From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Mosquito (بعوضة) 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 Mosquito (بعوضة)

Quranic Concept Mosquito بعوضة Translation Mosquito Transliteration baʿūḍah Category Insect

Mosquito is referred to in verse (2:26) of chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow):

Sahih International: Indeed, Allah is not timid to present an example - that of a mosquito or what is smaller than it. And those who have believed know that it is the truth from their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, they say, "What did Allah intend by this as an example?" He misleads many thereby and guides many thereby. And He misleads not except the defiantly disobedient,

Visual Concept Map

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

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept mosquito:

(instance mosquito insect)

See Also

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

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