Medicinal Fruits in Holy Quran

Farhangi, Hamid; Ajilian, Maryam; Saeidi, Masumeh; Khodaei, Gholam Hasan

doi:10.22038/ijp.2014.3461

Medicinal Fruits in Holy Quran

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor of Pediatric Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

² Ibn-e-Sina Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

³ Students Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

⁴ Head of the Health Policy Council, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

10.22038/ijp.2014.3461

Abstract

Fruits are one of the oldest forms of food known to man. There are many references to fruits in ancient literature. According to Quran, the fruits like grape, date, fig, olive and pomegranate are gifts and heavenly fruits of God. Fresh and dry fruits are the natural staple food of man. They contain substantial quantities of essential nutrients in a rational proportion. Persons subsisting on this natural diet will always enjoy good health.
Moreover, fresh and dry fruits are thus not only a good food but also a good medicine. Holy Quran is one of the reference books describing the importance of plants used for different ailments in various verses. There are several verses in Quran talking about the fruits in Paradise, including; date, olive, pomegranate, grape, banana and fig. What has been mentioned in the Quran is what scientists have achieved over the time, since the Quran is governed by logic. Although we do not know the reasons for many things in the Quran, we consider it as the foundation.

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