Grand Islamic Quiz 2013

1. Grand
Islamic Quiz Contest
2013
Society of Information Technology Muslim Professionals,
Kolkata

2. Co-Sponsors

3. Round 1: The Divine Verses
• Written Round
• 6 Questions
• +10 per correct answer
• Bonus+10, if all 6 correct

4. • Thissurah wasrevealed by Allah, after the
disbelieversof Mecca, proposed adeal to
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), that they would
accept Islam, if theMuslim’swould worship
their godsfor oneyear, then they would worship
Allah thenext year, and so on.
• Thesurah endswith thelinewhich means–
• “To you isyour religion, to meismine”.

5. • Thereare2 guardian angelsassigned to each person
in thisworld, who record all deedsfrom theageof
puberty till death. Onesitting on theright, records
good deedsand oneon theleft, recordsbad deeds.
• Allah refersto them together as ‘Kiraman Katibin’
and mentionsthem at 2 placesin theQuran: Oneis
in Surah Qaf (Verse:17-18). Which istheother
Surah?

6. • In the99th
Surah, Az-Zalzalah, Allah describesabout
thefierceearthquakethat will takeplacejust before
theDay of Judgment.
• Theearth would throw out all that it holdsand will
givetestimony to all that mankind hasdoneover it.
• Which linein thesurah, describesthat even the
smallest of deeds, both good and bad, would be
judged?

7. • Theliteral meaning of thenameof which Surah
can mean any of thefollowing:
• Leech
• Blood Clot
• Something which isattached or hanging
• Referring to thehelplessnessof man, and yet
they think themselvesto beself-sufficient!

8. • In thestarting of SurahAl-Infitar, Allah
mentionsabout the4 eventsthat would occur on
theDay of Judgment. Two of them are:
• Thestarswill scatter
• Theseaswill burst
• What aretheother two?

9. • Surah Fatihaisthe1st
Surah in theQuran and
containsthe7 most often repeated versesin the
Islamic world. Muslimsreciteit atleast 17 times
aday.
• Oneof theversetalksabout:
• “Sirat al Mustaqim”
• What doesit mean?

10. Audience!
!

11. •Which istheonly Surah
in theQuran, that has
‘Bismillah’ twice?

12. •If thenumber of
Madani Surah’sis28,
how many Makki
Surah’saretherein the
Quran ?