Islamic Trivia Question and Answers
1.
What is the holy book of Islam?
Answer:
The Quran
2.
Who is considered the last prophet in Islam?
Answer:
Prophet Muhammad
3.
What is the name of the Islamic place of worship?
Answer:
Mosque
4.
What is the term for the Islamic law derived from the Quran and Hadith?
Answer:
Sharia
5.
What is the month of fasting in Islam called?
Answer:
Ramadan
6.
What is the pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims are required to perform at least once in their lifetime?
Answer:
Hajj
7.
What is the Arabic word for God in Islam?
Answer:
Allah
8.
What is the term for the declaration of faith in Islam?
Answer:
Shahada
9.
What is the name of the first city to accept Islam?
Answer:
Medina
10.
What is the term for the community of Muslims worldwide?
Answer:
Ummah
11.
What is the name of the Islamic holiday that marks the end of Ramadan?
Answer:
Eid alFitr
12.
What is the name of the Islamic holiday that commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son?
Answer:
Eid alAdha
13.
What is the term for the five pillars of Islam?
Answer:
Arkan alIslam
14.
What is the name of the angel who delivered revelations to Muhammad?
Answer:
Gabriel (Jibril)
15.
What is the term for the practice of giving to charity in Islam?
Answer:
Zakat
16.
What is the name of the Islamic calendar?
Answer:
Hijri or Lunar calendar
17.
What is the significance of the Kaaba in Islam?
Answer:
It is the holiest site and the qibla (direction of prayer).
18.
What is the term for the community of scholars in Islam?
Answer:
Ulama
19.
What is the name of the battle in which Muhammad and his followers faced the Quraysh tribe?
Answer:
Battle of Badr
20.
What is the term for the sayings and actions of Prophet Muhammad?
Answer:
Hadith
21.
What is the Arabic term for the call to prayer?
Answer:
Adhan
22.
What is the name of the first caliph after Muhammad's death?
Answer:
Abu Bakr
23.
What is the term for the Islamic concept of the afterlife?
Answer:
Akhirah
24.
What is the name of the Islamic sect that believes in the leadership of Ali and his descendants?
Answer:
Shia
25.
What is the name of the Islamic sect that follows the teachings of the first four caliphs?
Answer:
Sunni
26.
What is the term for the struggle or effort in the way of God?
Answer:
Jihad
27.
What is the name of the city where Muhammad was born?
Answer:
Mecca
28.
What is the term for the Islamic practice of fasting during Ramadan?
Answer:
Sawm
29.
What is the name of the Islamic prayer performed five times a day?
Answer:
Salah (or Salat)
30.
What is the term for the pilgrimage to the holy sites in Islam?
Answer:
Hajj
31.
What is the name of the Islamic festival that celebrates the end of the Hajj?
Answer:
Eid alAdha
32.
What is the Arabic term for the community of believers?
Answer:
Jama'ah
33.
What is the name of the Islamic month that follows Ramadan?
Answer:
Shawwal
34.
What is the name of the Islamic tradition of seeking knowledge?
Answer:
Ilm
35.
What is the term for the Islamic practice of performing good deeds?
Answer:
Amr bil ma'ruf
36.
What is the name of the Islamic concept of accountability on the Day of Judgment?
Answer:
Hisab
37.
What is the Arabic term for the concept of divine decree?
Answer:
Qadar
38.
What is the name of the Islamic practice of seeking forgiveness?
Answer:
Tawbah
39.
What is the term for the Islamic practice of maintaining family ties?
Answer:
Silat alRahim
40.
What is the name of the Islamic practice of honoring guests?
Answer:
Iqamat alHujjah
41.
What is the Arabic term for the concept of unity in Islam?
Answer:
Tawhid
42.
What is the name of the Islamic practice of performing ablution before prayer?
Answer:
Wudu
43.
What is the term for the Islamic practice of reciting the Quran?
Answer:
Tilawah
44.
What is the name of the Islamic practice of seeking knowledge from the cradle to the grave?
Answer:
Talab alIlm
45.
What is the Arabic term for the concept of mercy in Islam?
Answer:
Rahmah
46.
What is the name of the Islamic practice of showing gratitude to God?
Answer:
Shukr
47.
What is the term for the Islamic practice of patience?
Answer:
Sabr
48.
What is the name of the Islamic practice of community service?
Answer:
Khidmah
49.
What is the Arabic term for the concept of justice in Islam?
Answer:
Adl
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