Quizzes are one of the best ways to test knowledge, reinforce learning, and make education engaging. Whether you’re a student, teacher, parent, or simply curious about Islam, this Islamic quiz with answers in English is designed to boost your understanding of Islamic history, the Quran, Hadith, Prophets, and core Islamic beliefs in a fun and easy format.
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1. What is the first word revealed in the Qur’an?
A) Pray
B) Read
C) Write
D) Speak
✅ Answer: B) Read
2. How many Surahs are there in the Qur’an?
A) 113
B) 114
C) 115
D) 112
✅ Answer: B) 114
3. Which Surah is called the “Heart of the Qur’an”?
A) Surah Al-Baqarah
B) Surah Yaseen
C) Surah Al-Fatiha
D) Surah Al-Kahf
✅ Answer: B) Surah Yaseen
4. Which Surah was revealed completely in one night?
A) Surah Al-Ikhlas
B) Surah Al-Qadr
C) Surah Al-Fatiha
D) Surah Al-An’am
✅ Answer: D) Surah Al-An’am
5. Who was the first prophet mentioned in the Qur’an?
A) Adam (AS)
B) Nuh (AS)
C) Musa (AS)
D) Ibrahim (AS)
✅ Answer: A) Adam (AS)
6. Which Prophet was swallowed by a big fish?
A) Musa (AS)
B) Yunus (AS)
C) Isa (AS)
D) Hud (AS)
✅ Answer: B) Yunus (AS)
7. In which Surah is Ayat-ul-Kursi found?
A) Surah Al-Imran
B) Surah An-Nisa
C) Surah Al-Baqarah
D) Surah Al-Fatiha
✅ Answer: C) Surah Al-Baqarah
8. What is the longest Surah in the Qur’an?
A) Surah Al-Maidah
B) Surah Al-Baqarah
C) Surah Al-Anfal
D) Surah Al-Tawbah
✅ Answer: B) Surah Al-Baqarah
9. Which Surah does not begin with ‘Bismillah’?
A) Surah Al-Kahf
B) Surah At-Tawbah
C) Surah Al-Qari’ah
D) Surah Al-Hajj
✅ Answer: B) Surah At-Tawbah
10. How many Makki Surahs are in the Qur’an?
A) 86
B) 28
C) 29
D) 114
✅ Answer: A) 86
11. Who is the only woman mentioned by name in the Qur’an?
A) Khadijah
B) Maryam
C) Aisha
D) Fatima
✅ Answer: B) Maryam
12. Which animal spoke to a prophet in the Qur’an?
A) Camel
B) Dog
C) Horse
D) Ant
✅ Answer: D) Ant (Spoke to Prophet Sulaiman (AS))
13. What does the word “Qur’an” mean?
A) Poem
B) Book
C) Recitation
D) Writing
✅ Answer: C) Recitation
14. Which angel brought revelation to the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)?
A) Jibrael (Gabriel)
B) Mikail (Michael)
C) Israfil
D) Azrael
✅ Answer: A) Jibrael (Gabriel)
15. What is the shortest Surah in the Qur’an?
A) Surah Al-Kawthar
B) Surah Al-Asr
C) Surah Al-Ikhlas
D) Surah Al-Fil
✅ Answer: A) Surah Al-Kawthar
16. Which Surah should be recited for protection from evil?
A) Surah Al-Fatiha
B) Surah Al-Baqarah
C) Surah Al-Mulk
D) Surah Al-Falaq
✅ Answer: D) Surah Al-Falaq
17. What is the meaning of “La ilaha illallah”?
A) There is no messenger but Allah
B) Allah is the Greatest
C) There is no god but Allah
D) Allah is One
✅ Answer: C) There is no god but Allah
18. In which language was the Qur’an revealed?
A) Hebrew
B) Greek
C) Latin
D) Arabic
✅ Answer: D) Arabic
19. Who was the first person to accept Islam?
A) Abu Bakr (RA)
B) Ali (RA)
C) Khadijah (RA)
D) Umar (RA)
✅ Answer: C) Khadijah (RA)

20. What is the main theme of the Qur’an?
A) History of nations
B) Stories of Prophets
C) Belief in Allah and guidance to live rightly
D) Miracles of nature
✅ Answer: C) Belief in Allah and guidance to live rightly
21. What is the second-longest Surah in the Qur’an?
A) Surah Al-Imran
B) Surah Al-A’raf
C) Surah An-Nisa
D) Surah Al-Maidah
✅ Answer: B) Surah Al-A’raf
22. How many Juz (parts) are there in the Qur’an?
A) 30
B) 25
C) 20
D) 60
✅ Answer: A) 30
23. What does “Makki Surah” mean?
A) Revealed in Makkah
B) Revealed to the people of Makkah
C) Long Surahs
D) From the angel Mikail
✅ Answer: A) Revealed in Makkah
24. What is the final Surah in the Qur’an?
A) Surah Al-Kafirun
B) Surah Al-Falaq
C) Surah Al-Ikhlas
D) Surah An-Nas
✅ Answer: D) Surah An-Nas
25. How many Prophets are mentioned in the Qur’an?
A) 25
B) 124
C) 30
D) 10
✅ Answer: A) 25
🌟 Prophets of Islam
26. Which Prophet could control the wind by Allah’s will?
A) Ibrahim (AS)
B) Musa (AS)
C) Sulaiman (AS)
D) Isa (AS)
✅ Answer: C) Sulaiman (AS)
27. Who was known as Khalilullah (Friend of Allah)?
A) Musa (AS)
B) Isa (AS)
C) Ibrahim (AS)
D) Nuh (AS)
✅ Answer: C) Ibrahim (AS)
28. Which Prophet built the Ark?
A) Isa (AS)
B) Idris (AS)
C) Nuh (AS)
D) Harun (AS)
✅ Answer: C) Nuh (AS)
29. Prophet Isa (AS) was born without…?
A) Mother
B) Father
C) Siblings
D) A name
✅ Answer: B) Father
30. Which Prophet received the Tawrah?
A) Isa (AS)
B) Dawud (AS)
C) Musa (AS)
D) Ibrahim (AS)
✅ Answer: C) Musa (AS)
🕌 Five Pillars of Islam
31. What is the first pillar of Islam?
A) Salah
B) Zakah
C) Shahadah
D) Sawm
✅ Answer: C) Shahadah
32. How many times must Muslims pray each day?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 5
D) 7
✅ Answer: C) 5
33. Which month is fasting (Sawm) observed?
A) Muharram
B) Dhul-Hijjah
C) Shawwal
D) Ramadan
✅ Answer: D) Ramadan
34. Zakah is obligatory on which of the following?
A) Knowledge
B) Wealth
C) Children
D) Prayer
✅ Answer: B) Wealth
35. Hajj is mandatory once in a lifetime for…?
A) Every Muslim
B) Every scholar
C) Muslims who are able
D) Muslims above 50
✅ Answer: C) Muslims who are able
🕋 Life of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
36. Where was Prophet Muhammad (SAW) born?
A) Madinah
B) Taif
C) Makkah
D) Jerusalem
✅ Answer: C) Makkah
37. How old was the Prophet (SAW) when he received the first revelation?
A) 25
B) 30
C) 35
D) 40
✅ Answer: D) 40
38. What was the name of the Prophet’s first wife?
A) Aisha (RA)
B) Fatima (RA)
C) Hafsa (RA)
D) Khadijah (RA)
✅ Answer: D) Khadijah (RA)
39. In which cave did the Prophet (SAW) receive the first revelation?
A) Hira
B) Thawr
C) Uhud
D) Nur
✅ Answer: A) Hira
40. What is the name of the Prophet’s (SAW) grandfather?
A) Abu Talib
B) Abdul Muttalib
C) Abdullah
D) Hashim
✅ Answer: B) Abdul Muttalib

📜 Hadith & Sunnah
41. Who compiled the most authentic book of Hadith?
A) Abu Dawood
B) Imam Ahmad
C) Imam Bukhari
D) Imam Malik
✅ Answer: C) Imam Bukhari
42. How many books are in the Sihah Sittah (Authentic Six)?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
✅ Answer: C) 6
43. What does “Sunnah” mean?
A) Scripture
B) Practice and teachings of the Prophet
C) Law
D) Command
✅ Answer: B) Practice and teachings of the Prophet
44. Which companion narrated the most Hadiths?
A) Abu Huraira (RA)
B) Umar (RA)
C) Ali (RA)
D) Uthman (RA)
✅ Answer: A) Abu Huraira (RA)
45. Which Hadith collection is considered second to Bukhari?
A) Sunan Ibn Majah
B) Sahih Muslim
C) Tirmidhi
D) Muwatta Malik
✅ Answer: B) Sahih Muslim
📅 Islamic Calendar & Events
46. What is the first month of the Islamic calendar?
A) Muharram
B) Ramadan
C) Rabi’ al-Awwal
D) Dhul-Hijjah
✅ Answer: A) Muharram
47. Which month is the Hajj performed in?
A) Ramadan
B) Dhul-Qa’dah
C) Dhul-Hijjah
D) Safar
✅ Answer: C) Dhul-Hijjah
48. What is the night of decree called?
A) Laylat al-Qadr
B) Laylat al-Miraj
C) Laylat al-Bara’ah
D) Laylat al-Isra
✅ Answer: A) Laylat al-Qadr
49. On which day did the Prophet (SAW) pass away?
A) Friday
B) Sunday
C) Monday
D) Wednesday
✅ Answer: C) Monday
50. In which month was the Qur’an first revealed?
A) Muharram
B) Rabi al-Awwal
C) Ramadan
D) Shawwal
✅ Answer: C) Ramadan
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🕰️ Islamic History
51. Where did the first migration (Hijrah) of Muslims take place?
A) Madinah
B) Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
C) Yemen
D) Taif
✅ Answer: B) Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
52. In which year was the Hijrah to Madinah?
A) 10th year of Prophethood
B) 12th year
C) 13th year
D) 15th year
✅ Answer: C) 13th year
53. What was the name of the treaty signed between Muslims and Quraysh?
A) Treaty of Badr
B) Treaty of Uhud
C) Treaty of Hudaibiyah
D) Treaty of Taif
✅ Answer: C) Treaty of Hudaibiyah
54. What battle is known as the first battle in Islam?
A) Battle of Uhud
B) Battle of Badr
C) Battle of Khandaq
D) Battle of Hunayn
✅ Answer: B) Battle of Badr
55. Who was the first Caliph after the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)?
A) Umar ibn al-Khattab
B) Uthman ibn Affan
C) Ali ibn Abi Talib
D) Abu Bakr as-Siddiq
✅ Answer: D) Abu Bakr as-Siddiq
🧠 Islamic Beliefs (Aqidah)
56. How many articles of faith (Iman) are there in Islam?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
✅ Answer: C) 6
57. Belief in Qadar (Divine Decree) means…?
A) Belief in the afterlife
B) Belief in previous books
C) Belief that all events are by Allah’s will
D) Belief in Jannah
✅ Answer: C) Belief that all events are by Allah’s will
58. Who is the last and final prophet in Islam?
A) Isa (AS)
B) Musa (AS)
C) Muhammad (SAW)
D) Ibrahim (AS)
✅ Answer: C) Muhammad (SAW)
59. What are the Angels created from?
A) Light
B) Fire
C) Dust
D) Water
✅ Answer: A) Light
60. Which belief is essential for entering Islam?
A) Belief in the Prophet
B) Belief in Angels
C) Shahadah (Testimony of faith)
D) Fasting
✅ Answer: C) Shahadah (Testimony of faith)
⚖️ Islamic Laws & Ethics
61. What is considered the most beloved deed to Allah?
A) Giving charity
B) Reciting Qur’an
C) Performing prayer on time
D) Hajj
✅ Answer: C) Performing prayer on time
62. In Islam, what is backbiting (Gheebah) compared to?
A) Lying
B) Eating dead flesh
C) Stealing
D) Arguing
✅ Answer: B) Eating dead flesh
63. What is the Islamic punishment for theft (in Shariah law)?
A) Imprisonment
B) Flogging
C) Cutting off the hand
D) Public warning
✅ Answer: C) Cutting off the hand (Under strict conditions)
64. What is considered the “greatest sin” in Islam?
A) Lying
B) Stealing
C) Murder
D) Shirk (associating partners with Allah)
✅ Answer: D) Shirk
65. What is the ruling on interest (riba) in Islam?
A) Permissible
B) Encouraged
C) Strongly disliked
D) Strictly forbidden
✅ Answer: D) Strictly forbidden
👩👧 Women in Islam
66. Who was the daughter of the Prophet (SAW) and wife of Ali (RA)?
A) Aisha (RA)
B) Hafsa (RA)
C) Fatima (RA)
D) Umm Salama (RA)
✅ Answer: C) Fatima (RA)
67. How many wives did Prophet Muhammad (SAW) have during his lifetime?
A) 7
B) 9
C) 11
D) 13
✅ Answer: D) 13
68. Which woman is mentioned in the Qur’an as a role model for believing women?
A) Asiya (wife of Pharaoh)
B) Hajar
C) Zainab
D) Safiya
✅ Answer: A) Asiya
69. What is the Islamic dress code for women called?
A) Niqab
B) Hijab
C) Abaya
D) Burqa
✅ Answer: B) Hijab
70. Who was the first woman to embrace Islam?
A) Aisha (RA)
B) Sumayyah (RA)
C) Fatima (RA)
D) Khadijah (RA)
✅ Answer: D) Khadijah (RA)
🌍 General Islamic Knowledge
71. What does “Islam” literally mean?
A) Peace
B) Submission
C) Obedience
D) Prayer
✅ Answer: B) Submission
72. What is the Muslim declaration of faith?
A) Allahu Akbar
B) La ilaha illallah
C) Bismillah
D) Alhamdulillah
✅ Answer: B) La ilaha illallah
73. What is the direction Muslims face during prayer?
A) Madinah
B) Mount Arafat
C) Qiblah (Kaaba in Makkah)
D) Masjid al-Aqsa
✅ Answer: C) Qiblah (Kaaba in Makkah)
74. What is the term for Islamic charity?
A) Sadaqah
B) Fidyah
C) Zakat
D) Kharaj
✅ Answer: C) Zakat
75. What is the Muslim holy book?
A) Bible
B) Torah
C) Qur’an
D) Zabur
✅ Answer: C) Qur’an
76. What is the place of worship for Muslims?
A) Church
B) Synagogue
C) Masjid (Mosque)
D) Temple
✅ Answer: C) Masjid (Mosque)
77. What is the meaning of “Alhamdulillah”?
A) God is Great
B) In the Name of Allah
C) Praise be to Allah
D) I seek forgiveness
✅ Answer: C) Praise be to Allah
78. Which prayer is offered just after sunset?
A) Fajr
B) Dhuhr
C) Maghrib
D) Isha
✅ Answer: C) Maghrib
79. What is the name of the Islamic call to prayer?
A) Adhan
B) Takbir
C) Shahadah
D) Tasbeeh
✅ Answer: A) Adhan
80. Which day of the week is considered the most blessed in Islam?
A) Sunday
B) Wednesday
C) Thursday
D) Friday
✅ Answer: D) Friday
🧕 Islamic Etiquette & Manners
81. What should a Muslim say after sneezing?
A) Bismillah
B) Alhamdulillah
C) Astaghfirullah
D) Subhanallah
✅ Answer: B) Alhamdulillah
82. What should another Muslim reply to a sneeze?
A) Barakallahu feek
B) Jazakallahu Khayran
C) Yarhamukallah
D) Alhamdulillah
✅ Answer: C) Yarhamukallah
83. What should be said before starting to eat?
A) Alhamdulillah
B) Bismillah
C) Inna lillah
D) Subhanallah
✅ Answer: B) Bismillah
84. What should be said after finishing food?
A) Bismillah
B) Subhanallah
C) Alhamdulillah
D) Takbir
✅ Answer: C) Alhamdulillah
85. With which hand should a Muslim eat?
A) Right hand
B) Left hand
C) Any hand
D) Both hands
✅ Answer: A) Right hand
🧬 More Prophets & Qur’anic Stories
86. Who was thrown into the fire by his people?
A) Musa (AS)
B) Isa (AS)
C) Ibrahim (AS)
D) Nuh (AS)
✅ Answer: C) Ibrahim (AS)
87. Which Prophet split the sea by Allah’s command?
A) Sulaiman (AS)
B) Musa (AS)
C) Isa (AS)
D) Nuh (AS)
✅ Answer: B) Musa (AS)
88. Which Prophet could speak in the cradle?
A) Musa (AS)
B) Isa (AS)
C) Ibrahim (AS)
D) Yusuf (AS)
✅ Answer: B) Isa (AS)
89. Which Prophet could interpret dreams?
A) Yusuf (AS)
B) Nuh (AS)
C) Muhammad (SAW)
D) Musa (AS)
✅ Answer: A) Yusuf (AS)
90. What was the miracle of Prophet Salih (AS)?
A) Water from stone
B) Fire from sky
C) Camel from rock
D) Splitting the moon
✅ Answer: C) Camel from rock
🧭 Islamic Geography & Places
91. Where is the Kaaba located?
A) Madinah
B) Jerusalem
C) Makkah
D) Yemen
✅ Answer: C) Makkah
92. What is the second-holiest mosque in Islam?
A) Masjid Al-Aqsa
B) Masjid Quba
C) Masjid An-Nabawi
D) Masjid al-Haram
✅ Answer: C) Masjid An-Nabawi
93. Where did the Isra and Miraj (Night Journey) begin?
A) Madinah
B) Jerusalem
C) Cave Hira
D) Makkah
✅ Answer: D) Makkah
94. What is the significance of Masjid Al-Aqsa?
A) First Qiblah
B) Place of Hajj
C) Prophet’s grave
D) First Masjid
✅ Answer: A) First Qiblah
95. Which companion is buried next to the Prophet (SAW)?
A) Umar (RA)
B) Ali (RA)
C) Bilal (RA)
D) Salman (RA)
✅ Answer: A) Umar (RA)
☪️ Islamic Worship & Practices
96. What is Taraweeh?
A) Funeral prayer
B) Night prayer in Ramadan
C) Hajj prayer
D) Eid prayer
✅ Answer: B) Night prayer in Ramadan
97. Which prayer is performed at dawn?
A) Dhuhr
B) Isha
C) Fajr
D) Asr
✅ Answer: C) Fajr
98. What does “Tahajjud” mean?
A) Midday prayer
B) Optional morning prayer
C) Late-night voluntary prayer
D) Friday prayer
✅ Answer: C) Late-night voluntary prayer
99. How many Rakats are in obligatory Fajr prayer?
A) 4
B) 2
C) 3
D) 6
✅ Answer: B) 2
100. What breaks Wudu (ablution)?
A) Sleeping
B) Talking
C) Smiling
D) Eating
✅ Answer: A) Sleeping
🧩 More General Islamic Knowledge
101. What is the name of the Islamic ruling system?
A) Shariah
B) Fiqh
C) Ijma
D) Sunnah
✅ Answer: A) Shariah
102. What is the name of the first martyr in Islam?
A) Ammar (RA)
B) Sumayyah (RA)
C) Bilal (RA)
D) Mus’ab (RA)
✅ Answer: B) Sumayyah (RA)
103. Which angel is responsible for blowing the trumpet on Judgment Day?
A) Jibreel
B) Mikail
C) Israfil
D) Azrael
✅ Answer: C) Israfil
104. Which Prophet lived the longest?
A) Nuh (AS)
B) Ibrahim (AS)
C) Musa (AS)
D) Adam (AS)
✅ Answer: A) Nuh (AS)
105. What is the Islamic ruling on lying?
A) Allowed in some cases
B) Always forbidden
C) Permissible in business
D) Permissible with friends
✅ Answer: B) Always forbidden
106. Who is the mother of Prophet Isa (AS)?
A) Maryam
B) Fatima
C) Aasiya
D) Hafsa
✅ Answer: A) Maryam
107. Which Prophet had a kingdom with jinns and animals under his command?
A) Ibrahim (AS)
B) Musa (AS)
C) Sulaiman (AS)
D) Dawud (AS)
✅ Answer: C) Sulaiman (AS)
108. What is the Islamic term for lawful/permissible?
A) Haram
B) Makruh
C) Halal
D) Sunnah
✅ Answer: C) Halal
109. Who is the angel of death?
A) Mikail
B) Jibreel
C) Israfil
D) Azrael
✅ Answer: D) Azrael
110. What does “Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un” mean?
A) Glory be to Allah
B) We belong to Allah and to Him we return
C) Allah is the Greatest
D) I seek forgiveness
✅ Answer: B) We belong to Allah and to Him we return
