and a pair of camels and a pair of oxen. Ask ˹them˺, “Has He forbidden ˹to you˺ the two males or the two females or what is in the wombs of the two females? Or were you present when Allah gave you this commandment?” Who does more wrong than those who fabricate lies against Allah to mislead others without ˹any˺ knowledge? Surely Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
Then they killed the she-camel—defying their Lord’s command—and challenged ˹Ṣâliḥ˺, “Bring us what you threaten us with, if you are ˹truly˺ one of the messengers.”
And to the people of Thamûd We sent their brother Ṣâliḥ. He said, “O my people! Worship Allah—you have no other god except Him. A clear proof has come to you from your Lord: this is Allah’s she-camel as a sign to you. So leave her to graze ˹freely˺ on Allah’s land and do not harm her, or else you will be overcome by a painful punishment.
The herald ˹along with the guards˺ replied, “We have lost the King’s measuring cup. And whoever brings it will be awarded a camel-load ˹of grain˺. I guarantee it.”
And O my people! This she-camel of Allah is a sign for you.1 So leave her to graze ˹freely˺ on Allah’s earth and do her no harm, or a swift punishment will overtake you!”
Nothing keeps Us from sending the ˹demanded˺ signs except that they had ˹already˺ been denied by earlier peoples. And We gave Thamûd the she-camel as a clear sign, but they wrongfully rejected it.1 We only send the signs as a warning.
56:55 - Al-Waqi'ah
Verse 55
فَشَٰرِبُونَشُرۡبَٱلۡهِيمِ٥٥
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and you will drink ˹it˺ like thirsty camels do.”
56:54 - Al-Waqi'ah
Verse 54
فَشَٰرِبُونَعَلَيۡهِمِنَٱلۡحَمِيمِ٥٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then on top of that you will drink boiling water—
56:53 - Al-Waqi'ah
Verse 53
فَمَالِـُٔونَمِنۡهَاٱلۡبُطُونَ٥٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
filling up ˹your˺ bellies with it.
56:52 - Al-Waqi'ah
Verse 52
لَأٓكِلُونَمِنشَجَرٖمِّنزَقُّومٖ٥٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
will certainly eat from ˹the fruit of˺ the trees of Zaqqûm,1
Surely those who receive our revelations with denial and arrogance, the gates of heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel passes through the eye of a needle. This is how We reward the wicked.
77:33 - Al-Mursalat
Verse 33
كَأَنَّهُۥجِمَٰلَتٞصُفۡرٞ٣٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
and ˹as dark˺ as black camels.”1
77:32 - Al-Mursalat
Verse 32
إِنَّهَاتَرۡمِيبِشَرَرٖكَٱلۡقَصۡرِ٣٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, it hurls sparks ˹as big˺ as huge castles,
77:31 - Al-Mursalat
Verse 31
لَّاظَلِيلٖوَلَايُغۡنِيمِنَٱللَّهَبِ٣١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
providing neither coolness nor shelter from the flames.
77:30 - Al-Mursalat
Verse 30
ٱنطَلِقُوٓاْإِلَىٰظِلّٖذِيثَلَٰثِشُعَبٖ٣٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Proceed into the shade ˹of smoke˺ which rises in three columns,
As for the gains Allah has turned over to His Messenger from them—you did not ˹even˺ spur on any horse or camel for such gains. But Allah gives authority to His messengers over whoever He wills. For Allah is Most Capable of everything.
81:4 - At-Takwir
Verse 4
وَإِذَاٱلۡعِشَارُعُطِّلَتۡ٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
and when pregnant camels are left untended,1
About Ayah Topics
Each verse can be associated with multiple topics across all three categories: ontological, thematic, and general.
The topics are organized hierarchically, meaning each topic may have parent topics and child
topics.
Database Structure
The QUL exports ayah topics data as a SQLite database with the following structure:
topic_id:
Unique identifier for the topic
topic_name:
The English name of the topic
arabic_name:
The Arabic name or transliteration of the topic (if available)
verse_key:
The verse identifier in format "chapter:verse" (e.g., "2:255")
is_ontology:
Boolean indicating if this is an ontology topic
is_thematic:
Boolean indicating if this is a thematic topic
parent_topic_id:
ID of the parent topic (for hierarchical organization)
description:
Detailed description of what the topic encompasses