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50 free Islam for Kids trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Children ask wonderful questions about their faith: who built the Kaaba, why do Muslims fast, which animals turn up in the stories of the prophets? This Islamic quiz for kids turns that curiosity into a game, with simple multiple-choice questions that a child in the early years of Islamic studies can work out, plus a few stretch questions for older brothers and sisters. The questions cover the stories of the prophets, the pillars of Islam, daily prayer and the mosque, the Quran, the everyday phrases Muslims say, Ramadan and its festival, and the life and family of Prophet Muhammad. Every answer comes with a short, friendly explanation that adds one more fact to share. It is pitched for children of about six to nine, and the opening questions are gentle enough to ask a younger child aloud at home, in the car or at weekend madrasa. Parents and teachers can play it on a phone, run it as a classroom round, or print the questions with their answers as a worksheet.
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Q 01Which prophet built a huge ark and loaded it with pairs of animals before a great flood?
Nuh (Noah)
Nuh (Noah) preached for 950 years, yet only a small group of believers boarded the ark with his household. A chapter of the Quran is named after him.
Q 02Which prophet was swallowed by a giant fish after leaving his people and sailing away on a ship?
Yunus (Jonah)
Yunus (Jonah) prayed from inside the fish and was cast onto the shore, where a gourd plant grew over him. His people later believed and were spared.
Q 03Which sweet fruit do many Muslims eat first to break their Ramadan fast, as Prophet Muhammad did?
Dates
Dates were how Prophet Muhammad broke his own fast, so many Muslims still begin the evening meal with them and a drink of water. Traditionally three are eaten.
Q 04Islamic tradition says humans were made from clay and jinn from fire, so what are angels made from?
Light
Light is what angels are created from in a well-known hadith. Muslims believe angels never disobey God, and that some of them record each person's deeds.
Q 05Which object in the sky decides when each month of the Islamic calendar, including Ramadan, begins?
The Moon
The Moon sets the Islamic calendar: a month begins when the thin new crescent is sighted. The year is about eleven days shorter than a solar year, so Ramadan slowly moves through every season.
Q 06Which tiny creatures did Prophet Sulaiman (Solomon) hear warning each other about his marching army?
Ants
Ants gave their name to a chapter of the Quran because of this story, in which one of them tells the others to hurry home. Sulaiman understood, smiled and thanked God for the gift.
Q 07Which animals did the ruler Abraha march toward the Kaaba in the year Prophet Muhammad was born?
Elephants
Elephants gave that year its name, the Year of the Elephant. The lead animal is said to have refused to enter Mecca, and flocks of birds dropping pebbles defeated the army.
Q 08The Kaaba in Mecca, which Muslims face when they pray, is built in roughly which shape?
A cube
A cube is what the name Kaaba means. The building wears a cloth cover called the kiswah, which is replaced with a new one every year.
Q 09In which modern country is Mecca, the holiest city in Islam and Prophet Muhammad's birthplace?
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia welcomes millions of pilgrims to Mecca every year from all around the world. Only Muslims are allowed to enter the city.
Q 10What does the Muslim greeting 'Assalamu alaikum', said whenever two people meet, mean in English?
Peace be upon you
Peace be upon you is answered with 'Wa alaikum assalam', which wishes the same back. Muslims are taught that the very first human greeted the angels with these words.
Q 11How many times each day are Muslims required to pray, starting before sunrise and ending after dark?
Five
Five daily prayers are known together as salah, and each is built from repeated units called rak'ahs. They are performed facing the Kaaba in Mecca.
Q 12Which word names the washing of hands, face, arms and feet that Muslims do before praying?
Wudu
Wudu also includes rinsing the mouth and nose and wiping over the head, always in a set order. Where there is no water at all, clean sand or dust may be used instead.
Q 13Which word names the call to prayer that a muezzin recites aloud from a mosque?
Adhan
The Adhan is recited before each of the daily prayers, today usually through loudspeakers. The very first muezzin was Bilal ibn Rabah, a freed slave.
Q 21The longest chapter of the Quran, Al-Baqarah, takes its name from which animal?
The Cow
The Cow has 286 verses and also holds the longest single verse in the Quran, which is about recording loans. The same chapter tells Muslims to fast during Ramadan.
Q 22Which short chapter, placed first in the Quran, do Muslims recite in every unit of daily prayer?
Al-Fatiha
Al-Fatiha means 'The Opening' and is a short prayer asking God for guidance and mercy. Its verses praise God as the lord of the worlds, the most gracious and most merciful.
Q 23What does 'Iqra', the first word of the Quran revealed to Prophet Muhammad in a cave, mean?
Read
Read was a surprising command, because Prophet Muhammad replied that he could not read. The first verses revealed go on to praise God for teaching people by the pen.
Q 14Which part of a mosque did the muezzin traditionally climb to give the call to prayer?
Minaret
The minaret is a tower that lets the call carry over the rooftops, and it also works as a landmark showing where the mosque is. Some are thick and squat, others pencil-thin.
Q 15What is the title of the person who stands at the front and leads prayers in a mosque?
Imam
An imam can lead the prayer anywhere, not only in a mosque, whenever two or more people pray together. In many communities the same person also teaches and gives the weekly sermon.
Q 16On which day of the week do Muslims gather at the mosque for a special midday prayer and sermon?
Friday
Friday is known as Jumu'ah, the 'Day of Assembly'. In many Muslim countries it is part of the weekend, and in others schools close early that day.
Q 17Which word names the direction toward the Kaaba that Muslims face whenever they pray?
Qibla
The qibla is shown inside most mosques by a wall niche called a mihrab. It is the recommended way to face for personal prayers too.
Q 18Which word names the pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims try to make at least once in a lifetime?
Hajj
Hajj pilgrims dress simply, the men in two plain white cloths, so that rich and poor look the same before God. The journey takes place in the last month of the Islamic year.
Q 19Which pillar of Islam asks Muslims to give a share of their savings each year to people in need?
Zakat
Zakat is customarily one-fortieth of what a Muslim has saved, paid once a year. The word comes from a root meaning to purify, because giving is believed to cleanse the rest.
Q 20Which word names the declaration of faith that a person says to become a Muslim?
Shahada
The Shahada says there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God. It is recited in every call to prayer.
Q 24Which angel carried the words of the Quran from God to Prophet Muhammad over about 23 years?
Jibril
Jibril, known in English as Gabriel, first appeared to him in a cave when he was 40 and kept bringing verses until the year he died.
Q 25In which cave on a mountain near Mecca did Prophet Muhammad receive the first verses of the Quran?
Hira
Hira is a small cave high on Jabal al-Nour, a name meaning 'Mountain of the Light'. Prophet Muhammad often went there alone to think and pray.
Q 26What title is given to a person who has memorised the whole Quran by heart?
Hafiz
A hafiz has learned all 114 chapters by heart, word for word, and is traditionally highly respected by the community. A woman who does the same is called a hafiza.
Q 27Which phrase, meaning 'in the name of God', do Muslims say before eating or starting a task?
Bismillah
Bismillah opens every chapter of the Quran except the ninth. Its full form goes on to call God the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Q 28Which phrase, meaning 'praise be to God', do Muslims use the way English speakers say 'thank God'?
Alhamdulillah
Alhamdulillah appears among the very first words of the Quran, in a longer form that praises God as Lord of all the worlds.
Q 29Which phrase, meaning 'if God wills', do Muslims add when talking about plans for the future?
Inshallah
Inshallah appears in the Quran, in a passage telling believers to add it whenever they speak of something they intend to do. It works much like saying 'hopefully'.
Q 30How many 'beautiful names' of Allah, such as the Merciful and the Wise, are traditionally counted?
99
99 names are traditionally counted, each describing a quality of God such as mercy, wisdom or strength. Lists of them differ a little from scholar to scholar.