Important Islamic Terms: 50 MCQs

1 What does the term Islam mean?
(a) Submission to Allah (b) Wealth
(c) Kingship (d) None of these

2 What does the term Muslim mean?
(a) A person who submits to Allah
(b) A person who rules a country
(c) A person who studies history
(d) None of these

3 What is the Islamic term for the oneness of Allah?
(a) Tawhid (b) Shirk
(c) Kufr (d) None of these

4 What is the term for associating partners with Allah?
(a) Tawbah (b) Shirk
(c) Sabr (d) None of these

5 What does Iman mean?
(a) Faith (b) Trade
(c) Migration (d) None of these

6 What does Ihsan mean in the Hadith of Jibril?
(a) Worshipping Allah as though one sees Him
(b) Performing trade honestly only
(c) Giving charity once a year
(d) None of these

7 What is the Arabic term for the declaration of faith?
(a) Shahadah (b) Zakat
(c) Sawm (d) None of these

8 What is the term for obligatory charity in Islam?
(a) Sadaqah (b) Zakat
(c) Waqf (d) None of these

9 What is the term for voluntary charity?
(a) Sadaqah (b) Hajj
(c) Qiyas (d) None of these

10 What is the Arabic term for fasting?
(a) Sawm (b) Salah
(c) Tawaf (d) None of these

11 What is the term for the obligatory pilgrimage to Makkah?
(a) Umrah (b) Hajj
(c) I’tikaf (d) None of these

12 What is the term for the lesser pilgrimage to Makkah?
(a) Hajj (b) Umrah
(c) Ziyarah (d) None of these

13 What is the term for the direction Muslims face during prayer?
(a) Qiblah (b) Mihrab
(c) Minbar (d) None of these

14 What is the term for the call to prayer?
(a) Iqamah (b) Adhan
(c) Khutbah (d) None of these

15 What is the term for the announcement immediately before the congregational prayer begins?
(a) Adhan (b) Iqamah
(c) Tasbih (d) None of these

16 What is the term for the person who leads congregational prayer?
(a) Imam (b) Mu’adhdhin
(c) Khatib (d) None of these

17 What is the term for the person who calls the Adhan?
(a) Imam (b) Mu’adhdhin
(c) Qadi (d) None of these

18 What is the term for the sermon delivered before the Friday prayer?
(a) Khutbah (b) Fatwa
(c) Tafsir (d) None of these

19 What is the term for Islamic jurisprudence?
(a) Fiqh (b) Hadith
(c) Tajwid (d) None of these

20 What is the term for the sources and principles of Islamic law?
(a) Usul al-Fiqh (b) Ilm al-Kalam
(c) Sirah (d) None of these

21 What is the term for a report about the sayings, actions or approvals of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ?
(a) Hadith (b) Tafsir
(c) Fiqh (d) None of these

22 What is the term for the study and explanation of the Qur’an?
(a) Tafsir (b) Tajwid
(c) Nahw (d) None of these

23 What is the term for the proper rules of Qur’anic recitation?
(a) Tajwid (b) Fiqh
(c) Sirah (d) None of these

24 What is the term for the biography and life history of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ?
(a) Sirah (b) Qiyas
(c) Ijma (d) None of these

25 What is the term for consensus among qualified Muslim jurists?
(a) Qiyas (b) Ijma (c) Ijtihad (d) None of these

26 What is the term for analogical reasoning in Islamic jurisprudence?
(a) Qiyas (b) Ijma
(c) Sadaqah (d) None of these

27 What is the term for independent juristic reasoning by qualified scholars?
(a) Ijtihad (b) Taqlid
(c) Zakat (d) None of these

28 What is the term for a scholarly legal opinion in Islam?
(a) Fatwa (b) Khutbah
(c) Adhan (d) None of these

29 What is the term for the lawful or permissible in Islam?
(a) Haram (b) Halal
(c) Makruh (d) None of these

30 What is the term for what is prohibited in Islam?
(a) Halal (b) Mubah
(c) Haram (d) None of these

31 What is the term for an act that is recommended or encouraged in Islamic jurisprudence?
(a) Mustahabb (b) Haram
(c) Batil (d) None of these

32 What is the term for an act that is disliked but not necessarily prohibited?
(a) Makruh (b) Fard
(c) Wajib (d) None of these

33 What is the term for an obligatory act in Islamic jurisprudence?
(a) Fard (b) Mubah
(c) Makruh (d) None of these

34 What is the term for the migration of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ from Makkah to Madinah?
(a) Hijrah (b) Isra
(c) Mi’raj (d) None of these

35 What is the term for the Night Journey of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ from Makkah to Jerusalem?
(a) Mi’raj (b) Isra (c) Hijrah (d) None of these

36 What is the term for the Prophet’s ascension through the heavens?
(a) Isra (b) Mi’raj (c) Hijrah (d) None of these

37 What is the term for remembering and mentioning Allah?
(a) Dhikr (b) Qiyas
(c) Ijma (d) None of these

38 What is the term for repentance to Allah?
(a) Tawbah (b) Sabr
(c) Shukr (d) None of these

39 What is the term for patience and steadfastness?
(a) Sabr (b) Shukr
(c) Riya (d) None of these

40 What is the term for gratitude and thankfulness to Allah?
(a) Shukr (b) Hasad
(c) Ghibah (d) None of these

41 What is the term for showing off in acts of worship?
(a) Ikhlas (b) Riya (c) Taqwa (d) None of these

42 What is the term for sincerity in worship and intention?
(a) Ikhlas (b) Riya
(c) Nifaq (d) None of these

43 What is the term for God-consciousness and piety?
(a) Taqwa (b) Hasad
(c) Takabbur (d) None of these

44 What is the term for backbiting?
(a) Ghibah (b) Sadaqah
(c) Tawbah (d) None of these

45 What is the term for envy?
(a) Hasad (b) Sabr
(c) Shukr (d) None of these

46 What is the term for hypocrisy?
(a) Nifaq (b) Ikhlas
(c) Taqwa (d) None of these

47 What is the term for the Muslim community?
(a) Ummah (b) Qiblah
(c) Mihrab (d) None of these

48 What is the term for the Islamic endowment made for charitable or religious purposes?
(a) Waqf (b) Qiyas
(c) Iqamah (d) None of these

49 What is the term for the permissible boundary or state entered by pilgrims before performing Hajj or Umrah?
(a) Ihram (b) Tawaf
(c) Sa’i (d) None of these

50 What is the term for the circumambulation of the Ka’bah?
(a) Sa’i (b) Tawaf
(c) Wuquf (d) None of these

Answer Key

1 (a) Submission to Allah
2 (a) A person who submits to Allah
3 (a) Tawhid
4 (b) Shirk
5 (a) Faith
6 (a) Worshipping Allah as though one sees Him
7 (a) Shahadah
8 (b) Zakat
9 (a) Sadaqah
10 (a) Sawm
11 (b) Hajj
12 (b) Umrah
13 (a) Qiblah
14 (b) Adhan
15 (b) Iqamah
16 (a) Imam
17 (b) Mu’adhdhin
18 (a) Khutbah
19 (a) Fiqh
20 (a) Usul al-Fiqh
21 (a) Hadith
22 (a) Tafsir
23 (a) Tajwid
24 (a) Sirah
25 (b) Ijma
26 (a) Qiyas
27 (a) Ijtihad
28 (a) Fatwa
29 (b) Halal
30 (c) Haram
31 (a) Mustahabb
32 (a) Makruh
33 (a) Fard
34 (a) Hijrah
35 (b) Isra
36 (b) Mi’raj
37 (a) Dhikr
38 (a) Tawbah
39 (a) Sabr
40 (a) Shukr
41 (b) Riya
42 (a) Ikhlas
43 (a) Taqwa
44 (a) Ghibah
45 (a) Hasad
46 (a) Nifaq
47 (a) Ummah
48 (a) Waqf
49 (a) Ihram
50 (b) Tawaf