Islamic Quiz for Kids

A quiz is the fastest way to find out whether a story actually landed. Children who can answer why Yusuf forgave his brothers, or what Yunus said inside the fish, have made the story their own; children who cannot just need to hear it again, which is no failure at all. The questions below are the same ones the Sukun Kids app asks in its nightly quiz, drawn from across the library, so every answer is in a story your child can listen to. Ask a few after a story, in the car, or around the dinner table. Answers follow each question.

Round one: easy questions

• Who bought Bilal (RA) his freedom?
  Answer: Abu Bakr (RA)
• What did Allah shape Prophet Adam from?
  Answer: Soft clay
• In Aisha (RA)'s story, what toy had two wings?
  Answer: A little horse
• In Asiya's story, what did she ask Allah for?
  Answer: A house in Paradise
• In Prophet Ayyub's story, what came out of the ground?
  Answer: A cool spring
• What word did Bilal (RA) whisper under the stone?
  Answer: Ahad
• In Prophet Dawud's story, what went soft in his hands?
  Answer: Hard iron
• In Prophet Ibrahim's story, what did his people worship?
  Answer: Statues of stone

Round two: a little harder

• What did Abu Bakr (RA) say about the one-night journey?
  Answer: If he said it, it is true
• Why would Iblis not bow before Prophet Adam?
  Answer: He was too proud
• In Aisha (RA)'s story, how did the light reach us?
  Answer: Candle to candle
• In Asiya's story, what lie did Pharaoh tell?
  Answer: That he was a god
• In Prophet Ayyub's story, what did Allah give back?
  Answer: His family and more
• What did Bilal (RA) do when they told him to stop?
  Answer: He kept believing
• In Prophet Dawud's story, what did he make from the iron?
  Answer: Coats of armor

Round three: for the story experts

• In Abu Bakr (RA)'s story, what was the cave called?
  Answer: Thawr
• In Prophet Adam's story, where was his clay gathered?
  Answer: From all the earth
• In Aisha (RA)'s story, what was her home like?
  Answer: Simple, with little
• In Asiya's story, what gave no light in the palace?
  Answer: All the cold gold
• In Prophet Ayyub's story, what did Allah promise the thankful?
  Answer: Even more blessings

Round four: questions about values

These are not about a single figure. They ask what a value like patience or honesty looks like, which is the point of the stories in the first place.

• Which one shows being brave even when you are small?
  Answer: Dawud (AS) facing the giant
• Which one shows only saying what is true?
  Answer: Aisha (RA) and the winged horse
• Which one shows a strong person with a soft heart?
  Answer: Umar (RA) weeping in prayer
• Which of these shows the gift of learning?
  Answer: Adam (AS) taught all the names
• Which one shows helping instead of walking past?
  Answer: Abu Bakr (RA) freeing Bilal

How to use these

• Story first, quiz second. Ask about the story you just told or played. A question about a story the child has never heard is a dead end.
• Keep score lightly. Three out of five with a big smile beats five out of five under pressure. The goal is the retelling, not the number.
• Let them ask you. Children love flipping it. Getting one wrong on purpose is the fastest way to get a five-year-old to explain the whole story back to you.
• Rotate the figures. If every answer is Yusuf, it is time for a new story. The list of the prophets is a good map of who is next.

In the Sukun Kids app, the quiz is built in: five narrated questions a night, and a hero card to collect for every figure a child gets to know. Parents can see, in the Parent Zone, which prophets and which values their child knows best, and which ones need another story.