Banu Adam

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Banu Adam is an Arabic term referring to all human beings as the descendants of the prophet Adam.

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Surface form Occurrences
بنی آدم (Bani Adam) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Q101352
Q5
collective term
addressedBy God in the Quran
appearsIn Islamic sermons
Islamic supplications
classical Arabic poetry
associatedWith Day of Judgment NERFINISHED
divine guidance
moral responsibility
belongsToConceptualCategory Quranic expressions
religious ethnonyms
culturalContext Arab culture
Islamic culture
etymologicallyDerivedFrom Adam NERFINISHED
grammaticalNumber plural
hasAncestor Adam NERFINISHED
hasGender masculine plural in Arabic grammar
hasHypernym human collective
lineage group
hasOrigin Adam NERFINISHED
hasPart human being
humanity
mankind
hasTheologicalImplication common origin of all humans
equality of human beings before God
language Arabic
literalMeaning children of Adam
sons of Adam
mentionedIn Quran
opposedTo angels
jinn
partOfSpeech noun phrase
refersTo all human beings
descendants of the prophet Adam
relatedConcept bashar NERFINISHED
insan
religiousContext Islam
script Arabic script
semanticField humanity
subclassOf descendants of Adam
humans in Islam
transliteration Banū Ādam NERFINISHED
usedAs form of address to humans in Islamic texts
usedIn Arabic literature
Islamic theology
Quranic exegesis

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Children of Adam ArabicName Banu Adam
Everyday Life track Banu Adam
this entity surface form: بنی آدم (Bani Adam)