Q 01/05

In which city was most of Surah Al-Baqarah revealed?

A) Mecca

B) Medina

C) Damascus

D) Ta'if

Answer · why

B) 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 t...

Q 02/05

Which verse number of Surah Al-Baqarah is Ayat al-Kursi, the Throne Verse many Muslims recite before sleep?

A) 225

B) 245

C) 255

D) 265

Answer · why

C) 255

Verse 255 is the Throne Verse, held in hadith to be the greatest verse in the Quran. It is also printed on its own in countless homes and pendants.

Q 03/05

What subject does verse 282 of Surah Al-Baqarah, the longest single verse in the Quran, deal with?

A) Recording a debt

B) Dividing an inheritance

C) Performing ablution

D) Declaring a truce

Answer · why

A) 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 requ...

Q 04/05

Which surah does a hadith in Sahih Muslim pair with Al-Baqarah as 'the two bright ones'?

A) An-Nisa

B) Al-Kahf

C) Al Imran

D) Ya-Sin

Answer · why

C) 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 05/05

A hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari says reciting the last two verses of Surah Al-Baqarah at night does what?

A) It suffices them

B) It doubles their wealth

C) It erases every sin

D) It grants long life

Answer · why

A) 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 benefi...