Qur’an Cover to Cover: Surah Baqarah 1.1 – Ayahs 1-4

1. Qur’an Cover to Cover: SurahBaqarah 1.1 – Ayahs 1-4 Jeopardy Game by NurKose Information from Nouman Ali Khan, Bayyinah TV January 2013/Safar 1434

2. Welcome to the Jeopardy Game! Get ready for loads of fun while we test you on the information you learned in the first 25 minutes of the lecture “SurahBaqarah 1” by Nouman Ali Khan. You will be divided up into 2, 4, or 5 teams. Each team will have the chance to answer the same number of questions. On your team’s turn, you will get to decide which category you would like to choose a question from. If you answer the question correctly, you get the amount of points displayed. If you answer it incorrectly, however, you lose that many points. When all the questions have been asked, the person in charge of keeping score will count all the points together and declare who the winning team is!

3. SurahBaqarah 1.1 – Ayahs 1-4

4. What are the huroofmuqatta’aat?

5. They are the broken/separated letters.

6. What does ‘dhalika’ mean? How is it different from ‘hadha’?

7. ‘dhalika’ means ‘that’ It is used to refer to something far away. ‘hadha’ means ‘this’ It is used to refer to something close by.

8. What does Salah literally mean? Fill in the blanks: It ____ us to Allah by ____ us to the Qur’an.

9. Salah literally means ‘connection’ It connects us to Allah by connecting us to the Qur’an.

10. What is important to note about Allah using the word ‘ila’ in the ayah below instead of the word ‘ala’?  وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبۡلِكَ وَبِٱلۡأَخِرَةِ هُمۡ يُوقِنُونَ

11. By using ‘ila’ Allah made it seem as a privilege and gift for us. If he had used ‘ala’ it would seem as a responsibility for us.

12. Explain what yaqeen is.

13. Conviction as if you can see something and have experienced it. No matter what others say, you are strongly convinced of it.

14. What did the Jews in Medina pride themselves in? How did they use this to mock Rasulullah (S)?

15. They prided in their knowledge and ability to read and write. They mocked Rasulullah (S) because he couldn’t read or write and they couldn’t imagine him being a prophet.

16. Why does Allah use ‘that’ to describe the Qur’an when it is right with us?

17. Allah is using ‘that’ because He is referring to the actual book in the seventh heaven which is very far away. (lawhulmahfoodh)

18. What is something important to note about Allah using ‘aliflaammeem’? Hint: It has to do with Rasulullah (S).

19. The Prophet (S) didn’t know how to read or write so he didn’t know the letters of the Arabic alphabet. By putting those letters there, Allah shows that the Qur’an is not written by the prophet but by a divine source; someone else is teaching the prophet. The Qur’an is from a greater source.

20. What in the ayah shows that you cannot believe in Messengers after Rasulullah (S)? Explain.  وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبۡلِكَ وَبِٱلۡأَخِرَةِ هُمۡ يُوقِنُونَ And who believe in which has been sent down to you (Muhammad Peace be upon him) and in that which we sent down before and they believe with certainty in the Hereafter.

21. Allah mentions that it is required to believe in Muhammad (S) and the message of those before to have iman. He doesn’t mention anything about messages of the future.

22. Name a benefit of Allah using huroofmuqatta’aat in the beginning of SurahBaqarah. Hint: It is related to SurahFatiha.

23. In Fatiha we asked Allah for guidance and it is as if this surah is the response to that call. By starting off with three letters that we don’t understand, Allah is putting us in our place. He is reminding us that we can’t come to this book thinking that we know everything. We need to humble ourselves and remember that this book is divine.

24. Which part of iman is constantly highlighted in SurahBaqarah?

25. Belief in the message

26. Who are the genuinely concerned? Who are the people who really want to protect themselves? What are they called in Arabic in the beginning of SurahBaqarah?

27. Muttaqoon/muttaqeen

28. What are the three main areas of iman?

29. Belief in Allah Belief in the message Belief in the afterlife

30. What are the parts of ‘belief in the message’?

31. Belief in the angels who bring down the revelation Belief in the book, the actual message Belief in the messenger who receives the message

32. What is the starting point of taqwa with Allah? What does this relationship with Allah grow into? (Hint: Fear of what to fear of what?)

33. Starts with fear of Allah’s punishment and turns into fear of disappointing Allah.

34. What are some examples of huroofmuqatta’aat in SurahBaqarah?

35. Aliflaammeem الٓمٓ

36. What is something Allah put in our lives to keep us constantly in guard and in check of ourselves?

37. Salah – prayer  وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ

38. What is the positive reinforcement in this ayah? ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقۡنَـٰهُمۡ يُنفِقُونَ

39. Rizq – from what Allah has provided us with: food, clothes, money, etc. مِمَّا رَزَقۡنَـٰهُمۡ 

40. Why do people read the Qur’an and fall into doubt afterwards?

41. Allah explains that there is no doubt in this book for those who are truly concerned for themselves and who actually want to protect themselves.

42. How did Allah make rizq seem as something unseen? ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقۡنَـٰهُمۡ يُنفِقُونَ

43. We can see the food that Allah has given us but we can’t actually see that it is Allah who has given it to us. The muttaqeen understand that rizq is from what Allah has provided them with.