A) Messenger B) Assured C) Praised D) Prophet
A) Four B) Ten C) Six D) Two
A) Gabriel B) Uriel C) Michael D) Raphael
A) Banu Hashim B) Quraysh C) Aksumite D) Himyarite
A) Khadija B) Fakhitah C) Amina D) Halima bint Abi Dhu'ayb
A) Eight B) Six C) Twenty-five D) Two
A) Abd al-Muttalib B) Abbas C) Abu Talib D) Hamza
A) Abbas B) Hamza C) Abu Talib D) Abd al-Muttalib
A) Thirty B) Twenty-five C) Forty D) Thirty-five
A) Abraha B) Ibn Ishaq C) Bahira D) Al-Dhahabi
A) Abbas B) Hamza C) Abu Talib D) Abd al-Muttalib
A) The migration to Yathrib B) The roofing of the Kaaba C) The Battle of Badr D) The elephant incident
A) 610 B) 570 C) 622 D) 605
A) Arbitrator B) Guardian C) Merchant D) Messenger
A) Al-Amin B) Abu al-Qasim C) Ibn Hashim D) Ibn Abdullah
A) 8 June 632 CE B) 8 June 622 CE C) 8 June 610 CE D) 8 June 570 CE
A) Quraysh B) Aksumite C) Yathrib D) Banu Hashim
A) Cave of Hira B) The city of Medina C) Mount Sinai D) The Kaaba
A) 50 B) 45 C) 40 D) 30
A) Yemen B) Jerusalem C) Medina D) Aksum
A) Sunnah B) Hajj C) Sīrah D) Hijrah
A) 632 B) 613 C) 629 D) 622
A) Quran B) Sunnah C) Sīrah D) Hadith
A) Hadith B) Waḥy C) Sīrah D) Āyah
A) Constitution of Medina B) Declaration of Faith C) The Hijri Treaty D) Charter of Mecca
A) Persian Empire B) Roman Empire C) Aksumite Empire D) Ottoman Empire
A) 8 years B) 13 years C) 20 years D) 3 years
A) Seal of the Prophets B) First of the Prophets C) Greatest Prophet D) Only Prophet
A) Hinduism B) Christianity C) Baháʼí Faith D) Judaism
A) Aksum B) Mecca C) Yathrib D) Hijra
A) 6th and 7th centuries AH B) 2nd and 3rd centuries AH C) 4th and 5th centuries AH D) 1st century AH
A) The destruction of original manuscripts B) The oral gap between his life and the recorded dates C) Lack of interest from Muslim scholars D) Disagreement among contemporary political leaders
A) Uncovering Muhammad's historical existence beyond myths B) Promoting religious conversion C) Disproving the existence of other religions D) Standardizing Islamic law
A) His detailed personal psychological history B) His exact date of birth C) The bare fact that he existed D) His specific geographical movements
A) Abundant B) Sparse C) Biased D) Complete
A) Scientific maps of his travels B) Main biographical information regarding Muhammad C) A list of his economic transactions D) A complete physical description
A) Formal academic treatises B) Scientific journals C) Legal court documents D) Heroic epics called magāzī
A) To convey a hagiographic message B) To act as a financial audit C) To provide a neutral political report D) To serve as a tourist guidebook
A) Ibn Ishaq B) Al-Waqidi C) Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi D) Muhammad al-Bukhari
A) To avoid distressing certain people B) Because they were factually incorrect C) Due to a lack of parchment D) Because he ran out of writing space
A) Ibn Hisham B) Madelung C) Karen Armstrong D) Caetani
A) Qāṣṣ B) Isnad C) Magāzī D) Sira
A) Hagiographic scholars B) Quranist scholars C) Western philologists D) Traditionalist scholars
A) They translated them into Latin immediately B) They viewed later narrations as fabrications C) They ignored them entirely D) They viewed them as perfectly accurate history
A) It was strictly controlled by government decree B) It may have drifted from the original telling C) It became more literal D) It remained perfectly preserved without change
A) Ibn Hisham B) Al-Bukhari C) Ibn Sa'd D) Caetani
A) They were government tax collectors B) They were battlefield commanders C) They were specialized calligraphers D) They were prestigious storytellers
A) A buddhist B) A hanif C) A polytheist D) An atheist
A) Write B) Read C) Travel D) Pray
A) Quran 10:1-5 B) Quran 5:1-5 C) Quran 1:1-5 D) Quran 96:1-5
A) A jinn B) A demon C) A hallucination D) A political spy
A) Khadija B) Zayd C) Abu Bakr D) Ali
A) Youth B) Foreign merchants C) Elder generation men D) Women
A) He abandoned his faith B) Revelations ceased for a period C) He became the leader of Mecca D) He traveled to a new city
A) 613 B) 632 C) 600 D) 620
A) Fasting B) Pilgrimage C) Jihad D) Almsgiving (zakat)
A) Tazakka B) Islam C) Quraysh D) Ummah
A) God will judge you B) I forgive you C) I bring you peace D) I bring you slaughter
A) Traveling B) Preaching C) Eating D) Praying
A) Why God had not made him a king B) Why God had not taken his life C) Why God had not bestowed treasure upon him D) Why God had not chosen someone else
A) Seven B) Five C) Two D) Three
A) 7 days B) 30 days C) 40 days D) 15 days
A) King Solomon B) Noah C) Dhu al-Qarnayn D) Ibrahim
A) Aeneid B) Beowulf C) The Iliad D) Alexander Romance
A) The angels B) Hell C) God D) The community
A) 615 B) 622 C) 610 D) 620
A) W. Montgomery Watt B) Tabari C) Shahab Ahmed D) Ibn Sa'd
A) The Meccan Abrogation B) The Cave Miracle C) The Abyssinian Revelation D) Satanic Verses
A) 619 B) 616 C) 610 D) 622
A) 616 B) 625 C) 619 D) 620
A) Embrace Islam B) Support the Banu Hashim C) Abandon his clan D) Leave Mecca
A) An uncle of Muhammad B) A Christian slave C) A horseman from the Quraysh D) A Meccan tribal chief
A) Surat Banī Isrāʾīl B) Surat Al-Mi'raj C) Surat Al-Baqarah D) Surat Al-Fatiha
A) Masjid al-Haram B) Medina C) Bayt al-Maqdis D) Al-Ji'rana
A) The Kaaba B) A cave in Mecca C) Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem) D) A garden in Paradise
A) Cairo B) Al-Ji'rana C) Damascus D) Ta'if
A) Al-Tabari B) Ibn Sa'd C) Ibn Hisham D) Hans Wehr
A) They occurred years apart B) Isra' came first, then Mi'raj C) Mi'raj came first, then Isra' D) They happened simultaneously
A) The people of Yathrib B) Muhammad's companions C) The Jews in their locality D) The leaders of the Quraysh
A) In the heart of Yathrib B) Near the Jewish quarter C) In the center of Mecca D) At Aqaba
A) Seventy-five B) Twelve C) One hundred D) Six
A) Paradise B) Safety from the Quraysh C) Wealth D) Political power
A) Ali B) A member of the Banu Aws C) Mus'ab ibn Umayr D) Abu Bakr
A) 100 camels B) 1000 gold coins C) The freedom of all slaves D) 50 camels
A) Ansar B) Quraysh C) Banu Khazraj D) Muhajirun
A) Banu Aws B) Muhajirun C) Banu Khazraj D) Ansar
A) Iron beams B) Sun-dried bricks C) Polished marble D) Tree trunks
A) A raised stone platform B) A wooden pulpit C) A decorative rug D) A small stool
A) December 620 B) April 623 C) August 622 D) January 625
A) A brass bell or a silver flute B) A ram's horn or a wooden clapper C) A large drum or a rhythmic gong D) A set of chimes or a trumpet
A) A white robe B) A black tunic C) A golden sash D) A green cloak
A) Bilal B) A wealthy merchant C) An elder from Jerusalem D) A local tribal chieftain
A) Allahu akbar B) God is one C) Come to the mosque D) Peace be upon you
A) About seven months B) About three years C) About one full year D) About two weeks
A) International borders B) Tribal matters C) Quranic statutes D) The establishment of a state
A) 11 February 624 B) March 624 C) 11 March 624 D) 11 February 623
A) The Raid on Nakhla B) The Battle of Badr C) The first raid D) The raid on the Jewish tribes
A) The spoils of war B) The protection of their homes C) Victory over Abu Jahl D) 1,000 angels
A) Ten percent B) Everything C) A fifth D) Half
A) Through poison B) Through deception C) By a surprise raid D) In a public duel |