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