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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
falsely follow other people's conjectures	—	General	Religion	0	2	View
falsely guided by ancestral concept of	—	General	Religion	0	1	View
false testimony	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Family	الأهل	General	—	0	1	View
fast approaching	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
fast for 2 consecutive months	—	General	contrition to reconcile	0	1	View
Fasting	الصيام	Thematic	—	2	11	View
fasting during	—	General	Hajj	0	1	View
fasting during pilgrimage	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Fat	الشحم	General	—	0	1	View
Fate and destiny	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
fateful encounter at the burning bush	—	Thematic	—	0	28	View
Father	الآباء	General	—	0	50	View
Fathers	الآباء	General	—	0	50	View
Favor	الإمتنان	General	—	0	6	View
Fear	الخشية	General	—	0	90	View
fear ill treatment by husband	—	General	Woman	0	1	View
feed 60 needy people	—	General	contrition to reconcile	0	1	View
Feeding	—	Thematic	—	0	0	View
feeding or clothing 10, freeing a slave, fasting for 3 days	—	General	atonement for broken ones	0	1	View
Female	الأنثى	General	—	0	31	View
female children buried alive will ask for what crime she'd been killed	—	General	Killing	0	2	View
female offspring buried alive will ask for what crime she'd been slain	—	General	Children	0	2	View
fervent cries	—	Thematic	—	0	2	View
fetus in three layers of darkness	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
fifty thousand years	—	General	a day for Him is	0	1	View
Fig	تين	Ontology	—	0	1	View
fig	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Fighting	القتال	General	—	15	50	View
fighting forbidden during	—	General	four sacred	1	1	View
fights between	—	General	and Christians	0	1	View
filled with mighty guards and flames	—	General	Heaven	0	1	View
Filth	الرجس	General	—	0	11	View
Final Hour	—	Thematic	—	0	0	View
Financial	—	Thematic	—	0	0	View
find wet-nurse if necessary	—	General	Divorce	0	1	View
Finger	أصابع	Ontology	—	0	5	View
fingerprints	—	Thematic	—	0	2	View
Firdous	الفردوس	Ontology	—	0	2	View
Fire	النار	General	—	0	2	View
Fire growling and roaring	—	Thematic	—	0	2	View
Firewood	الحطب	General	—	0	6	View
First and the Last (alpha and omega)	—	General	is the	0	1	View
first temple	—	General	Bakkah	0	1	View
first temple at Bakkah	—	General	Geographic locations and History	0	1	View
Fish	حوت	Ontology	—	0	5	View
fish	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Five	خمسة	General	—	0	3	View
five objectives of Sharia: protecting faith	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
flash of fire followed by smoke	—	General	Day	0	1	View
Flaw	التفاوت	General	—	0	1	View
fleeting world	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Flood	الفيضان	General	—	0	12	View
flood	—	General	Noah	0	12	View
Flower	—	General	—	0	0	View
flung open	—	General	skies	0	1	View
Fly	ذباب	Ontology	—	0	1	View
fly	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
followers above others on Resurrection day	—	General	Jesus	0	1	View
followers of	—	General	Old Testament	0	1	View
followers of Jesus above non-believers	—	General	Resurrection	0	1	View
Food	—	Ontology	—	0	0	View
food	—	General	Health rules	1	12	View
food restrictions	—	General	and Christians	0	1	View
Food (see also Health rules)	—	General	—	2	4	View
foods forbidden to Jews	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
foods which are forbidden for	—	General	Jews	0	1	View
Fool	—	General	—	0	0	View
Foot	—	General	—	0	0	View
Footsteps	—	General	—	0	0	View
for a second chance	—	Thematic	—	0	2	View
forbidden	—	General	Usury	2	19	View
Forbidden	—	General	—	0	0	View
forbidden are those who fight against you because of your religion	—	General	Friends	0	1	View
forbidden during the four sacred months	—	General	Fighting	0	1	View
forbidden except in dire circumstances	—	General	Intoxicants	0	3	View
forbidden with disbelieving kin	—	General	Alliances	0	1	View
forbidden with hypocrites	—	General	Alliances	0	4	View
for death	—	Thematic	—	0	5	View
Forehead	جبهة	Ontology	—	0	1	View
Forelock	ناصية	Ontology	—	0	4	View
foremost believers	—	Thematic	—	0	16	View
Forenoon	—	General	—	0	0	View
foretells future events	—	Thematic	—	0	7	View
foretold by Jesus	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
for food and water	—	Thematic	—	0	2	View
Forgetting	—	General	—	0	4	View
forgive debt	—	General	Usury	0	1	View
forgive Jews who distort the Qur'an	—	General	Behavior	0	1	View
forgiven after destruction of	—	General	Golden Calf	0	2	View
forgiven by Allah	—	Thematic	—	0	1	View
Forgiveness	—	Thematic	—	0	0	View
forgiveness for (before discovery)	—	General	cutting off hands as punishment	0	1	View
forgive non-believers	—	General	Behavior	0	2	View
forgive readily	—	General	Behavior	0	1	View
forgive them	—	General	some distort meanings of all revelations	0	1	View
Forgoing	—	General	—	0	0	View
forgoing it will be better	—	General	retribution in (also adopted by Muslims)	0	1	View
for helpless	—	General	exemptions	0	2	View
for ill	—	General	exemptions	0	2	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