Surah Al-An'am

E28508

Meccan surah Quranic surah

Surah Al-An'am is the sixth chapter of the Quran, a Meccan surah that emphasizes monotheism, divine guidance, and the refutation of idolatry.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Surah Al-An'am canonical	4
Al-An'am	2
Quran Surah Al-Anam	1
Surat al-An‘am	1
سورة الأنعام	1
سورة الأنعام (على قول مشهور عند بعض المفسرين)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T212144 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Surah Al-An'am
Context triple: [Quran, hasPart, Surah Al-An'am]

A. Surah Al-Baqarah
Surah Al-Baqarah is the second and longest chapter of the Quran, covering a wide range of theological, legal, and moral teachings central to Islamic belief and practice.
B. Surah Al-Ma'idah
Surah Al-Ma'idah is the fifth chapter of the Quran, known for its detailed legal and ethical rulings, especially concerning dietary laws, contracts, and relations with the People of the Book.
C. Surah Al-Imran
Surah Al-Imran is the third chapter of the Quran, known for its emphasis on faith, the stories of the family of Imran, and guidance for the early Muslim community.
D. Surah An-Nisa
Surah An-Nisa is the fourth chapter of the Quran, primarily addressing social justice, family law, and the rights and responsibilities of women and orphans in the Muslim community.
E. Surah Al-Fatiha
Surah Al-Fatiha is the opening chapter of the Quran, consisting of seven verses that serve as a fundamental prayer and summary of Islamic faith and guidance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Surah Al-An'am
Target entity description: Surah Al-An'am is the sixth chapter of the Quran, a Meccan surah that emphasizes monotheism, divine guidance, and the refutation of idolatry.

A. Surah Al-Baqarah
Surah Al-Baqarah is the second and longest chapter of the Quran, covering a wide range of theological, legal, and moral teachings central to Islamic belief and practice.
B. Surah Al-Ma'idah
Surah Al-Ma'idah is the fifth chapter of the Quran, known for its detailed legal and ethical rulings, especially concerning dietary laws, contracts, and relations with the People of the Book.
C. Surah Al-Imran
Surah Al-Imran is the third chapter of the Quran, known for its emphasis on faith, the stories of the family of Imran, and guidance for the early Muslim community.
D. Surah An-Nisa
Surah An-Nisa is the fourth chapter of the Quran, primarily addressing social justice, family law, and the rights and responsibilities of women and orphans in the Muslim community.
E. Surah Al-Fatiha
Surah Al-Fatiha is the opening chapter of the Quran, consisting of seven verses that serve as a fundamental prayer and summary of Islamic faith and guidance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Meccan surah ⓘ Quranic surah ⓘ
associatedWith	early Meccan period ⓘ
canonicalOrder	6 ⓘ
classification	long Meccan surah ⓘ
contains	affirmation of God as Creator and Sustainer ⓘ arguments against associating partners with God ⓘ condemnation of superstitious practices with cattle ⓘ descriptions of the fate of disbelievers ⓘ descriptions of the reward of believers ⓘ legal rulings on animals and food ⓘ narratives of earlier prophets ⓘ verses on God’s knowledge of the unseen ⓘ verses on the Day of Resurrection ⓘ verses on the sending of messengers ⓘ
emphasizes	tawhid ⓘ surface form: Tawhid following revelation ⓘ rejection of shirk ⓘ trust in God ⓘ
follows	Surah Al-Ma'idah ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
mentions	Abraham ⓘ David ⓘ Isaac ⓘ Jacob ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Jesus Mary ⓘ Moses ⓘ Noah ⓘ King Solomon ⓘ surface form: Solomon
name	Surah Al-An'am self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Al-An'am The Cattle ⓘ
numberOfVerses	165 ⓘ
openingVerseType	praise of God ⓘ
placeOfRevelation	Mecca ⓘ
positionInQuran	6 ⓘ
precedes	Surah Al-A'raf ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
revealedTo	Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad
scripture	Quran ⓘ
theme	accountability in the Hereafter ⓘ clarification of lawful and unlawful ⓘ critique of pagan rituals ⓘ divine guidance ⓘ monotheism ⓘ prophethood ⓘ refutation of idolatry ⓘ signs of God in creation ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quran → hasPart → Surah Al-An'am ⓘ

Surah Al-An'am → name → Surah Al-An'am self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-An'am

Surah Al-A'raf → precededBy → Surah Al-An'am ⓘ

The Cattle → hasArabicName → Surah Al-An'am ⓘ

this entity surface form: سورة الأنعام

The Cattle → hasTransliteration → Surah Al-An'am ⓘ

this entity surface form: Surat al-An‘am

الصافات → نزلت بعد → Surah Al-An'am ⓘ

subject surface form: سورة الصافات

this entity surface form: سورة الأنعام (على قول مشهور عند بعض المفسرين)

Prophet Ilyas → mentionedInSurah → Surah Al-An'am ⓘ

Prophet Ishaq → mentionedInSurah → Surah Al-An'am ⓘ

Prophet Zakariya → scripturalReference → Surah Al-An'am ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quran Surah Al-Anam

Yahya ibn Zakariya → mentionedInSurah → Surah Al-An'am ⓘ