Following are 100 interesting facts about the Quran some of which Im sure

that most of us never knew before! Some are basics which can help the
non-muslim readers too. Dont forget to share or use it for Quran Quizzes!

1) What is the meaning of the word Quran?

That which is Read

2) Where was the Quran revealed first?

In the cave of Hira (Makkah)

3) On which night was the Quran first revealed?

Lailatul-Qadr (Night of the Power) in the month of Ramadhan

4) Who revealed the Quran?

Allah revealed the Quran

5) Through whom was the Quran revealed?

Through Angel Jibreel / Gabriel (Alaihis-Salaam)

6) To whom was the Quran revealed?

To the last Prophet Muhammed (Sallahu Alaihi Wasallam)

7) Who took the responsibility of keeping the Quran safe?

Allah himself

8 ) What are the conditions for holding or touching the Quran?

One has to be clean and recommended to be with wudhu (ablution)

9) Which is the book which is read most?

The Quran

10) What is the topic of the Quran?

Man

11) What are the other names of the Quran according to the Quran
itself?
Al-Furqaan, Al-Kitaab, Al-Zikr, Al-Noor, Al-Huda

12) How many Makki Surahs (chapters) are there in the Quran?
86 chapters
13) How many Madani Surahs(chapters) are there in the Quran?
28 chapters+

14) How many Manzils (stages) are there in the Quran?

7 stages

15) How ma+ny Paara or Juz (parts) are there in the Quran?
30 parts

16) How many Surahs (chapters) are there in the Quran?

114 chapters

17) How many Rukoo (paragraphs) are there in the Quran?

540 paragraphs

18) How many Aayath (verses) are there in the Quran?

6236 verses

19) How many times is the word Allah repeated in the Quran?
2698 times

20) Which is the only ancient religious text where the language of
its revelation (Arabic), including the dialect, is still used today?
Al-Quran !

21) Who is the first Haafiz of the Quran?

Prophet Muhammed (Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam)

22) At the time/ of the death of Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu

Alaihi Wasallam) how many Huffaz were there?
22

23) How many Aayaath (verses) on Sajda (prostation) are there in

the Quran?
14 verses

24) In which Surah (chapter) do you find the first verse about Sajda
(prostation)?
7th Chapter (Surah-al-Araaf), Verse 206
25) How many times has the Quran stressed about Salah (prayer)?
700 times

26) How many times has the Quran emphasized on alms or charity?
150 times

27) How many times in the Quran, is the Prophet Muhammed

(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) addressed as Yaa-Aiyu-Han-Nabi?
11 times

28) Where in the Quran has Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi

Wasallam) been named Ahmed?
Surah Saff verse 6 [61:6]

29) How many times has the name of Rasul- ullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) been mentioned in the Quran?
Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) -4 times
Ahmed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) -1 time

30) Name the Prophet whose name is mentioned and discussed

most in the Quran?
Musa (Alahis-Salaam) mentioned 136 times

31) Who were the Kaathibe-Wahi (copyists of the revelations) of the

Quran?
Abu Bakr (Radhiallahu Anhu),
Usman (Radhiallahu Anhu),
Ali (Radhiallahu Anhu),
Zaid Bin Harith (Radhiallahu Anhu) and
Abdullah bin Masood (Radhiallahu Anhu)

32) Who was the first person who counted the Aayath (verses) of
the Quran?
Ayesha (Radhiallahu Anha)

33) On whose advice did Abu Bakr (Radhiallahu Anhu) decide to

compile the Quran?
Omar Farooq (Radhiallahu Anhu)
34) On whose order was the Quran compiled completely in written
form?
Abu Bakr (Radhiallahu Anhu)

35) Who confined the recitation of the Quran on the style of the
Quraysh tribe?
Usman (Radhiallahu Anhu)

36) Out of the copies of the Quran compiled by Usman (Radhiallahu

Anhu), how many and where are they at present?
Only 2 copies. One in Tashkent and the other in Istanbul.

37) Which Surah of the Quran was Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu

Alaihi Wasallam) reciting while praying, that Hazrat Jabeer Bin
Muthim listened to and embraced Islam?
Surah At Tur (52nd Surah)

38) Which was the Surah of the Quran which the Prophet
Muhammed Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) had recited when one of his
enemies Utba after listening to it fell in Sajda (prostation)?
The first five Ayaaths of Ham-Meem-Sajda (Surah 41 Fussilat)

39) Which is the first and the most ancient Masjid according to the
Quran?
Kaaba

40) In Quran mankind is divided into two groups. What are those
two groups?
Believers and disbelievers

41) Who is the man about whom, Allah has said in the Quran that
his body is kept as an admonishing example for future generations
to come?
Firaun (Pharaoh) [10: 91-92]

42) Besides the body of Pharaoh, what is that thing which is kept as
an admonishing example for future generations to come?
Noahs Ark
43) After the wreckage of Prophet Noahs Ark, which is its place of
rest mentioned in the Quran?
Cave of Judi [11:44]

44) In the Quran the name of which companion of Prophet

Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) is mentioned?
Zaid Bin Harith [33:37]

45) Who is the relative of the Prophet Muahmmed (Sallallahu Alaihi

Wasallam) whose name is mentioned in the Quran?
Abu Lahab [111:1]

46) In the Quran there is a mention of a Prophet who has been

called by his mothers name. Who was he?
Jesus [Prophet Isa (Alahis salaam)] is mentioned as Isa Ibn Maryam (Jesus the
son of Mary)

47) Which was the agreement that was titled Fath-hum-Mubeen

without fighting a battle?
Treaty of Hudaibiya.

48) What are the different names used for Satan or Devil in the
Quran?
Iblees and Ash-Shaitaan.

49) Which category of creature does the Quran put Iblees into?
Jinn.

50) What were those worships and prayers that were ordered by
Allah to the community of Bani Israeel and which were continued by
the Muslim Ummah also?
Salaat and Zakaat [2:43]

51) The Quran repeatedly warns of a certain day. Can you say which
day it is?
Yamul Qiyamah (Day of Judgment)

52) Who were those people with whom Allah was pleased and they
were pleased with Him, as mentioned in the Quran?
Companions of Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) [9:100]
53) Which Surah is regarded as the Heart of the Quran?
Surah Yaseen (chapter 36)

54) In which year were the vowels inserted in the Quran?

43 Hijri

55) Who were the first serious students of the Quran?

As-haabus Suffah

56) Which is the first Residential University where the faculty of the
Quran was established for the first time?
Masjid-e-Nabuwi [Masjid of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam]

57) By what name did the Quran address those noble and pious
people who were selected by Allah to convey His message to
mankind?
Nabi (Prophet) and Rasul (Messenger)

58) What type of a person does the Quran want to make?

Mumin (Believer) [Every Mumin is a Muslim but every Muslim is not
necessarily a Mumin. By the term Mumin a person who has firm inner belief
is meant and by the term Muslim we mean a submitter, i.e. someone who
resigns His will to Allah, who agrees that there is Allah and He has given
guidance to mankind. However he may not be practising those rules in his
life, e.g. he is drinking alcohol, dating, earning by illegitimate means etc, but
verbally says and knows all this is wrong. He merely surrenders. This is the
first stage. But when a person becomes a Mumin or a convinced believer,
then this is the stage where he moves from initial submission. He also starts
acting on the rules and practices the laws of Allah in his life. He is
aMuslim i.e. a submitter as well as a Mumin i.e. convinced believer and an
actor. A Muslim who does not act on the rules is however on the first stage,
and Imaan has not entered his heart. This will happen when he starts
practising the rules.] (source)

59) What is the scale or measure of ones dignity according to the

Quran?
Thaqwa (Piety)

60) What according to the Quran is the root cause of the evil?
Alcohol
61) Where in the Quran water is pointed out as the origin of all life?
Surat Al-Anbya verse 30 [21:30]

62) Which is the longest Surah (Chapter) in the Quran?

Surah-al-Baqarah (chapter 2)

63) Which is the smallest Surah in the Quran?

Surah-al-Kausar (chapter 108)

64) What was the age of Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi

Wasallam) when Quranwas first revealed to him through Jibraeel
(Alaihis-salaam)?
40 Years

65) How long did Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)

receive the revelation of the Quran in Makkah?
13 Years

66) How long did Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)

receive the revelation of the Quran in Madinah?
10 Years

67) Where was the first Surah revealed?

In Makkah

68) Where was the last Surah revealed?

In Madinah

69) How many years did it take for the complete revelation of the
Quran?
23 years

70) Which Surah (chapter) of the Quran is to be read compulsorily

in each rakaat of the Salah (Prayer)?
Surah-al-Fatihah

71) Which is the Surah, which Allah taught as a Dua (Prayer)?

Surah-al-Fatihah
72) What is the reason of keeping Surah-al-Fatihah in the beginning
of the Quran?
It is the door to the Quran

73) What is the Surah (Chapter) revealed completely and found first
place in the Quran?
Surah-al-Fatihah

74) Who was the only lady whose personal name is found in the
Quran?
Maryam [Mary] (Alaihis-salaam)

75) In which Surah (Chapter) of the Quran do you find maximum

instructions?
Surah-al-Baqarah (chapter 2)

76) When and Where did the Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) and Jibraeel (Alaihis-salaam) meet for the second time?
On Friday, 18th Ramadan, in the Cave of Hira

77) What was the interval between the first and the second
revelation?
2 years and six months

78) Which is the Surah (Chapter) that does not start with Bismillah?
Surah-al-Taubah (chapter 9) [Surah 9 entitled 'At-Tauba' or 'repentance',
exposes the true qualities of the hypocrites and threatens them with a
woeful doom. It can be likened to a stern warning made in the strongest
terms. Hence, an opening, which stresses divine mercy and compassion,
does not seem particularly fitting to the subject matter of the Surah.
Therefore, Allah has not started with the phrase you have mentioned which
begins every other Surah in the Qur'an. To recite this phrase at its beginning
is forbidden because it constitutes an addition to the Qur'an which is not part
of it.]

79) In which Surah (Chapter) of the Quran Bismillah is repeated

twice?
Surah-al Naml (chapter 27) [One in the beginning (verse 1) and other in the
middle (verse 30)]
80) How many Surah (Chapter) in the Quran have the titles named
after different Prophets?
6 Surahs (Chapters):
a) Surah-al-Yunus (chapter 10)
b) Surah-al-Hood (chapter 11)
c) Surah-al-Yusuf (chapter 12)
d) Surah-al-Ibraheem (chapter 14)
e) Surah-al-Nuh (chapter 71)
f) Surah-al-Muhammed (chapter 47)

81) In which part of the Quran do you find Ayat-ul-Kursi (Verse of

the Throne)?
Surat Al-Baqarah [2:255]

82) How many different names of Allah are mentioned in the

Quran?
99 Names (visit 99 Names of Allah)

83) Who were the three non-prophets whose names are mentioned
with due respect in the Quran?
Luqman, Aziz of Egypt and Zulqarnain

84) At the time Abu Bakr (Radhiallahu Anhu) how many companions
had compiled the Quran in the form of a book?
75 companions

85) Which is the only book which is completely memorized by

millions of people in the world?
Al-Quran !

86) What did the Jinns who heard a few Aayaath (Verses) of the
Quran say to each other?
We have heard a unique discourse which shows the right path, verily we
believe in it.

87) Which are the most popular translations of the Quran in

English?
Transalation by Muhammed Marmaduke Pickthall and by Allama Yusuf Ali.
88) Into how many languages of the world has the Holy Quran been
transalated?
Over 100 languages !

89) Who many prophets by name are mentioned in the Quran?

25

90) What will be our condition on The day of the Judgement

according to the Quran?
Everybody will be in a state of anxiety.

91) Who was the Prophet mentioned in the Quran whose three
generations were prophets?
Ibraheem (Alaihis-salaam)

92) What is that book which abolished all old rules and regulations?
Al-Quran

93) What does the Quran say about property and wealth?
They are tests of ones faith [2:155]

94) According to the Quran who is khaatamun Nabiyyeen (the

last of the Prophets)?
Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)

95) What is the name of the book that tells us clearly about the
reality of the beginningand the end of the world?
Al-Quran

96) In the Quran what other name is given to the city of Makkah?
Bakkah and Baladul Ameen

97) According to the Quran what other name is given to the city of
Madinah?
Yathrib

98) Whose Generation is known as Bani Israeel according to the

Quran?
The generation of Prophet Yaqoob (Alaihis salaam) who is also known as
Israeel.
99) Which are the masjids that are mentioned in the Quran?
5 mosques:
a) Masjid-ul-Haram
b) Masjid-ul-Zirar
c) Masjid-ul-Nabawi
d) Masjid-ul-Aqsa
e) Masjid Quba

100) The name of which angels are mentioned in the Quran?

5 angels:

a) Jibraeel (Alaihis salaam) [2:98]

b) Meekaeel (Alaihis salaam) [2:98]
c) Haroot (Alaihis salaam) [2:102]
d) Maroot (Alaihis salaam) [2:102]
e) Maalik (Alaihis salaam) [43:77]