From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Children of Adam (بنى آدم) is an alternative name mentioned in the Quran that refers to humanity, the descendents of Adam. This category is part of the following classification in the ontology: Concept (root) Living Creation Sentient Creation Children of Adam (بنى آدم)

Quranic Concept Children of Adam بنى آدم Translation Children of Adam Transliteration banī ādam Parent category Sentient Creation Alternative name Human

Children of Adam is referred to in verse (17:70) of chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey):

Sahih International: And We have certainly honored the children of Adam and carried them on the land and sea and provided for them of the good things and preferred them over much of what We have created, with [definite] preference.

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Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept children-of-adam:

(name-of children-of-adam human)
(subclass children-of-adam sentient-creation)

See Also

• Verse List - Show other verses related to this concept in the Quran (7 occurances)
• Islamic views on Adam - Wikipedia article
• Quran Index - Index of Quranic concepts

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