Surah Ash-Shura
E43278
Surah Ash-Shura is the 42nd chapter of the Quran, a Meccan surah that emphasizes consultation, divine revelation, and the unity and sovereignty of God.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Surah Ash-Shura canonical | 7 |
| Ash-Shura (81st surah) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T212177 — 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 Ash-Shura Context triple: [Quran, hasPart, Surah Ash-Shura]
-
A.
Surah Fussilat
Surah Fussilat is the 41st chapter of the Quran, a Meccan surah known for its detailed exposition of the Quran’s clarity, the signs of God in creation, and the consequences of accepting or rejecting the divine message.
-
B.
Surah Az-Zumar
Surah Az-Zumar is the 39th chapter of the Quran, emphasizing sincere monotheistic worship, divine mercy, and the ultimate judgment of humanity.
-
C.
Surah Al-Furqan
Surah Al-Furqan is the 25th chapter of the Quran, revealed in Mecca, which emphasizes the distinction between truth and falsehood and outlines the qualities of true believers.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
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.
- 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 Ash-Shura Target entity description: Surah Ash-Shura is the 42nd chapter of the Quran, a Meccan surah that emphasizes consultation, divine revelation, and the unity and sovereignty of God.
-
A.
Surah Fussilat
Surah Fussilat is the 41st chapter of the Quran, a Meccan surah known for its detailed exposition of the Quran’s clarity, the signs of God in creation, and the consequences of accepting or rejecting the divine message.
-
B.
Surah Az-Zumar
Surah Az-Zumar is the 39th chapter of the Quran, emphasizing sincere monotheistic worship, divine mercy, and the ultimate judgment of humanity.
-
C.
Surah Al-Furqan
Surah Al-Furqan is the 25th chapter of the Quran, revealed in Mecca, which emphasizes the distinction between truth and falsehood and outlines the qualities of true believers.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Meccan surah
ⓘ
Quranic surah ⓘ |
| ayahCount | 53 ⓘ |
| chapterNumber | 42 ⓘ |
| containsBasmalah | true ⓘ |
| containsVerseAbout |
God’s creation of the heavens and the earth
ⓘ
differences among people being by God’s wisdom ⓘ distribution of inheritance and worldly gains belonging to God ⓘ reward for those who avoid major sins and indecencies ⓘ the Day of Gathering ⓘ the sending of revelation to earlier prophets and to Muhammad ⓘ those who respond to their Lord and establish prayer ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
that God forgives whom He wills
ⓘ
that God has power over all things ⓘ that God is the ultimate judge ⓘ that believers conduct their affairs by mutual consultation ⓘ that legislation belongs to God alone ⓘ that revelation is sent by God’s command ⓘ |
| followedBy | Surah Az-Zukhruf ⓘ |
| hizb |
48
ⓘ
49 ⓘ |
| juz | 25 ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
akhira (Hereafter)
ⓘ
rahmah (mercy of God) ⓘ shura (mutual consultation) ⓘ tawakkul (reliance on God) ⓘ wahy (revelation) ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mentions | messengers of God collectively ⓘ |
| name |
Ash-Shura
ⓘ
Ash-Shura ⓘ
surface form:
Ash-Shūrā
Ash-Shura ⓘ
surface form:
الشورى
|
| numberOfVerses | 53 ⓘ |
| openingLetters |
حم
ⓘ
عسق ⓘ |
| partOf | Quran ⓘ |
| placeOfRevelation | Mecca ⓘ |
| positionInQuran | 42 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Surah Fussilat ⓘ |
| religiousTextOf | Islam ⓘ |
| theme |
accountability in the Hereafter
ⓘ
consultation in community affairs (shura) ⓘ divine revelation ⓘ patience and trust in God ⓘ prophethood ⓘ rejection of idolatry ⓘ signs of God in creation ⓘ sovereignty of God ⓘ unity of God (tawhid) ⓘ |
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: Surah Ash-Shura Description of subject: Surah Ash-Shura is the 42nd chapter of the Quran, a Meccan surah that emphasizes consultation, divine revelation, and the unity and sovereignty of God.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Surah Fussilat
this entity surface form:
Ash-Shura (81st surah)