The Criterion between truth and falsehood
E191573
"The Criterion between truth and falsehood" is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Furqan, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes the distinction between guidance and misguidance through divine revelation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Criterion between truth and falsehood canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1695165 — 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: The Criterion between truth and falsehood Context triple: [Surah Al-Furqan, titleMeaning, The Criterion between truth and falsehood]
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A.
General Investigations on the Analysis of Notions and Truths
General Investigations on the Analysis of Notions and Truths is a philosophical work by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that explores the logical structure of concepts and the nature of necessary truths.
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B.
Language, Truth and Logic
Language, Truth and Logic is A.J. Ayer’s influential 1936 philosophical work that popularized logical positivism in the English-speaking world by arguing that meaningful statements are either empirically verifiable or tautological.
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C.
De veritate
De veritate is a scholastic theological and philosophical work by Thomas Aquinas that systematically explores the nature of truth, knowledge, and divine understanding through a series of disputed questions.
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D.
The Problem of Knowledge
The Problem of Knowledge is a 1956 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that critically examines the nature, limits, and justification of human knowledge within the analytic tradition.
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E.
The Problem of Knowledge
The Problem of Knowledge is a major philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that examines the historical development and foundations of human knowledge from the Renaissance to modern science.
- 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: The Criterion between truth and falsehood Target entity description: "The Criterion between truth and falsehood" is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Furqan, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes the distinction between guidance and misguidance through divine revelation.
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A.
General Investigations on the Analysis of Notions and Truths
General Investigations on the Analysis of Notions and Truths is a philosophical work by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that explores the logical structure of concepts and the nature of necessary truths.
-
B.
Language, Truth and Logic
Language, Truth and Logic is A.J. Ayer’s influential 1936 philosophical work that popularized logical positivism in the English-speaking world by arguing that meaningful statements are either empirically verifiable or tautological.
-
C.
De veritate
De veritate is a scholastic theological and philosophical work by Thomas Aquinas that systematically explores the nature of truth, knowledge, and divine understanding through a series of disputed questions.
-
D.
The Problem of Knowledge
The Problem of Knowledge is a 1956 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that critically examines the nature, limits, and justification of human knowledge within the analytic tradition.
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E.
The Problem of Knowledge
The Problem of Knowledge is a major philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that examines the historical development and foundations of human knowledge from the Renaissance to modern science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Quranic surah
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chapter of the Qur’an ⓘ religious text section ⓘ |
| addresses |
believers
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disbelievers of Mecca ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Muhammad
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
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| centralTheme |
Qur’an as criterion between right and wrong
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consequences of accepting or rejecting divine guidance ⓘ |
| contains |
descriptions of the fate of deniers of truth
ⓘ
descriptions of the rewards for the righteous ⓘ verses warning of the Day of Judgment ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
distinction between guidance and misguidance
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distinction between truth and falsehood ⓘ role of divine revelation as criterion ⓘ |
| genre | revelatory discourse ⓘ |
| hasClassification |
Meccan surahs
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surface form:
Meccan surah
|
| hasEnglishTitle |
The Criterion
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The Criterion between truth and falsehood self-link ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| hasOriginalTitle |
Surah Al-Furqan
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surface form:
Al-Furqan
|
| hasSurahNumber | 25 ⓘ |
| highlights |
contrast between believers and unbelievers
ⓘ
moral and ethical criteria revealed by God ⓘ |
| mentions |
attributes of God
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revelation to Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| partOf |
Quran
ⓘ
surface form:
Qur’an
|
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| revealedIn | Mecca ⓘ |
| scriptureType | Islamic scripture ⓘ |
| teaches | that divine revelation is the standard for judging beliefs and actions ⓘ |
| titleMeaning |
The Criterion
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The Criterion between truth and falsehood self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: The Criterion between truth and falsehood Description of subject: "The Criterion between truth and falsehood" is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Furqan, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes the distinction between guidance and misguidance through divine revelation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Criterion between truth and falsehood
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hasEnglishTitle
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The Criterion between truth and falsehood
self-link
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The Criterion between truth and falsehood
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titleMeaning
→
The Criterion between truth and falsehood
self-link
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