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Camel (جمل)

Ontology
Camel (جمل) is one of the Animals mentioned by name in the Quran.
Parent Topic: Animal

Ayahs Associated with This Topic (22)

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81:4 - At-Takwir

Verse 4

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
and when pregnant camels are left untended,1
59:6 - Al-Hashr

Verse 6

وَمَآ أَفَآءَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ مِنۡهُمۡ فَمَآ أَوۡجَفۡتُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ خَيۡلٖ وَلَا رِكَابٖ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسَلِّطُ رُسُلَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
As for the gains Allah has turned over to His Messenger from them—you did not ˹even˺ spur on any horse or camel for such gains. But Allah gives authority to His messengers over whoever He wills. For Allah is Most Capable of everything.
91:13 - Ash-Shams

Verse 13

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا ١٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
But the messenger of Allah warned them, “˹Do not disturb˺ Allah’s camel and her ˹turn to˺ drink!”
88:17 - Al-Ghashiyah

Verse 17

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ ١٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created;1
54:27 - Al-Qamar

Verse 27

إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ٢٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
We are sending the she-camel as a test for them. So watch them ˹closely˺, and have patience.
77:30 - Al-Mursalat

Verse 30

ٱنطَلِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ ظِلّٖ ذِي ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٖ ٣٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Proceed into the shade ˹of smoke˺ which rises in three columns,
77:31 - Al-Mursalat

Verse 31

لَّا ظَلِيلٖ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ ٣١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
providing neither coolness nor shelter from the flames.
77:32 - Al-Mursalat

Verse 32

إِنَّهَا تَرۡمِي بِشَرَرٖ كَٱلۡقَصۡرِ ٣٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, it hurls sparks ˹as big˺ as huge castles,
77:33 - Al-Mursalat

Verse 33

كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٞ صُفۡرٞ ٣٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
and ˹as dark˺ as black camels.”1
7:40 - Al-A'raf

Verse 40

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ عَنۡهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمۡ أَبۡوَٰبُ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَا يَدۡخُلُونَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ ٱلۡجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ ٱلۡخِيَاطِۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٤٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Surely those who receive our revelations with denial and arrogance, the gates of heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel passes through the eye of a needle. This is how We reward the wicked.
56:51 - Al-Waqi'ah

Verse 51

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ ٥١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then you, O  misguided deniers,
56:52 - Al-Waqi'ah

Verse 52

لَأٓكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٖ مِّن زَقُّومٖ ٥٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
will certainly eat from ˹the fruit of˺ the trees of Zaqqûm,1
56:53 - Al-Waqi'ah

Verse 53

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ ٥٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
filling up ˹your˺ bellies with it.
56:54 - Al-Waqi'ah

Verse 54

فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ٥٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then on top of that you will drink boiling water—
56:55 - Al-Waqi'ah

Verse 55

فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِيمِ ٥٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
and you will drink ˹it˺ like thirsty camels do.”
17:59 - Al-Isra

Verse 59

وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرۡسِلَ بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَۚ وَءَاتَيۡنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبۡصِرَةٗ فَظَلَمُواْ بِهَاۚ وَمَا نُرۡسِلُ بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ إِلَّا تَخۡوِيفٗا ٥٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Nothing keeps Us from sending the ˹demanded˺ signs except that they had ˹already˺ been denied by earlier peoples. And We gave Thamûd the she-camel as a clear sign, but they wrongfully rejected it.1 We only send the signs as a warning.
11:64 - Hud

Verse 64

وَيَٰقَوۡمِ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمۡ ءَايَةٗۖ فَذَرُوهَا تَأۡكُلۡ فِيٓ أَرۡضِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابٞ قَرِيبٞ ٦٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And O  my people! This she-camel of Allah is a sign for you.1 So leave her to graze ˹freely˺ on Allah’s earth and do her no harm, or a swift punishment will overtake you!”
12:72 - Yusuf

Verse 72

قَالُواْ نَفۡقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلۡمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمۡلُ بَعِيرٖ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٞ ٧٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
The herald ˹along with the guards˺ replied, “We have lost the King’s measuring cup. And whoever brings it will be awarded a camel-load ˹of grain˺. I guarantee it.”
7:73 - Al-A'raf

Verse 73

وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمۡ صَٰلِحٗاۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥۖ قَدۡ جَآءَتۡكُم بَيِّنَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡۖ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمۡ ءَايَةٗۖ فَذَرُوهَا تَأۡكُلۡ فِيٓ أَرۡضِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٧٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And to the people of Thamûd We sent their brother Ṣâliḥ. He said, “O my people! Worship Allah—you have no other god except Him. A clear proof has come to you from your Lord: this is Allah’s she-camel as a sign to you. So leave her to graze ˹freely˺ on Allah’s land and do not harm her, or else you will be overcome by a painful punishment.
7:77 - Al-A'raf

Verse 77

فَعَقَرُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَقَالُواْ يَٰصَٰلِحُ ٱئۡتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٧٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then they killed the she-camel—defying their Lord’s command—and challenged ˹Ṣâliḥ˺, “Bring us what you threaten us with, if you are ˹truly˺ one of the messengers.”
6:144 - Al-An'am

Verse 144

وَمِنَ ٱلۡإِبِلِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِ وَمِنَ ٱلۡبَقَرِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِۗ قُلۡ ءَآلذَّكَرَيۡنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلۡأُنثَيَيۡنِ أَمَّا ٱشۡتَمَلَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ أَرۡحَامُ ٱلۡأُنثَيَيۡنِۖ أَمۡ كُنتُمۡ شُهَدَآءَ إِذۡ وَصَّىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَاۚ فَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗا لِّيُضِلَّ ٱلنَّاسَ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٍۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٤٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
and a pair of camels and a pair of oxen. Ask ˹them˺, “Has He forbidden ˹to you˺ the two males or the two females or what is in the wombs of the two females? Or were you present when Allah gave you this commandment?” Who does more wrong than those who fabricate lies against Allah to mislead others without ˹any˺ knowledge? Surely Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
26:155 - Ash-Shu'ara

Verse 155

قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ١٥٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Ṣâliḥ said, “Here is a camel. She will have her turn to drink as you have yours, each on an appointed day.

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