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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
Social ettiquette	—	Thematic	—	0	0	View
Sodom	سدوم	General	—	0	4	View
Soil	ثرى	Ontology	—	0	8	View
solar and lunar orbits	—	General	celestial mechanics	0	12	View
Soldiers	الجنود	General	—	0	27	View
sold into slavery	—	Thematic	—	0	2	View
sold to an Egyptian	—	General	Joseph	0	1	View
Solomon	سليمان	Ontology Thematic	—	2	44	View
Solomon (ﷺ)	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
some	—	General	Rabbis	3	0	View
some believed in the message of the Quran	—	Thematic	—	0	4	View
some devour people's possessions	—	General	Monks	0	1	View
some distort meanings of all revelations	—	General	Jews	1	3	View
some not mentioned	—	General	Prophet	0	1	View
some superior	—	General	Prophet	0	2	View
some turn people away from Allah	—	General	Monks	0	1	View
some types criticised	—	General	Monastic asceticism	0	1	View
some verses direct, some allegorical	—	General	Qur'an	0	1	View
Sons	الأبناء	General	—	0	46	View
Soothsayer	الكاهن	General	—	0	1	View
Sorcery	السحر	General	—	1	82	View
Soul	النفس	General	—	0	127	View
source of health	—	General	Qur'an	0	2	View
Spark	الشرارة	General	—	0	4	View
Spathe	الطلع	General	—	0	5	View
speak justly toward those in want, if you can do nothing else	—	General	Behavior	0	1	View
speak kindly to them	—	General	Disbelievers (see also Hypocrites)	0	1	View
Speck	الصغيرة	General	—	0	8	View
Spending	الإنفاق	General	—	0	52	View
spending to earn praise forbidden	—	General	Charity	0	1	View
spherical shape of the earth	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Spider	عنكبوت	Ontology	—	0	1	View
spider	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Spirit	الروح	General	—	0	15	View
Spouse	الزوج	General	—	0	62	View
spouses and maternal siblings	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
spouses are raiment for each other	—	General	Marriage	0	1	View
Spouses (a time when they are evil for you)	—	General	—	0	1	View
Springs	العيون	General	—	0	19	View
squandering	—	General	Materialism	0	2	View
squash	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Stairway	السلم	General	—	0	3	View
Stakes	الأوتاد	General	—	0	3	View
Stamp	الختم	General	—	0	3	View
standing	—	General	Prayer	0	1	View
standing up for justice	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
standing up for the rights of orphans and women	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Star	نجم	Ontology	—	0	18	View
stars	—	Thematic	Day	5	8	View
Stars	النجوم	General	—	0	21	View
Statue	التمثال	General	—	0	2	View
stay for a limited duration	—	General	Hell (the fire, the blazing flame)	0	1	View
Stealing	السرقة	General	—	2	9	View
still smoke	—	General	Sky	0	1	View
Stinginess	البخل	General	—	0	47	View
stingy	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Stones	الحجارة	General	—	0	14	View
stood in first temple at Bakkah	—	General	Abraham	0	2	View
Stories	—	Thematic	—	0	0	View
storm	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
storms	—	General	Weather	0	2	View
Storms	العواصف	General	—	0	2	View
story of the sacrifice	—	Thematic	—	0	14	View
story with Pharaoh	—	Thematic	—	0	35	View
story with the ant	—	Thematic	—	0	5	View
story with the hoopoe	—	Thematic	—	0	9	View
story with the Queen of Sheba	—	Thematic	—	0	23	View
Strength	القوة	General	—	0	18	View
striking people	—	General	lightning	0	1	View
Strive	الجهاد	General	—	0	26	View
striving hard against	—	General	Disbelievers (see also Hypocrites)	0	3	View
striving hard against disbelievers	—	General	Jihad (fighting, striving, struggling, endeavoring)	0	3	View
striving hard in Allah's cause	—	General	Jihad (fighting, striving, struggling, endeavoring)	0	21	View
Studying	الدراسة	General	—	0	5	View
study it	—	General	History	0	4	View
study nature to aquire	—	General	Knowledge	0	13	View
style of	—	General	Prayer	0	2	View
Submission	الإسلام	General	—	0	37	View
subtly showing interest during the waiting period	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Success	الفلاح	General	—	0	41	View
Succession	الخلافة	General	—	0	19	View
Suffering	الشقاء	General	—	0	6	View
Suicide	الإنتحار	General	—	0	2	View
summary	—	General	Inheritance	0	1	View
summons from	—	General	Muhammed	0	1	View
Sun	الشمس	Ontology	—	0	34	View
sun	—	General	celestial mechanics	0	12	View
sun and moon brought together (solar eclipse or solar expansion?)	—	General	Resurrection	0	1	View
Sunrise	المشرق	General	—	0	3	View
sunrise	—	General	Astronomy	0	3	View
Sunset	المغرب	General	—	0	3	View
sunset	—	General	Astronomy	0	3	View
Supplication	الدعاء	General	—	0	101	View
Supplications	—	Thematic	—	0	0	View
support wife fully	—	General	Man	3	0	View
Suwa	سواع	Ontology	—	0	1	View
swallowed by whale then saved	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Swear	القسم	General	—	0	26	View
Swine	الخنزير	General	—	0	5	View
Synagogue	صلوات	Ontology	—	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