But they turned away. So We sent against them a devastating flood, and replaced their orchards with two others producing bitter fruit, fruitless bushes,1 and a few ˹sparse˺ thorny trees.2
53:16 - An-Najm
Verse 16
إِذۡيَغۡشَىٱلسِّدۡرَةَمَايَغۡشَىٰ١٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
while the Lote Tree was overwhelmed with ˹heavenly˺ splendours!
53:14 - An-Najm
Verse 14
عِندَسِدۡرَةِٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ١٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
at the Lote Tree of the most extreme limit ˹in the seventh heaven˺—
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