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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
grows gradually from the earth	—	General	Humankind	0	1	View
gross moral depravity	—	General	Women	1	1	View
Greetings	—	General	—	0	1	View
Greeting	التحية	General	—	0	1	View
Green	أخضر	Ontology	—	0	9	View
Greed (see Materialism)	—	General	—	0	0	View
greed brings destruction	—	General	Materialism	0	6	View
Greed	الطمع	General	—	0	33	View
Grave	القبر	General	—	0	12	View
Grateful	الشكر	General	—	0	59	View
Grapevines	العنب	General	—	0	12	View
grapes	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Grapes	الأعناب	General	—	0	12	View
Grape	عنب	Ontology	—	0	11	View
grants life and death	—	General	Allah	0	4	View
Granting	الهبة	General	—	0	28	View
Grandchildren	الأحفاد	General	—	0	1	View
Grain	حبة	Ontology	—	0	17	View
Governor	العزيز	General	—	0	3	View
Government	—	General	—	2	0	View
Gossiping	النميمة	General	—	0	3	View
Gospel	الإنجيل	Thematic	—	0	12	View
good word	—	Thematic	—	0	2	View
good things made lawful	—	General	Life	0	9	View
Goods	البضاعة	General	—	0	11	View
good deeds of ancestors don't count	—	General	Jews	0	1	View
good and evil are from Him	—	General	Allah	0	1	View
Goliath	جالوت	General	—	1	2	View
Golden calf	العجل الذهبي	General	—	0	11	View
Golden Calf	عجل الذهب	Ontology	—	2	8	View
Golden armlets	—	General	—	0	1	View
Gold	ذهب	Ontology	—	0	10	View
Gog and Magog	يأجوج ومأجوج	Ontology	—	0	3	View
go forth humbly	—	General	Fighting	0	1	View
goes to jail	—	Thematic	—	0	3	View
Gods of pre-Islamic Arabs by name	—	General	—	0	1	View
Gods	الآلهة	General	—	0	7	View
Goddesses of the pagan Arabs	—	General	—	2	1	View
Goat	ماعز	Ontology	—	0	1	View
Glory	—	General	—	0	0	View
Glorification	—	General	—	0	0	View
Glass	زجاج	Ontology	—	0	2	View
giving it all up for him	—	General	Allah	0	4	View
gives life and causes death	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
gives humans free will	—	General	Allah	0	1	View
gives abundant or limited provisions	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
given to David	—	General	Psalms	0	1	View
given the Psalms	—	General	David	0	1	View
given free will	—	General	Humankind	0	1	View
Girl	—	General	—	0	0	View
Ginger	زنجبيل	Ontology	—	0	2	View
gift of male offspring	—	General	Children	0	1	View
gift of female offspring	—	General	Children	0	1	View
gift of children	—	Thematic	—	0	2	View
Gift	—	General	—	0	0	View
Geographic locations and History	—	General	—	2	0	View
Geographical Location	—	Ontology	—	0	0	View
Generosity	—	General	—	0	0	View
Generation	—	General	—	0	0	View
general religious	—	General	Commandments	0	62	View
Gathering	—	General	—	0	0	View
Garlic	ثوم	Ontology	—	0	1	View
garlic	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
garden owners	—	Thematic	—	0	16	View
Garden of Eden	جنات عدن	Ontology	—	0	11	View
Garden	—	General	—	0	0	View
Games of Chance	—	General	—	0	0	View
Gambling	—	General	—	0	0	View
Gabriel	—	Thematic	—	0	2	View
Future	—	General	—	1	0	View
full siblings	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
full of wisdom	—	General	Qur'an	0	1	View
Full of Forgiveness and severe in punishment	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
full bath (ghusl)	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Fuel	—	General	—	0	0	View
Fruit	—	General	—	0	0	View
from seminal fluid	—	General	creation of	0	1	View
from male and female	—	General	creation of	0	1	View
from his emigration (hijrah) to Medina	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
from earth	—	General	creation of	0	1	View
from dust	—	General	creation of	0	7	View
from dark transmuted slime	—	General	creation of	0	3	View
from clay	—	General	creation of	1	9	View
from behind a veil	—	General	Revelation	0	1	View
from among angels and humans	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
from a drop of sperm	—	General	creation of	0	11	View
frogs	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Frog	ضفدع	Ontology	—	0	1	View
Friends	—	General	—	2	1	View
Friday congregation	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Friday	الجمعة	Ontology	—	0	1	View
free slaves after fighting ends	—	General	Fighting	0	1	View
Freeing slaves	—	Thematic	—	0	0	View
freeing	—	General	Slaves	6	0	View
free choice	—	Thematic	—	0	3	View
free a slave	—	General	contrition to reconcile	0	1	View
fraud	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
four witnesses required in order to "convict"	—	General	women	0	1	View
four sacred	—	General	Months	1	1	View
four months to change his mind	—	General	Man	0	1	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