From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Crow (غراب) 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) Crow (غراب)

Quranic Concept Crow غراب Translation Crow Transliteration ghurāb Category Bird

Crow is referred to in verse (5:31) of chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food):

Sahih International: Then Allah sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the body of my brother?" And he became of the regretful.

Visual Concept Map

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

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept crow:

(instance crow bird)

See Also

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

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