Surah Al-Baqarah Trivia
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48 free Surah Al-Baqarah trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Sep 2026.
Surah Al-Baqarah is the longest chapter of the Quran and the one most Muslims know best, from the opening letters to the two closing verses recited before sleep. It holds Ayat al-Kursi, the verse on loans, the change of qibla and the rulings on fasting and pilgrimage, alongside the stories of Adam, the Israelites, Abraham and Talut. This quiz works through the chapter in that order: the title story and the reason for its name, the famous verses and what they actually say, the laws, and the narratives. Every question points to a specific verse or a well-known hadith, with a short explanation that adds one more detail. It suits anyone revising the chapter, teachers setting a Ramadan activity, or quiz hosts looking for questions on the Quran that go beyond the basics.
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Q 01In which city was most of Surah Al-Baqarah revealed?
Medina
Medina, where the Prophet settled after the Hijra, put him among Jewish tribes, so much of the surah addresses the Children of Israel and urges them to accept Islam.
Q 02What subject does verse 282 of Surah Al-Baqarah, the longest single verse in the Quran, deal with?
Recording a debt
Recording a debt in writing, the verse says, is more just, stronger as evidence and less likely to leave doubt, though trades settled on the spot require no record.
Q 03Which surah does a hadith in Sahih Muslim pair with Al-Baqarah as 'the two bright ones'?
Al Imran
Al Imran and Al-Baqarah will come on Judgment Day like two clouds or two shades, the hadith says, pleading for the people who recited them.
Q 04A hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari says reciting the last two verses of Surah Al-Baqarah at night does what?
It suffices them
It suffices them, the Prophet said, and in another report an angel called these verses one of two lights given to no earlier prophet, promising benefit for every letter recited.
Q 05In one hadith report, during which event was the Prophet given the closing verses of Surah Al-Baqarah?
The Night Journey
The Night Journey brought three gifts in this report: the five daily prayers, these closing verses, and forgiveness of grave sins for believers who associate no partner with God.
Q 06Which disconnected letters open Surah Al-Baqarah and five other chapters?
Alif Lam Mim
Alif Lam Mim also opens Ar-Rum, whose next verses promised that the defeated Byzantines would reverse their loss within a few years.
Q 07What Arabic term names the disconnected letters opening Surah Al-Baqarah and 28 other chapters?
Muqatta'at
Muqatta'at have been read by some commentators as abbreviations standing for God's qualities or their surahs' content, while many held their meaning is known to God alone.
Q 08Who alone refused when the angels were commanded in Surah Al-Baqarah to prostrate before Adam?
Iblis
Iblis refused, and elsewhere the Quran gives his reason: he said he was superior to Adam, because God made him from fire and Adam from clay.
Q 09What did God teach Adam in Surah Al-Baqarah, knowledge the angels confessed they lacked?
The names of all things
The names of all things were taught to Adam, and when the angels admitted they knew only what God had taught them, Adam told them the names himself.
Q 10What does God announce He is placing on earth in Surah Al-Baqarah verse 30, prompting the angels' question?
A successor
A successor, 'khalifah' in Arabic, is the word used, and the angels asked whether this creature would shed blood and spread corruption. God answered, 'I know what you do not know.'
Q 11What were the Israelites told to say while entering a city's gate with humility in Surah Al-Baqarah verse 58?
Absolve us
'Absolve us', hittah in Arabic, was the required word, and the next verse says the wrongdoers swapped it for another. Forgiveness and extra reward were promised to those who obeyed.
Q 12What does Surah Al-Baqarah verse 63 say God raised above the Israelites while taking their covenant?
The mountain
The mountain was raised over them as they were told to hold firmly to what they were given, yet when the scene returns in verse 93 they answer, 'We hear and disobey.'
Q 13What did the Israelites worship in Surah Al-Baqarah while Moses was away for forty nights?
The calf
Q 21What does Surah Al-Baqarah verse 106 promise whenever a verse is abrogated or caused to be forgotten?
A better or similar one
A better or similar one comes, the verse says, and scholars made it a scriptural basis for naskh, the doctrine that newer rulings can replace earlier ones.
Q 22What did Abraham and Ishmael pray for in Surah Al-Baqarah while raising the foundations of the House?
A messenger among them
A messenger among them was their prayer, and in a hadith in Musnad Ahmad, Muhammad calls himself the answer to the prayer of his forefather Abraham.
Q 23What was Abraham told to take in Surah Al-Baqarah when he asked to see how God gives life to the dead?
Four birds
The calf was worshipped in his absence, an act verse 51 calls wrongdoing. The next verse adds that God pardoned them afterwards so they might be grateful.
Q 14What did Moses strike with his staff when praying for water in Surah Al-Baqarah?
A rock
A rock was struck, and twelve springs gushed from it, so that each tribe knew its own drinking place.
Q 15What did the Israelites ask Moses for in Surah Al-Baqarah, weary of eating one kind of food?
Herbs, lentils and onions
Herbs, lentils and onions, with cucumbers and garlic, were their demand, and Moses told them to go down to any town, where they would have what they asked.
Q 16What colour did the Israelites learn the sacrificial animal in Surah Al-Baqarah's title story had to be?
Yellow
Yellow, bright and pleasing to see, was the colour, and after still more questions they finally slaughtered the cow, though they almost did not do it.
Q 17What did striking with part of the sacrificed animal achieve in Surah Al-Baqarah's title story?
It revived a murdered man
It revived a murdered man, exposing his killer after the people had disputed who was responsible. Verse 73 calls it a sign of how God brings the dead to life.
Q 18In which city does Surah Al-Baqarah place the two angels Harut and Marut, who taught magic as a test?
Babylon
Babylon is where Harut and Marut taught, and the verse insists it was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils who taught people magic.
Q 19What rift did people learn to cause with the magic described in Surah Al-Baqarah verse 102?
Between husband and wife
Between husband and wife is the rift named, though the verse adds that such magic could harm no one except by God's will. Whoever buys into it, it warns, has no share in the Hereafter.
Q 20Which group does Surah Al-Baqarah verse 62 name beside Jews and Christians as able to earn reward with God?
The Sabians
The Sabians, like the Jews and Christians who believe in God and the Last Day and do good, are promised in this verse that they will have no fear and will not grieve.
Four birds were tamed, cut up and set on separate hills, commentators say, and came back alive when called; Abraham asked only so his heart would be reassured.
Q 24What challenge did Abraham set in Surah Al-Baqarah for the king who claimed he too gave life and death?
Make the sun rise westward
Make the sun rise westward was Abraham's dare, since God brings the sun from the east, and the disbeliever was dumbfounded; commentators identify the king as Nimrod.
Q 25For how long did God cause the traveller who passed a ruined city to die in Surah Al-Baqarah verse 259?
A hundred years
A hundred years had passed, yet his food and drink had not changed, though he guessed he had stayed only a day or part of a day.
Q 26With what does Surah Al-Baqarah verse 253 say God supported Jesus, son of Mary, after giving him clear proofs?
The holy spirit
The holy spirit, which commentators identify as Gabriel, supported Jesus, yet the verse says succeeding generations still fought one another after the clear proofs came.
Q 27What does verse 261 of Surah Al-Baqarah liken charity to?
A grain with seven ears
A grain with seven ears is the image, and the verse adds that God multiplies the reward further for whomever He wills.
Q 28Toward what does Surah Al-Baqarah verse 144 tell believers to turn their faces, wherever they are?
The Sacred Mosque
The Sacred Mosque in Mecca became the qibla with this verse, and verse 150 repeats the command so that people would have no argument against the believers.
Q 29Toward which city did Muslims pray before Surah Al-Baqarah's verses changed the qibla?
Jerusalem
Jerusalem was faced for more than a year after the Hijra, and verse 143 says the change showed who would follow and who would turn back on their heels.
Q 30What kind of community does Surah Al-Baqarah verse 143 say God made the believers, as witnesses over humanity?
An upright one
An upright one, a just or balanced nation, and a hadith says it will testify on Judgment Day that Noah delivered his message when his own people deny it.