JAMB and WAEC Islamic Religious Studies questions

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All topics Hadith · 46 Islam in West Africa and Nigeria · 48 Islamic economic teachings and trade · 44 Islamic moral teachings (Akhlaq) · 51 Marriage, divorce and inheritance · 49 Selected suras and Qur'anic sciences · 55 Taharah and salat · 58 Tawhid and the articles of faith · 47 The life of the Prophet (Sirah) · 61 The Qur'an: revelation and compilation · 46 The rightly guided caliphs · 44 Zakat, sawm and hajj · 57

Question 481· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· JAMB
Hafsah, the Prophet's wife, kept
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Answer: C. the copy of the Qur'an compiled under Abubakr
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Question 482· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· JAMB
The angel who brought the revelation to the Prophet was
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Answer: C. Jibril
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Question 483· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· JAMB
Surah at-Tawbah is unusual because it
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Answer: A. does not open with Bismillah
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Question 484· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC
Suras revealed in Makkah mainly emphasise
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Answer: C. Tawhid, the Hereafter and moral teachings
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Question 485· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC
Laylat al-Qadr (the Night of Power) falls in the month of
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Answer: D. Ramadan
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Question 486· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC
The angel Jibril is known in the Qur'an as ar-Ruh al-Amin, meaning
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Answer: A. the Trustworthy Spirit
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Question 487· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC
Makkan surahs are generally
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Answer: A. short and concerned with faith in Allah and the Hereafter
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Question 488· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· JAMB
After Abu Bakr's death, the copy of the Qur'an compiled under him was kept by
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Answer: D. Hafsah
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Question 489· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC
Standard copies of the Qur'an were sent to the provinces during the caliphate of
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Answer: B. Uthman
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Question 490· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· JAMB
The night on which the revelation of the Qur'an began is known as
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Answer: D. Laylat al-Qadr
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Question 491· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· JAMB
The Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet over a period of about
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Answer: A. 23 years
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Question 492· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· JAMB
The Qur'an is divided into thirty equal parts, each called a
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Answer: C. juz'
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Question 493· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· JAMB
The Qur'an was revealed in the language of
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Answer: C. Arabic
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Question 494· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC
Revealing the Qur'an gradually rather than all at once helped the believers to
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Answer: C. understand and apply it step by step as situations arose
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Question 495· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC
The Qur'an is divided for recitation into
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Answer: C. 30 juz'
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Question 496· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· JAMB
The Qur'an contains
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Answer: A. 114 surahs
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Question 497· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· WAEC
The angel's first command to the Prophet in the first revelation was
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Answer: C. Iqra' (Read)
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Question 498· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· JAMB
The first revealed verses of the Qur'an are found in Surah
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Answer: D. al-Alaq
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Question 499· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· JAMB
The Qur'an was first collected into a single volume during the caliphate of
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Answer: B. Abu Bakr
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Question 500· The Qur'an: revelation and compilation· JAMB
The Prophet used to receive revelation while in the cave of
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Answer: D. Hira
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JAMB and WAEC Islamic Religious Studies questions

Hafsah, the Prophet's wife, kept

The angel who brought the revelation to the Prophet was

Surah at-Tawbah is unusual because it

Suras revealed in Makkah mainly emphasise

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

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

Makkan surahs are generally

After Abu Bakr's death, the copy of the Qur'an compiled under him was kept by

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

The night on which the revelation of the Qur'an began is known as

The Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet over a period of about

The Qur'an is divided into thirty equal parts, each called a

The Qur'an was revealed in the language of

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

The Qur'an is divided for recitation into

The Qur'an contains

The angel's first command to the Prophet in the first revelation was

The first revealed verses of the Qur'an are found in Surah

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

The Prophet used to receive revelation while in the cave of