From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Companions of the Elephant (أصحاب الفيل) are a group of people whose story is recounted in the chapter of the Quran named "The Elephant". This category is part of the following classification in the ontology: Concept (root) Living Creation Sentient Creation Human Historic People Companions of the Elephant (أصحاب الفيل)

Quranic Concept Companions of the Elephant أصحاب الفيل Translation Companions of the Elephant Transliteration aṣḥābu l-fīl Parent category Historic People

Companions of the Elephant are referred to in verse (105:1) of chapter (105) sūrat l-fīl (The Elephant):

Sahih International: Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?

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Concept map for Companions of the Elephant. Related concepts are highlighted in blue.

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept companions-of-the-elephant:

(subclass companions-of-the-elephant historic-people)

See Also

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

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