Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created—
96:2 - Al-'Alaq
Verse 2
خَلَقَٱلۡإِنسَٰنَمِنۡعَلَقٍ٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
created humans from a clinging clot.1
96:3 - Al-'Alaq
Verse 3
ٱقۡرَأۡوَرَبُّكَٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous,
96:4 - Al-'Alaq
Verse 4
ٱلَّذِيعَلَّمَبِٱلۡقَلَمِ٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Who taught by the pen—
96:5 - Al-'Alaq
Verse 5
عَلَّمَٱلۡإِنسَٰنَمَالَمۡيَعۡلَمۡ٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
taught humanity what they knew not.1
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