An-Nisa
E148945
An-Nisa is the fourth chapter of the Qur’an, notable for its detailed guidance on social justice, family law, and the rights and responsibilities of women and orphans in Islamic society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| An-Nisa canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1309879 — 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: An-Nisa Context triple: [Surah An-Nisa, name, An-Nisa]
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A.
Nabawiyya
Nabawiyya is a character in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "The Thief and the Dogs," known primarily as the unfaithful wife whose betrayal deeply impacts the protagonist, Said Mahran.
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B.
Aisha
Aisha is a central female character in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Palace of Desire," whose relationships and personal struggles reflect the broader social and emotional tensions of early 20th-century Cairo.
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C.
Khadija
Khadija is a central female character in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Palace of Desire," known for her strong will, evolving maturity, and role within the complex dynamics of the Abd al-Jawad family.
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D.
Sawda bint Zamʿa
Sawda bint Zamʿa was one of the early wives of the Prophet Muhammad, known for her piety, generosity, and role among the first Muslim women in Medina.
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E.
Rawdah ash-Sharifah
Rawdah ash-Sharifah is a highly revered area within the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, believed to lie between the Prophet Muhammad’s house and his pulpit and regarded as one of the gardens of Paradise in Islamic tradition.
- 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: An-Nisa Target entity description: An-Nisa is the fourth chapter of the Qur’an, notable for its detailed guidance on social justice, family law, and the rights and responsibilities of women and orphans in Islamic society.
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A.
Nabawiyya
Nabawiyya is a character in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "The Thief and the Dogs," known primarily as the unfaithful wife whose betrayal deeply impacts the protagonist, Said Mahran.
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B.
Aisha
Aisha is a central female character in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Palace of Desire," whose relationships and personal struggles reflect the broader social and emotional tensions of early 20th-century Cairo.
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C.
Khadija
Khadija is a central female character in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Palace of Desire," known for her strong will, evolving maturity, and role within the complex dynamics of the Abd al-Jawad family.
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D.
Sawda bint Zamʿa
Sawda bint Zamʿa was one of the early wives of the Prophet Muhammad, known for her piety, generosity, and role among the first Muslim women in Medina.
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E.
Rawdah ash-Sharifah
Rawdah ash-Sharifah is a highly revered area within the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, believed to lie between the Prophet Muhammad’s house and his pulpit and regarded as one of the gardens of Paradise in Islamic tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Qur'anic chapter
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Surah of the Qur'an ⓘ |
| addressesAudience |
People of the Book
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believing men ⓘ believing women ⓘ hypocrites ⓘ |
| arabicName |
Surah An-Nisa
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surface form:
سورة النساء
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| classification | Madinan surah ⓘ |
| containsLegalRulingOn |
alliances and loyalty
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blood money (diyah) ⓘ inheritance shares for women ⓘ polygyny ⓘ prayer during fear (salat al-khawf) ⓘ treatment of wives ⓘ |
| containsTheme |
divorce regulations
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family law in Islam ⓘ hypocrisy and hypocrites ⓘ inheritance laws ⓘ justice in legal matters ⓘ laws of guardianship ⓘ laws of inheritance shares ⓘ laws of testimony ⓘ marriage regulations ⓘ protection of the weak and vulnerable ⓘ relations with People of the Book ⓘ rights of orphans in Islam ⓘ rights of women in Islam ⓘ rules of jihad and fighting ⓘ social justice in Islam ⓘ treatment of orphans ⓘ |
| emphasizesConcept |
care for orphans
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equitable distribution of wealth ⓘ fair treatment of women ⓘ justice ⓘ obedience to God and His Messenger ⓘ prohibition of injustice ⓘ |
| englishName | The Women ⓘ |
| follows |
Surah Al-Imran
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surface form:
Al-Imran
|
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mentionsFigure |
Jesus Christ
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surface form:
Jesus
Mary ⓘ Moses ⓘ People of the Book ⓘ |
| numberOfVerses | 176 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Quran
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surface form:
Qur'an
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| placeOfRevelation | Medina ⓘ |
| positionInQuran | 4 ⓘ |
| precedes |
Surah Al-Ma'idah
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surface form:
Al-Ma'idah
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| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| revealedTo |
Muhammad
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surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
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| verseRange |
Surah An-Nisa
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surface form:
Qur'an 4:1–4:176
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: An-Nisa Description of subject: An-Nisa is the fourth chapter of the Qur’an, notable for its detailed guidance on social justice, family law, and the rights and responsibilities of women and orphans in Islamic society.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.