Episode 117 Quiz

Welcome to the quiz for Episode 117: The Qur’an, Part 1: Overview. See what you remember about the basics of the Qur’an by clicking “START” below!

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One of the simplest things we can observe about the Qur’an, which comes across perfectly well in translation, is:

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Mark “True” or “False” for the following statement: “The Qur’an’s account of the creation of the world and humankind is consonant with the one in the Book of Genesis.”

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How many times per day does a muezzin broadcast the adhan from a mosque?

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Which of the following does the Qur’an NOT say about Jesus

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In which language do Afghan Muslims study the Qur’an?

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Ayat are verses in the Qur’an. The word is also translated as:

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How are Qur’anic descriptions of heaven most different from Biblical ones?

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The first words of the Qur’an revealed to Muhammad were:

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The verses of the Qur’an were revealed between:

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The Revisionist School of Islamic studies shares a core theory that:

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The Qur’an’s depiction of human nature is best described as:

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The traditional theory of the Qur’an’s formation is that it reached its final standardized under the third Caliph Uthman, around the year:

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Asbab Annuzul, or the “causes of the revelations,” is a method of Qur’anic study that:

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Qira’at (singular Qira’a), which we discussed toward the end of this episode, are:

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Mark “True” or “False” for the following statement: “Early Qur’anic manuscripts contain vowels and diacritics.”

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How many surahs are there in the Qur’an?

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Mark “True” or “False” for the following statement: “Sunnis and Shias use very different Qur’ans.”

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Being about 77,000 words long, the Qur’an is roughly what proportion of the length of a Catholic Bible?

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Jannah, the Arabic word for “heaven,” literally means:

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The Cairo Edition on which almost all modern Qur’ans are based was first published in:

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