Q 01/05

In which city was Surah Al-Baqarah revealed, over roughly ten years starting from 622?

A) Mecca

B) Medina

C) Damascus

D) Ta'if

Answer · why

B) Medina

Medina was the Prophet's home after the Hijra, which makes Al-Baqarah a Medinan chapter full of law and community rules rather than the short warnings...

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 is the command: a fixed-term loan should be committed to writing by a scribe and witnessed, whether the sum is small or great.

Q 04/05

According to a hadith quoted for Surah Al-Baqarah, who does not enter a house where the chapter is recited?

A) Thieves

B) Sorcerers

C) Wild beasts

D) Satan

Answer · why

D) Satan

Satan stays out of a home where Al-Baqarah is recited, the Prophet said, adding 'do not turn your houses into graves'. The saying is recorded in Sahih...

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 hadith says, which is why many Muslims read verses 285 and 286 before sleeping. The exact wording is 'that will be sufficient fo...