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Abel (هابيل)

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From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Abel (هابيل) is the brother of Cain and son of Adam. The story of Cain and Abel is mentioned in the Quran. This concept is part of the following classification in the ontology:

Concept (root)
Living Creation
Sentient Creation
Human
Historic Person
Abel (هابيل)
Quranic Concept
Abel
هابيل
TranslationAbel
Transliterationhābīl
CategoryHistoric Person
FatherAdam


Abel is referred to in verse (5:27) of chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food):

Sahih International: And recite to them the story of Adam's two sons, in truth, when they both offered a sacrifice [to Allah], and it was accepted from one of them but was not accepted from the other. Said [the latter], "I will surely kill you." Said [the former], "Indeed, Allah only accepts from the righteous [who fear Him].


Visual Concept Map

The map below shows the part of the visual ontology for this concept. You can click on other concepts in the map for related information:

AbelAdamAyyubCainDavidElishaHarunIdrisImranSolomonYahya

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

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept abel:

(son-of abel adam)
(instance abel historic-person)

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