From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Louse (القمل) is one of the insects 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 Insect Louse (القمل)

Quranic Concept Louse القمل Translation Louse Transliteration l-qumal Category Insect

Louse is referred to in verse (7:133) of chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights):

Sahih International: So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.

Visual Concept Map

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

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept louse:

(instance louse insect)

See Also

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

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