Q 01/05

How many chapters does the Quran contain?

A) 114

B) 120

C) 144

D) 160

Answer · why

A) 114

Each chapter is a surah; 86 are classed as Meccan and 28 as Medinan.

Q 02/05

What does the Arabic word "Quran" literally mean?

A) The recitation

B) The law

C) The light

D) The book

Answer · why

A) The recitation

It is a verbal noun of qara'a, "he read" or "he recited"; al-kitab, "the Book", is another name for it.

Q 03/05

What is the Arabic word for an individual verse of the Quran?

A) Surah

B) Ayah

C) Juz

D) Hizb

Answer · why

B) Ayah

The word also means "sign"; the chapters are surahs and the thirty reading sections are juz'.

Q 04/05

Through which angel do Muslims believe the Quran was revealed?

A) Michael

B) Raphael

C) Gabriel

D) Israfil

Answer · why

C) Gabriel

Jibril in Arabic; the revelations came incrementally over about 23 years.

Q 05/05

Over roughly how many years was the Quran revealed?

A) 7

B) 13

C) 19

D) 23

Answer · why

D) 23

Revelation began when Muhammad was 40 and ended in 632, the year of his death.

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