From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Egypt (مصر) is a land mentioned in the Quran that refers to what is known today as Ancient Egypt. The Pyramids of Giza (c. 2500 BC) are part of the long history of Ancient Egyptian civilization. This concept is part of the following classification in the ontology: Concept (root) Location Geographical Location Historic Land Egypt (مصر)

Quranic Concept Egypt مصر Translation Egypt Transliteration miṣr Category Historic Land

Egypt is referred to in verse (10:87) of chapter (10) sūrat yūnus (Jonah):

Sahih International: And We inspired to Moses and his brother, "Settle your people in Egypt in houses and make your houses [facing the] qiblah and establish prayer and give good tidings to the believers."

Visual Concept Map

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

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept egypt:

(instance egypt historic-land)

See Also

• Verse List - Show other verses related to this concept in the Quran (4 occurances)
• Ancient Egypt - Wikipedia article
• Quran Index - Index of Quranic concepts

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