From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Garlic (ثوم) is one of the types of plant mentioned in the Quran. This concept is part of the following classification in the ontology: Concept (root) Living Creation Organic Object Biological Organism Plant Garlic (ثوم)

Quranic Concept Garlic ثوم Translation Garlic Transliteration thūm Category Plant

Garlic is referred to in verse (2:61) of chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow):

Sahih International: And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we can never endure one [kind of] food. So call upon your Lord to bring forth for us from the earth its green herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions." [Moses] said, "Would you exchange what is better for what is less? Go into [any] settlement and indeed, you will have what you have asked." And they were covered with humiliation and poverty and returned with anger from Allah [upon them]. That was because they [repeatedly] disbelieved in the signs of Allah and killed the prophets without right. That was because they disobeyed and were [habitually] transgressing.

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Concept map for Garlic. Related concepts are highlighted in blue.

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept garlic:

(instance garlic plant)

See Also

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

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