Q161: What was the capital of the Umayyad state?
Answer: Damascus
💡 The Umayyads made Damascus their capital, and from there their state stretched from Al-Andalus in the west to Sindh and Transoxiana in the east.
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Answer: Damascus
💡 The Umayyads made Damascus their capital, and from there their state stretched from Al-Andalus in the west to Sindh and Transoxiana in the east.
Answer: Abu Ja'far al-Mansur
💡 Abu Ja'far al-Mansur built Baghdad on the Tigris River and named it "the City of Peace," and his original city was round in shape.
Answer: Baghdad
💡 The House of Wisdom was in Baghdad during the Abbasid era, and there the books of the Greeks, Persians, and Indians were translated into Arabic.
Answer: Year 8
💡 Makkah was conquered in Ramadan of 8 AH, and the Prophet ﷺ entered it humbly and pardoned its people.
Answer: The Battle of Uhud
💡 At the Battle of Uhud, most of the archers left their positions thinking the battle was over, so the polytheists circled around the Muslims. It became a lesson in obedience.
Answer: Salman al-Farisi
💡 Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him) suggested digging the trench, a defensive method known to the Persians that the Arabs had not known before.
Answer: The Battle of Badr
💡 The Battle of Badr took place in the second year after the Hijrah, and the Muslims won despite their small numbers. The Quran called it "the Day of Criterion."
Answer: The Year of the Elephant
💡 It was called the Year of the Elephant because Abrahah came that year with an army that included an elephant to destroy the Ka'bah, and Allah destroyed him, as Surah Al-Fil mentions.
Answer: Bilal ibn Rabah
💡 The Prophet ﷺ chose Bilal for the adhan because of his beautiful, strong voice. Bilal had patiently endured severe torture in Makkah while repeating "Ahad, Ahad" (One, One).
Answer: Abu Talib
💡 Abu Talib kept protecting and defending the Prophet ﷺ for many years, and the year he and Khadijah died was called "the Year of Sorrow."
Answer: His grandfather 'Abdul-Muttalib
💡 His grandfather 'Abdul-Muttalib, the chief of Quraysh, took care of him; when his grandfather died, when the Prophet ﷺ was eight, his care passed to his uncle Abu Talib.
Answer: 'Abdullah ibn 'Abdul-Muttalib
💡 His father was 'Abdullah ibn 'Abdul-Muttalib, who died in Madinah before the Prophet ﷺ was born.
Answer: Aminah bint Wahb
💡 His mother was Aminah bint Wahb of Banu Zuhrah, and she died at al-Abwa' when the Prophet ﷺ was six years old.
Answer: The Prophet's ﷺ emigration to Madinah
💡 The Companions chose the Hijrah as the start of the calendar because it was a turning point after which the Islamic state was established in Madinah.
Answer: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab
💡 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) adopted the Hijri calendar to organize correspondence and government records after the state had grown large.
Answer: The Cave of Hira'
💡 The Prophet ﷺ used to worship in the Cave of Hira' on Jabal an-Nur near Makkah, and there the first verses of the Quran were revealed: "Recite in the name of your Lord who created."
Answer: The Cave of Thawr
💡 The Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr stayed in the Cave of Thawr, south of Makkah, for three nights until Quraysh's search for them died down.
Answer: Abu Bakr as-Siddiq
💡 Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) accompanied the Prophet ﷺ on the Hijrah, and his companionship is mentioned in the Noble Quran in Allah's words: "when he said to his companion, 'Do not grieve.'"
Answer: Yathrib
💡 Madinah used to be called Yathrib; when the Prophet ﷺ emigrated there, it became known as the City of the Messenger of Allah, or Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah.
Answer: Makkah
💡 The Prophet ﷺ was born in Makkah and lived there until he emigrated to Madinah at the age of fifty-three.