From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Snake (حية) 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 Snake (حية)

Quranic Concept Snake حية Translation Snake Transliteration ḥayyah Category Animal

Snake is referred to in verse (28:31) of chapter (28) sūrat l-qaṣaṣ (The Stories):

Sahih International: And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it was a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], "O Moses, approach and fear not. Indeed, you are of the secure.

Visual Concept Map

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

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept snake:

(instance snake animal)

See Also

• Verse List - Show other verses related to this concept in the Quran (5 occurances)
• Snake - Wikipedia article
• Quran Index - Index of Quranic concepts

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