How many times is the Camel mentioned in the Qur’an?

What was counted

Most mentions: Al-A'raf (2), Al-An'am (1), Hud (1), Al-Isra (1), Ash-Shu'ara (1).

Every mention

• 6:144 · Al-An'amٱلْإِبِلِ the camelsAnd of the camels, two and of the cattle, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Or were you witnesses when Allah charged you with this? Then who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah to mislead the people by [something] other than knowledge? Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people."
• 7:73 · Al-A'rafنَاقَةُ (is) a she-camelAnd to the Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of Allah [sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allah 's land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.
• 7:77 · Al-A'rafٱلنَّاقَةَ the she-camelSo they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Salih, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."
• 11:64 · Hudنَاقَةُ she-camelAnd O my people, this is the she-camel of Allah - [she is] to you a sign. So let her feed upon Allah 's earth and do not touch her with harm, or you will be taken by an impending punishment."
• 17:59 · Al-Israٱلنَّاقَةَ the she-camelAnd nothing has prevented Us from sending signs except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamud the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her. And We send not the signs except as a warning.
• 26:155 · Ash-Shu'araنَاقَةٌۭ (is) a she-camelHe said, "This is a she-camel. For her is a [time of] drink, and for you is a [time of] drink, [each] on a known day.
• 54:27 · Al-Qamarٱلنَّاقَةِ the she-camelIndeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.
• 88:17 · Al-Ghashiyahٱلْإِبِلِ the camelsThen do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
• 91:13 · Ash-Shamsنَاقَةَ (It is the) she-camelAnd the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."

How we count

Each Qur’an word built on the words above counts once, in any form (singular, dual or plural, with or without prefixes such as wa- or al-). Counts published elsewhere often differ because they count different forms or phrases. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.

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