the Quran whose three generations were prophets?
A) Hazrat Ibrahim (AS).
92) What is that book which abolished all old rules and regulations?
A) Al-Quran.
93) What does the Quran say about property and wealth?
A) They are tests of one’s faith.
94) According to the Quran who is “khaatamun Nabiyyeen” (the last of the Prophets)?
A) Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
95) What is the name of the book that tells us clearly about the reality of the beginning and the end of the world?
A) Al-Quran.
96) In the Quran what other name is given to the city of Makah?
A) Bakkah and Baladul Amin.
97) According to the Quran what other name is given to the city of Medina?
A) Yathrib.
98) Whose Generation is known as “Bani Israel” according to the Quran?
A) The generation of Prophet Yaqoob (Alaihis salaam) who is also known as Israel.
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