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Honey (عسل)

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From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Honey (عسل) is one of the foods mentioned the Quran as a sign of creation. This concept is part of the following classification in the ontology:

Concept (root)
Living Creation
Organic Object
Food
Honey (عسل)
Quranic Concept
Honey
عسل
TranslationHoney
Transliterationʿasal
CategoryFood


Honey is referred to in verse (16:69) of chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees):

Sahih International: Then eat from all the fruits and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you]." There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.


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:

BreadFoodCarrionFishGrainHoneyLocustMeatMilkPorkSaltWine

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

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept honey:

(instance honey food)

See Also

  • Verse List - Show other verses related to this concept in the Quran (2 occurances)
  • Honey - Wikipedia article
  • Quran Index - Index of Quranic concepts

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