Q 01/05

Which prophet built a huge ark and loaded it with pairs of animals before a great flood?

A) Musa (Moses)

B) Nuh (Noah)

C) Isa (Jesus)

D) Yusuf (Joseph)

Answer · why

B) 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 02/05

Which prophet was swallowed by a giant fish after leaving his people and sailing away on a ship?

A) Ayyub (Job)

B) Dawud (David)

C) Yunus (Jonah)

D) Harun (Aaron)

Answer · why

C) 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 03/05

Which sweet fruit do many Muslims eat first to break their Ramadan fast, as Prophet Muhammad did?

A) Figs

B) Apricots

C) Grapes

D) Dates

Answer · why

D) 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 a...

Q 04/05

Islamic tradition says humans were made from clay and jinn from fire, so what are angels made from?

A) Light

B) Water

C) Wind

D) Smoke

Answer · why

A) 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 dee...

Q 05/05

Which object in the sky decides when each month of the Islamic calendar, including Ramadan, begins?

A) The Sun

B) The Moon

C) The North Star

D) The Milky Way

Answer · why

B) 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 ...