From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Sheep (غنم) 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 Sheep (غنم)

Quranic Concept Sheep غنم Translation Sheep Transliteration ghanam Category Animal

Sheep is referred to in verse (20:18) of chapter (20) sūrat ṭā hā:

Sahih International: He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."

Visual Concept Map

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

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept sheep:

(instance sheep animal)

See Also

• Verse List - Show other verses related to this concept in the Quran (8 occurances)
• Domestic sheep - Wikipedia article
• Quran Index - Index of Quranic concepts

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