# Topics

> Collections of Qur'anic verses gathered under one heading. Each one states the rule its verses were selected by.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/topics

## [“Our Lord…”](https://quran.so/topics/rabbana.md)

Every verse in which someone addresses God as rabbanā, “our Lord”, in the order the verses appear in the muṣḥaf.

- رَبَّنَا (rabbanā), our Lord
- Every verse containing the word رَبَّنَا (rabbanā), in muṣḥaf order.
- 62 verses

## [“They ask you…”](https://quran.so/topics/they-ask-you.md)

The verses that open by quoting a question put to the messenger, together with the answer that follows it.

- يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ (yasʾalūnaka), they ask thee
- Every verse containing يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ (yasʾalūnaka), وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ (wayasʾalūnaka) or يَسْـَٔلُكَ (yasʾaluka), in muṣḥaf order.
- 15 verses

## [The parables](https://quran.so/topics/parables.md)

The verses built on the Qur'an's own phrase for making a comparison, ḍaraba mathalan, “to strike a likeness”.

- ضَرَبَ مَثَلًا (ḍaraba mathalan), he struck a likeness
- Every verse containing a word from the root ض ر ب together with a word from the root م ث ل, in muṣḥaf order.
- 29 verses

## [“Hast thou not seen…”](https://quran.so/topics/have-you-not-seen.md)

Every verse that opens by asking the messenger whether he has seen something, and then names the thing.

- أَلَمْ تَرَ (alam tara), hast thou not seen
- Every verse containing the word تَرَ (tara), in muṣḥaf order. The word occurs in the Qur'an only after أَلَمْ (alam), so every verse in the list carries the same question.
- 31 verses

## [“Woe…”](https://quran.so/topics/woe.md)

The verses that pronounce woe on someone, and the verses where someone cries it about themselves.

- وَيْل (wayl), woe
- Every verse containing وَيْل (wayl) in any of its nine forms, in muṣḥaf order.
- 38 verses

## [“Signs for a people who…”](https://quran.so/topics/signs-for-a-people.md)

The verses that end by saying whom their signs are for. Each one names the faculty required to see them.

- لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ (la-āyātin li-qawmin), signs for a people
- Every verse containing both لَآيَاتٍ (la-āyātin) and لِقَوْمٍ (li-qawmin), in muṣḥaf order.
- 17 verses

## [The Qur'an on itself](https://quran.so/topics/the-quran-on-itself.md)

Every verse in which the word qurʾān appears, which is where the book says what it is, what it does, and what it is not.

- قُرْآن (qurʾān), recitation
- Every verse containing قُرْآن (qurʾān) in any of its inflected forms, in muṣḥaf order.
- 68 verses

## [Darkness and light](https://quran.so/topics/darkness-and-light.md)

The verses in which ẓulumāt and nūr appear together. The darkness is always plural and the light is always one.

- ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ · ٱلنُّورِ (al-ẓulumāt · al-nūr), the darknesses, the light
- Every verse carrying both a form of ظُلُمَات (ẓulumāt, darknesses) and a form of نُور (nūr, light), in muṣḥaf order.
- 13 verses

## [“O mankind…”](https://quran.so/topics/o-mankind.md)

The verses that open by addressing all people rather than the believers among them.

- يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ (yā ayyuhā l-nās), O mankind
- Every verse containing both يَٰٓأَيُّهَا (yā ayyuhā) and ٱلنَّاسُ (al-nās), in muṣḥaf order.
- 20 verses

## [Forgiving, Merciful](https://quran.so/topics/forgiving-merciful.md)

The verses that end on ghafūrun raḥīmun, and what each of them was about before it got there.

- غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ (ghafūrun raḥīmun), forgiving, merciful
- Every verse containing both غَفُور (ghafūr) and رَحِيم (raḥīm) in these forms, in muṣḥaf order.
- 41 verses

## [“And what will make thee know…”](https://quran.so/topics/what-will-make-thee-know.md)

Thirteen verses that stop, ask whether the reader knows what a thing is, and then say.

- وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ (wa-mā adrāka), and what will make thee know
- Every verse containing the word أَدْرَىٰكَ (adrāka), in muṣḥaf order.
- 13 verses

## [“We sent thee…”](https://quran.so/topics/we-sent-thee.md)

Every verse in which God says what the messenger was sent as, and three where He says what he was not.

- أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ (arsalnāka), We sent thee
- Every verse containing أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ (arsalnāka), in muṣḥaf order.
- 13 verses

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