Azrael (عزرائيل) is the name of the Angel of death, according to general Islamic belief, although the name Azrael is not mentioned explicitly in the Quran.
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Your soul will be taken by the Angel of Death, who is in charge of you. Then to your Lord you will ˹all˺ be returned.”
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