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Browse all Quranic topics organized by Ontology, Thematic, and General categories. Click on any topic to see associated ayahs.

Ontology Topics

The Quranic Ontology uses knowledge representation to define key concepts in the Quran and show their relationships using predicate logic. The ontology is based on traditional Quranic analysis, including the hadīth of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the tafsīr of Ibn Kathīr. Named entities in verses, such as historic people and places, are linked to concepts in the ontology through named entity tagging.

The ontology is a graph of 300 linked concepts and 350 relations, providing a structured map of Quranic knowledge. Ontology topics are sourced from Quran corpus project.

Thematic Topics

Thematic topics are grouped into three major themes, each highlighting a different dimension of Quranic teachings:

۩ Doctrine — Focuses on a Muslim’s relationship with Allah, with others, and with creation. Includes acts of worship, family relations, business transactions, and moral interactions.
⌛ Stories — Narratives such as those of Moses, Noah, and Ṣâliḥ, which reassured the Prophet ﷺ during rejection in Mecca and served as warnings for disbelievers (see 11:120–123). Other stories, like Joseph and Job, emphasize moral lessons.
☼ The Unseen — Belief in Allah’s qualities, angels, resurrection, and judgment. These reinforce faith in the divine through the heart, beyond physical perception.

Thematic topics are sourced from Clear Quran translation.

General Topics

General topics cover a wide range of Quranic subjects that don’t fall directly under Ontology or Thematic categories. These provide an accessible entry point for readers to explore various aspects of the Quran.

Topic Name ⇅	Arabic Name	Type	Parent	Children	Ayahs ⇅	Action
honoured in this life and the next	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Honouring one's own parents	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Honours bestowed on the Prophet ﷺ	—	Thematic	—	0	0	View
Hoopoe	هدهد	Ontology	—	0	8	View
hoopoe	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Hope	الأمل	General	—	0	7	View
Horizon	أفق	Ontology	—	0	6	View
horrors of the apocalypse	—	Thematic	—	0	2	View
Horse	حصان	Ontology	—	0	14	View
Horses	—	General	—	0	2	View
horses	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Hospitality	الضيافة	General	—	0	10	View
Hostility	الشقاق	General	—	0	15	View
Hour	الساعة	General	—	0	44	View
Houries	حور عين	General	—	0	4	View
hours of	—	General	Fasting	0	1	View
hours of fasting	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
House	البيت	General	—	0	58	View
House of	—	General	Moses	0	1	View
Housing	السكن	General	—	0	1	View
Hud	هود	Ontology Thematic	—	0	39	View
Human	الإنسان	Ontology	—	0	93	View
Human Body	الجسم الإسناني	General	—	0	54	View
Humankind	البشرية	General	—	9	55	View
humans (an authority on earth)	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
humans and jinn created for a purpose	—	Thematic	—	0	3	View
humans created from male and female gametes	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Humble	التواضع	General	—	0	29	View
Humbled eyes	أبصار خاشعة	General	—	0	4	View
Humiliation	الذلة	General	—	0	30	View
Humility	التواضع	Thematic	—	0	30	View
Hunain	حنين	General	—	0	1	View
Hunayn	حنين	Ontology	—	0	1	View
Hundred	مائة	General	—	0	7	View
Hunger	الجوع	General	—	0	10	View
Hunting	الصيد	General	—	1	7	View
hunting forbidden	—	General	Hajj	2	3	View
Hur'in (a.k.a. Houries)	—	General	—	0	4	View
hurting themselves by their misinterpretations	—	General	Jews	0	1	View
Husband	البعل	General	—	0	8	View
husband not to take back anything of the dowry	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Hydrology	علم المياه	General	—	1	4	View
Hypocrite	المنافق	General	—	0	52	View
Hypocrites	—	General	—	1	51	View
hypocrites	—	Thematic	—	0	5	View
hypocrites’ prayers	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
hypocrites will be slain in Medina during the "War of the Confederates"	—	General	Killing	0	2	View
Iblis	إبليس	Ontology	—	0	99	View
Iblis (Satan)	—	General	—	0	85	View
Ibrahim	إبراهيم	Ontology	—	0	45	View
Idol	الأصنام	Ontology	—	0	8	View
Idolatry	الوثنية	General	—	0	2	View
idols (among the people of Abraham ﷺ)	—	Thematic	—	0	2	View
Idrees	إدريس	General	—	0	3	View
Idris	إدريس	Ontology	—	0	3	View
if foes cease, then you must cease	—	General	Fighting	0	4	View
if she nurses ex-husband’s child,	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
if she's nursing your child	—	General	support wife fully	0	1	View
if there aren't four witnesses	—	General	adultery	0	4	View
if those two should falter	—	General	two witnesses when you declare it	0	1	View
if unable	—	General	Marriage	0	1	View
if woman fears mistreatment from her husband	—	General	Marriage	0	1	View
Ignorance	الجهل	General	—	0	24	View
ignorant at time of birth	—	General	Children	0	1	View
ilâ' (for more than four months)	—	Thematic	—	0	2	View
Ill	المريض	General	—	0	12	View
ill willed	—	General	Women	1	1	View
Immorality	الفحشاء	General	—	2	24	View
immortal youths in	—	General	Heaven	0	2	View
impatient	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Imposter	الدجال	General	—	0	1	View
Imposters	—	General	—	1	0	View
Impurity	النجاسة	General	—	0	4	View
Imran	عمران	Ontology	—	0	3	View
Imran, House of	—	General	—	0	1	View
in Allah's cause	—	General	Fighting	0	9	View
in all revelations	—	General	Belief	0	2	View
inclination of rotational axis to orbital plane	—	General	Earth	0	2	View
indirect reference to?	—	General	Burial	0	1	View
in divorce	—	General	equality of	0	1	View
in due measure and proportion	—	General	Creation of everything	0	1	View
Infant	الطفل	General	—	0	4	View
Infertility	العقر	General	—	0	5	View
Infidelity	الكفر	General	—	0	14	View
Inhabitant	الساكن	General	—	0	15	View
in Heaven	—	General	Children	0	3	View
Inheritance	الميراث	Thematic	—	5	9	View
Injeel	الإنجيل	Ontology	—	0	12	View
Ink	حبر	Ontology	—	0	1	View
inmates will neither die nor remain alive	—	General	Hell (the fire, the blazing flame)	0	1	View
Innovation	البدعة‎	General	—	0	54	View
in opposite duality	—	General	Creation of everything	0	3	View
inquire about the creation of Adam	—	Thematic	—	0	5	View
inquires about resurrection	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
in Ramaḍân	—	Thematic	—	0	3	View
Insect	—	Ontology	—	0	0	View
insects	—	Thematic	—	0	0	View
In sha' Allah	—	General	—	0	1	View
insignificant compared to the Universe	—	General	Humankind	0	1	View
in six "days"	—	General	creation of	0	6	View

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