From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Wolf (ذئب) is one of the animals 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 Animal Wolf (ذئب)

Quranic Concept Wolf ذئب Translation Wolf Transliteration dhi'b Category Animal

Wolf is referred to in verse (12:13) of chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph):

Sahih International: [Jacob] said, "Indeed, it saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that a wolf would eat him while you are of him unaware."

Visual Concept Map

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

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept wolf:

(instance wolf animal)

See Also

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

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