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The camel

الإبل

'Do they not look at the camels, how they are created?' For the desert Arabs the camel was livelihood and mercy: a mount, a gift, a bride-price; in it, as in all creatures, is a lesson for those who ponder the heavens and the earth.

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Global / Diaspora

Animals and mercy

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 12:65· Qur'an 12:72· Qur'an 5:103· Qur'an 6:144· Qur'an 77:33· Qur'an 81:4· Qur'an 88:17
Related to
Hiqqa (a camel of four years)· Anam (livestock: camels, cattle and sheep, and their rulings)

People and things also explored

Livestock· Anam (livestock: camels, cattle and sheep, and their rulings)· Hiqqa (a camel of four years)· The birds of the elephant· The ant· The apes· Awqas (the gaps between the prescribed amounts of zakat on camels, cattle and sheep, and whether zakat is due on them)· The bat

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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islam.museum contributors. “The camel”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/camel/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Livestock

Camels, cattle, sheep and goats: in them warmth, uses and drink, and from their wool and hair furnishings and goods for a time — eight mates He created for you; the surah of the Cattle is named for them.