From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Al-Safa (الصفا) is a small mountain outside Makkah which together with Al-Marwah is visited during the Hajj pilgrimage. This concept is part of the following classification in the ontology: Concept (root) Location Geographical Location Mountain Al-Safa (الصفا)

Quranic Concept Al-Safa الصفا Translation Al-Safa Transliteration l-ṣafā Category Mountain

Al-Safa is referred to in verse (2:158) of chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow):

Sahih International: Indeed, as-safa and al-Marwah are among the symbols of Allah. So whoever makes Hajj to the House or performs 'umrah - there is no blame upon him for walking between them. And whoever volunteers good - then indeed, Allah is appreciative and Knowing.

Visual Concept Map

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Concept map for Al-Safa. Related concepts are highlighted in blue.

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept al-safa:

(instance al-safa mountain)

See Also

• Verse List - Show other verses related to this concept in the Quran (1 occurance)
• Al-Safa and Al-Marwah - Wikipedia article
• Quran Index - Index of Quranic concepts

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