Q21: The Noble Quran was revealed to the Prophet ﷺ in parts over about 23 years.
Answer: True ✔
💡 The Quran was revealed in stages according to events throughout the prophethood: about 13 years in Makkah and 10 in Madinah.
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Answer: True ✔
💡 The Quran was revealed in stages according to events throughout the prophethood: about 13 years in Makkah and 10 in Madinah.
Answer: The Night of Decree (Laylat al-Qadr)
💡 Allah the Exalted says: "Indeed, We sent the Qur'an down during the Night of Decree" (Surah Al-Qadr), and it is in the last ten nights of Ramadan.
Answer: Surah Al-Hijr
💡 This verse is in Surah Al-Hijr, and in it Allah promises to protect the Noble Quran from distortion and alteration.
Answer: Al-Baqarah
💡 The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever recites the two verses at the end of Surah Al-Baqarah at night, they will suffice him." (Agreed upon)
Answer: Zayd ibn Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him)
💡 The name of Zayd ibn Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) appears in Surah Al-Ahzab: "So when Zayd had no longer any need for her."
Answer: 42 hadiths
💡 The book is called "the Forty" as a round number, but it has 42 hadiths that Imam al-Nawawi gathered from the foundations of the religion.
Answer: Madinah
💡 After the Hijrah, the Prophet ﷺ established the Islamic state in Madinah, and from there the call to Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula and beyond.
Answer: The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah
💡 Al-Qadisiyyah took place in the time of Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and it opened the way to Iraq and al-Mada'in.
Answer: The Battle of Yarmouk
💡 Yarmouk was one of the greatest battles in the Levant, and after it the Levant was opened to the Muslims.
Answer: Surah Al-Nas
💡 Surah Al-Nas is surah 114, the last surah of the mushaf, and before it is Surah Al-Falaq.
Answer: Juz' Amma
💡 The last part is called "Juz' Amma" because it begins with Surah An-Naba': "About what are they asking one another?" (Amma yatasa'alun), and it has the most surahs of all the parts.
Answer: Surah Al-Mulk
💡 The Prophet ﷺ said: "There is a surah of the Quran of thirty verses that interceded for a man until he was forgiven, and it is: Tabarak alladhi biyadihi al-mulk." (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi and others)
Answer: The Verse of Debt in Surah Al-Baqarah
💡 The Verse of Debt is verse 282 of Surah Al-Baqarah, and it contains rulings on writing down and documenting debts.
Answer: Surah Al-Isra'
💡 Surah Al-Isra' is also called "Surah Bani Isra'il" because of the accounts of the Children of Israel mentioned in it.
Answer: The Battle of Hunayn
💡 Allah the Exalted mentioned it in His words: "and [even] on the day of Hunayn, when your great number pleased you" (Surah At-Tawbah), and it was a lesson that victory comes from Allah.
Answer: The Farewell Hajj
💡 The Prophet ﷺ performed Hajj in the tenth year after the Hijrah and bid the people farewell in it, and he passed away a few months later, so it was called the Farewell Hajj.
Answer: The Expedition of Tabuk
💡 The Expedition of Tabuk was in the ninth year after the Hijrah, and it is called the Expedition of Hardship because of the intense heat and lack of supplies.
Answer: The Treaty of al-Hudaybiyyah
💡 Surah Al-Fath was revealed after the Treaty of al-Hudaybiyyah in 6 AH: "Indeed, We have given you, [O Muhammad], a clear conquest," and the treaty opened the door for people to enter Islam and then for the conquest of Makkah.
Answer: Ramadan
💡 Makkah was conquered in the month of Ramadan in the eighth year after the Hijrah; the Prophet ﷺ entered it humbly and pardoned its people.
Answer: The Battle of the Confederates (al-Ahzab)
💡 It was called the Battle of the Confederates (al-Ahzab) because many tribes allied against the Muslims, and verses of Surah Al-Ahzab were revealed about it.