Questions About the Miracles of the Prophets
Below are questions related to the miracles of the prophets along with their answers:
- What is a miracle?
The answer: A miracle is an extraordinary event that cannot be replicated by humans and is associated with a challenge.
- What is the greatest and everlasting miracle?
The answer: The Holy Quran.
- Which prophet turned his staff into a moving serpent?
The answer: Moses (peace be upon him).
- What was the miracle of Abraham (peace be upon him)?
The answer: The fire that did not burn him when he was thrown into it.
- Which prophet was taught the language of birds and had both humans and jinn at his service?
The answer: Solomon (peace be upon him).
- What is the name of the insect mentioned in the Quran that Solomon (peace be upon him) heard?
The answer: The ant.
- Where did Jonah (peace be upon him) settle after distancing himself from his people due to their denial? How long did he remain there?
The answer: Inside the belly of the fish, where he remained for forty days.
- What is the miracle of Jesus (peace be upon him)?
The answer: Reviving the dead and curing the blind and the leprous by God’s permission.
- Who was the prophet whose she-camel emerged from a rock?
The answer: The Prophet Salih (peace be upon him).
- What solid metal did God soften for His prophet David (peace be upon him)?
The answer: Iron.
Questions About the Signs of Prophethood
Here are questions regarding the signs of prophethood along with their answers:
- Which prophet had the moon split for him?
The answer: Muhammad (peace be upon him).
- Why did the angels open Muhammad’s (peace be upon him) chest and wash it while he was a child?
The answer: To remove the black spot from his heart in preparation for prophethood.
- Who was the monk that foretold the prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him)?
The answer: The monk Bahira in the Levant.
- What happened in the lands of Banu Sa’d upon the arrival of Muhammad (peace be upon him)?
The answer: The land became green, crops flourished, livestock increased in yield, and milk production surged during a time of drought, bringing blessings to his foster family.
- Which prophet foretold his people about the prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him)?
The answer: Jesus (peace be upon him).
- Which prophet spoke while still in the cradle?
The answer: Jesus (peace be upon him).
Questions About Divine Scriptures
Here are questions related to the divine scriptures and their answers:
- What is the ruling regarding belief in the heavenly books?
The answer: It is obligatory and is one of the six pillars of faith.
- How many heavenly books are there?
The answer: One hundred and four books, but God has not mentioned all of them in His Book.
- What are the heavenly books mentioned in the Quran?
The answer: The Quran, the Gospel, the Torah, the Psalms, and the Scrolls of Abraham (peace be upon them).
- To whom was the Torah revealed?
The answer: To our master Moses (peace be upon him).
- To whom was the Gospel revealed?
The answer: To our master Jesus (peace be upon him).
- What is the name of the book that God revealed to prophet David (peace be upon him)?
The answer: The Psalms.
- What is the last of the divine books, and to whom was it revealed?
The answer: The Quran, revealed to our prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
- In which Surah of the Quran did Allah mention the scrolls revealed to Abraham (peace be upon him)?
The answer: In Surah Al-A’la, Allah says: “Indeed, this is in the former scrolls, the scrolls of Abraham and Moses.”
Questions About the Lineage of the Prophets
Here are questions concerning the lineage of the prophets and their answers:
- What is the origin of Adam (peace be upon him) and what was he created from?
The answer: Adam was created from clay from molded mud, and then God breathed into him from His spirit.
- From which lineage does our prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) descend?
The answer: He descends from the lineage of prophet Ishmael, son of Abraham (peace be upon them).
- To whom does the lineage of the prophet Hud (peace be upon him) trace back?
The answer: His lineage goes back to Shem, son of Noah (peace be upon him).
- To which people did Moses (peace be upon him) belong?
The answer: To the Children of Israel.
- What is the relationship between Aaron and Moses (peace be upon them)?
The answer: Aaron is the elder brother of Moses (peace be upon them).
- Who is the mother of Jesus (peace be upon him)?
The answer: Maryam, daughter of Imran (peace be upon her).
- To which group does the lineage of Shu’aib (peace be upon him) trace?
The answer: To the Midianites.
- What is the kinship between Lot (peace be upon him) and our master Abraham?
The answer: Lot is the nephew of Abraham (peace be upon them).
- Who is the father of Joseph (peace be upon him), and who is his grandfather?
The answer: Joseph is the son of prophet Jacob (peace be upon him), and his grandfather is Isaac, son of Abraham.
- To which people did the prophet Isah (peace be upon him) belong?
The answer: He belonged to the Children of Israel, being one of the sons of prophet Jacob (peace be upon him).
Questions About the Patience of the Prophets
Following are questions related to the patience of the prophets along with their answers:
- Which prophet was the most patient in the face of trials?
The answer: Job (peace be upon him).
- What affliction befell Job (peace be upon him)?
The answer: He suffered from a severe illness that caused his flesh to fall from his body.
- For how long did Job (peace be upon him) endure his illness?
The answer: For eighteen years.
- What is the Quranic verse that illustrates Job’s (peace be upon him) patience during his affliction?
The answer: Allah said: “My Lord, indeed hardship has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful.”
- Which prophet’s eyes turned white from sorrow over the loss of his son?
The answer: Jacob (peace be upon him).
- What did Jonah (peace be upon him) do when he was swallowed by the fish?
The answer: He glorified God in the belly of the fish and sought forgiveness, saying: “There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.”
- What did Joseph (peace be upon him) endure patience for?
The answer: He bore the separation from his family and exile, as well as the injustice of imprisonment after being falsely accused of misconduct.
- What did Abraham (peace be upon him) do when his people prepared to burn him and gathered firewood?
The answer: He remained patient and relied on God, saying, “Sufficient for us is Allah, and He is the best disposer of affairs.”
- What did Abraham (peace be upon him) do after dreaming of sacrificing his son Ishmael?
The answer: He complied with God’s command and showed patience, but God spared Ishmael with a ram.
- Which prophet called out to his son, pleading for him to be saved from God’s punishment?
The answer: Noah (peace be upon him).
- What did the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say upon the death of his son Ibrahim?
The answer: He said: “Indeed, the eye weeps, and the heart grieves, and we do not say except what pleases our Lord, and indeed, we are saddened by your departure, O Ibrahim.”