WAEC Islamic Religious Studies questions: The Qur'an: revelation and compilation

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1. Question 1· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

   The Qur'an was first collected into one volume during the caliphate of

   • AAbu Bakr
   • BUthman
   • CAli
   • DUmar

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2. Question 2· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

   The companion who led the compilation of the Qur'an was

   • AZayd ibn Thabit
   • BBilal
   • CKhalid ibn al-Walid
   • DAbu Hurayrah

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3. Question 3· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

   The scribe who led the collection of the Qur'an was

   • AKhalid ibn al-Walid
   • BBilal ibn Rabah
   • CAbu Hurayrah
   • DZayd ibn Thabit

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4. Question 4· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

   The first collection of the Qur'an into a single volume was ordered by

   • AAli
   • BUthman
   • CAbubakr, on the advice of Umar
   • DMu'awiyah

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5. Question 5· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

   The Qur'an was revealed over a period of about

   • A23 years
   • B10 years
   • C40 years
   • D3 years

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6. Question 6· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

   The night on which the Qur'an began to be revealed is called

   • A'Id night
   • BLaylatul-Mi'raj
   • CLaylatul-Bara'ah
   • DLaylatul-Qadr

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7. Question 7· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

   Uthman ordered standard copies of the Qur'an to be sent to the provinces in order to

   • Aadd new chapters
   • Bunify the reading of the Qur'an
   • Ctranslate it
   • Dshorten it

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8. Question 8· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

   The first verses of the Qur'an to be revealed came from Surah

   • Aal-'Alaq
   • Bal-Fatihah
   • Cal-Muddaththir
   • Dal-Baqarah

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9. Question 9· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

   The first verses revealed to the Prophet were from Surah

   • Aal-Baqarah
   • Bal-Fatihah
   • Cal-'Alaq
   • Dan-Nas

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10. Question 10· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

    Angel Jibril brought revelation to the Prophet. This process is called

    • Aqiyas
    • Bhijrah
    • Cijma'
    • Dwahy

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11. Question 11· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

    The last surah revealed in full, according to many scholars, is

    • Aal-Fatihah
    • Ban-Nasr
    • Cal-Alaq
    • Dal-Baqarah

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12. Question 12· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

    The Qur'an was first compiled into one volume during the caliphate of

    • AUthman
    • BAbu Bakr
    • CAli
    • DMu'awiyah

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13. Question 13· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

    Zayd ibn Thabit was chosen to compile the Qur'an because he

    • Awas a Qur'an translator
    • Bwas the oldest Companion
    • Cwas the Caliph
    • Dwas a chief scribe of revelation and had memorised it

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14. Question 14· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

    Suras revealed in Makkah mainly emphasise

    • Arules of war
    • Bdetailed laws of inheritance
    • CTawhid, the Hereafter and moral teachings
    • Dcommercial contracts

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15. Question 15· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

    Laylat al-Qadr (the Night of Power) falls in the month of

    • ADhul-Hijjah
    • BMuharram
    • CRajab
    • DRamadan

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16. Question 16· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

    The angel Jibril is known in the Qur'an as ar-Ruh al-Amin, meaning

    • Athe Trustworthy Spirit
    • Bthe Angel of Death
    • Cthe Keeper of Hell
    • Dthe Bearer of the Throne

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17. Question 17· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

    Makkan surahs are generally

    • Ashort and concerned with faith in Allah and the Hereafter
    • Blong and concerned with detailed laws
    • Crevealed after the Hijrah
    • Dabout the rules of warfare

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18. Question 18· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

    Standard copies of the Qur'an were sent to the provinces during the caliphate of

    • AUmar
    • BUthman
    • CAbubakr
    • DAli

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19. Question 19· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

    Revealing the Qur'an gradually rather than all at once helped the believers to

    • Aavoid memorising it
    • Bforget earlier verses
    • Cunderstand and apply it step by step as situations arose
    • Dwrite it on stone

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20. Question 20· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC

    The Qur'an is divided for recitation into

    • A114 juz'
    • B60 juz'
    • C30 juz'
    • D7 juz'

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