From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Quail (سلوى) is one of the types of bird mentioned by name in the Quran. This concept is part of the following classification in the ontology: Concept (root) Living Creation Organic Object Biological Organism Bird (طائر) Quail (سلوى)

Quranic Concept Quail سلوى Translation Quail Transliteration salwā Category Bird

Quail is referred to in verse (2:57) of chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow):

Sahih International: And We shaded you with clouds and sent down to you manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not - but they were [only] wronging themselves.

Visual Concept Map

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

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept quail:

(instance quail bird)

See Also

• Verse List - Show other verses related to this concept in the Quran (3 occurances)
• Quail - Wikipedia article
• Quran Index - Index of Quranic concepts

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