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She-camel of Thamud

Verses describing the hamstringing and killing of the miraculous she-camel sent to the people of Thamud.

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verses
3
Meccan
0
Medinan
0.97
cohesion

Cohesion is how alike these verses are to the group’s centre, from 0 to 1.

The verses

Closest to the group’s centre first.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:157✦ skyread

    فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَٰدِمِينَ

    But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.

  • Al-Qamar 54:29✦ skyread

    فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ

    But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her].

  • Hud 11:65✦ skyread

    فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ فِى دَارِكُمْ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ذَٰلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ

    But they hamstrung her, so he said, "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. That is a promise not to be denied."

Where it falls

These verses across the book in reading order. Most of them sit in Ash-Shu'araa.

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How it sounds

Measured against the whole book, so the difference is what matters.

mercy0× the book

how strongly mercy sounds

judgment1.78× the book

how strongly judgment sounds

command0.9× the book

how much it instructs rather than describes

the hereafter0.31× the book

how much it points beyond this life

warmth0.37× the book

how positive the verse feels

intensity1.18× the book

how charged the language is

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