Quran Trivia
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100 free Quran trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The Quran has 114 chapters, a shortest surah of three verses and a longest of 286, and a standard text that dates to the third caliph. This Quran trivia game covers how the book is organised, the story of its revelation and compilation, its most famous verses and chapters, the people who memorise it, and the oldest manuscripts that survive. Every answer is sourced, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01Apart from the opening chapter, how are the Quran's chapters roughly ordered?
Longest first
Longest first, as a general rule, so the short early Meccan chapters mostly come near the end rather than at the front.
Q 02In 2007, Congressman Keith Ellison took his ceremonial oath on which president's copy of the Quran?
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson sold that copy to Congress in 1815 with his whole library, replacing the congressional books the British burned during the War of 1812.
Q 03What is the Arabic word for an individual verse of the Quran?
Ayah
Ayah literally means 'sign', so the Quran uses the same word for natural wonders, such as God sending down rain, that point to his power.
Q 04Through which angel do Muslims believe the Quran was revealed?
Gabriel
Gabriel, Jibril in Arabic, is said to have gone through the whole Quran with Muhammad every Ramadan, and twice in the year he died.
Q 05Which wife comforted Muhammad after his first revelation and is traditionally credited as the first convert to Islam?
Khadijah
Khadijah covered him with a blanket when he came home terrified, then took him to her Christian cousin Waraqah ibn Nawfal for advice.
Q 06Who does the Quran say helped Abraham raise the foundations of the Kaaba?
Ishmael
Ishmael and Abraham prayed as they built, asking God to send their descendants a messenger from among them.
Q 07Where did Muhammad receive the first revelation?
The Cave of Hira
The Cave of Hira sits on Jabal al-Nour near Mecca, and Muhammad had long gone there to worship alone for nights at a time.
Q 08Which chapter of the Quran is traditionally believed to contain the first revealed verses?
Al-Alaq
Al-Alaq, 'The Clot', is named after a word in its second verse, which says God created man from a clinging clot.
Q 09What command did the angel give Muhammad at the first revelation?
"Read!"
"Read!" was the command; Muhammad is said to have replied that he could not read, and the angel squeezed him hard and asked again, three times over.
Q 10What is the Night of Power called in Arabic?
Laylat al-Qadr
Laylat al-Qadr is called better than a thousand months in chapter 97, so worship on that one night is said to earn more than a thousand months of it.
Q 11When in Ramadan do Sunni Muslims expect the Night of Power?
An odd date in the last ten
An odd date in the last ten means the 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th or 29th; Muhammad told followers to search for the night then, and spent those days in retreat.
Q 12What does the Quran say God saved of the drowning Pharaoh, for those who came after him?
His body
His body was saved as a sign, yet the belief Pharaoh declared as he drowned was refused: 'Now? And you had disobeyed before.'
Q 13Which is the longest chapter of the Quran?
Al-Baqarah
Al-Baqarah also holds the longest single verse, 2:282, which tells believers to write down debts before witnesses because that better prevents doubt.
Q 21Which chapter is named after the woman the Quran says God chose above all the world's women?
Maryam
Maryam tells how the infant Jesus spoke from the cradle when her people accused her, declaring himself a servant of God.
Q 22Which prophet is mentioned by name most often in the Quran?
Moses
Moses is named 136 times, and the Quran says his mother, inspired by God, cast him into the river as a baby to protect him.
Q 23Besides Messenger of God, which title does the Quran give Muhammad in verse 33:40?
Seal of the Prophets
Seal of the Prophets is understood in mainstream Islam as meaning no prophet will come after Muhammad, as a hadith has him say.
Q 14In Islamic tradition, which uncle of Muhammad is condemned by name in chapter 111 of the Quran?
Abu Lahab
Abu Lahab, in Islamic tradition, cursed his nephew for gathering the clans to warn them, and chapter 111 answers by wishing ruin on Abu Lahab's hands.
Q 15What does the title of the Quran's second chapter mean?
The Cow
The Cow is named for the cow the Israelites were ordered to slaughter, which they did only after demanding ever more detail about it.
Q 16Which is the shortest chapter of the Quran by word count?
Al-Kawthar
Al-Kawthar, meaning 'Abundance', has just ten words, telling Muhammad to pray and sacrifice in thanks for what God has granted him.
Q 17Which chapter opens the Quran?
Al-Fatiha
Al-Fatiha is recited in every unit of the daily prayers, and a prayer without it is held to be invalid.
Q 18In the Quran, who refuses God's command to bow before Adam?
Iblis
Iblis claimed to be better than Adam, made from fire rather than clay, and was cast out for his arrogance.
Q 19What is verse 2:255 of the Quran called in English?
The Throne Verse
The Throne Verse, one hadith says, was taught as bedtime protection by a thief caught stealing charity food, and Muhammad said that liar had told the truth.
Q 20Al-Ikhlas, chapter 112, is also known by what name?
The Declaration of God's Unity
The Declaration of God's Unity is the chapter Muhammad reportedly said equals one-third of the Quran, after a man implied that reciting it alone was not enough.
Q 24Which prophet's whole life story is told in a single chapter, in order?
Joseph
Joseph's chapter carries him from being dropped into a well by his brothers to forgiving them: 'No blame will there be upon you today.'
Q 25Chapter 18, Al-Kahf, shares a story with which Christian legend?
The Seven Sleepers
The Seven Sleepers legend matches the chapter's youths who fled their idol-worshipping people to a cave and woke thinking they had slept only a day.
Q 26What is the phrase "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" called?
Basmala
Muslims say the Basmala before daily activities too, and in one hadith Muhammad tells a boy to mention God's name before he eats.
Q 27Which chapter of the Quran is the only one that opens without 'In the name of God'?
At-Tawbah
At-Tawbah, 'The Repentance', opens instead with a declaration of disassociation from polytheists with whom treaties had been made.
Q 28Quran chapters are labelled Meccan or Medinan according to which event in Muhammad's life?
The Hijrah
The Hijrah, his move from Mecca to Medina, marks the split, and its year later became year one of the Islamic calendar.
Q 29Which caliph first ordered the Quran compiled after Muhammad's death?
Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr reportedly acted after many Quran memorisers were killed at the Battle of Yamama, raising fears that parts of the text could be lost.
Q 30Which caliph had a standard copy of the Quran sent to every province and other copies burned?
Uthman ibn Affan
Uthman ibn Affan reportedly acted after a general warned that troops from Syria and Iraq differed over how to recite the Quran.