Q 01/05

Mecca lies in which country?

A) Jordan

B) United Arab Emirates

C) Yemen

D) Saudi Arabia

Answer · why

D) Saudi Arabia

Mecca lies in western Saudi Arabia's Hejaz region, about 70 km inland from the Red Sea, in a narrow valley ringed by hills.

Q 02/05

Which nearby city serves as Mecca's principal gateway and port on the Red Sea?

A) Jeddah

B) Medina

C) Taif

D) Riyadh

Answer · why

A) Jeddah

Jeddah, about 70 km west of Mecca on the Red Sea, has been the pilgrims' port since Caliph Uthman designated it in 647; most Hajj pilgrims land there ...

Q 03/05

What does the Arabic word 'Kaaba' literally mean?

A) Stone

B) Cube

C) Sanctuary

D) House

Answer · why

B) Cube

Kaaba comes from the Arabic for 'cube', describing the roughly cubic granite shrine about 13 metres high; Muslims also call it Baytullah, the House of...

Q 04/05

According to Islamic tradition, Ibrahim rebuilt the Kaaba together with which son?

A) Jacob

B) Joseph

C) Ishmael

D) Isaac

Answer · why

C) Ishmael

Ishmael (Ismail), whom Ibrahim had left with his mother in the barren valley, helped his father raise the Kaaba; Quran 2:127 describes the two raising...

Q 05/05

The direction of prayer, towards the Kaaba, is called what?

A) Mihrab

B) Minbar

C) Sunnah

D) Qibla

Answer · why

D) Qibla

The qibla is the direction of the Kaaba; for about 16 months after the migration to Medina, Muslims prayed towards Jerusalem until a revelation in 624...