She-camel of Thamud
Verses describing the hamstringing and killing of the miraculous she-camel sent to the people of Thamud.
- 3
- 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.
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَٰدِمِينَ
But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.
فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ
But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her].
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.
A histogram of where this topic’s verses fall across the book in reading order.
How it sounds
Measured against the whole book, so the difference is what matters.
how strongly mercy sounds
how strongly judgment sounds
how much it instructs rather than describes
how much it points beyond this life
how positive the verse feels
how charged the language is
The pale line in each bar is the whole book’s average for that channel.
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