Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the day and night there are signs for people of reason.
88:20 - Al-Ghashiyah
Verse 20
وَإِلَىٱلۡأَرۡضِكَيۡفَسُطِحَتۡ٢٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
and the earth—how it was levelled out?
88:19 - Al-Ghashiyah
Verse 19
وَإِلَىٱلۡجِبَالِكَيۡفَنُصِبَتۡ١٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
and the mountains—how they were firmly set up;
88:18 - Al-Ghashiyah
Verse 18
وَإِلَىٱلسَّمَآءِكَيۡفَرُفِعَتۡ١٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;
88:17 - Al-Ghashiyah
Verse 17
أَفَلَايَنظُرُونَإِلَىٱلۡإِبِلِكَيۡفَخُلِقَتۡ١٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created;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