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Pig (خنزير)

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From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Pig (خنزير) is one of the animals 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
Animal
Pig (خنزير)
Quranic Concept
Pig
خنزير
TranslationPig
Transliterationkhinzīr
CategoryAnimal


Pig is referred to in verse (5:60) of chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food):

Sahih International: Say, "Shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that as penalty from Allah? [It is that of] those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He became angry and made of them apes and pigs and slaves of ‹aghut. Those are worse in position and further astray from the sound way."


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:

AnimalApeCamelCowCucumberDogFrogGoatGrapeHorseLionMulePigSheepSnakeWolf

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

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept pig:

(instance pig animal)

See Also

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

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