Botany
Plants or Herbs mentioned in Holy Quran
Banana or Acacia (Talh):
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Bitter Cactus or Bitter thorn (Dhari):
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Blessed tree (Tuba):
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Camphor (Kafur):
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Cedar or Lote tree (Sidra):
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Cucumber (Qiththa):
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Date (Palm Trees)(Nakhl, Nakhil, Nakhlah):
It is He Who sends down water from the sky from which We bring forth growth of every kind, and from that We bring forth the green shoots and from them We bring forth close-packed seeds, and from the spathes of the date palm date clusters hanging down, and gardens of grapes and olives and pomegranates, both similar and dissimilar. Look at their fruits as they bear fruit and ripen. There are Signs in that for people who believe.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 99)
It is He Who produces gardens, both cultivated and wild, and palm-trees and crops of diverse kinds, and olives and pomegranates, both similar and dissimilar. Eat of their fruits when they bear fruit and pay their due on the day of their harvest, and do not be profligate. He does not love the profligate.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 141)
Would any of you like to have a garden of dates and grapes, with rivers flowing underneath and containing all kinds of fruits, then to be stricken with old age and have children who are weak, and then for a fierce whirlwind containing fire to come and strike it so that it goes up in flames? In this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will reflect.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah # 266)
In the earth there are diverse regions side by side and gardens of grapes and cultivated fields, and palm-trees sharing one root and others with individual roots, all watered with the same water. And We make some things better to eat than others. There are Signs in that for people who use their intellect.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-R’ad (The Thunder), Surah # 13: Ayah # 4)
And tall (and stately) palm trees, with shoots of fruit stalks, piled one over another;
(Holy Quran, Surah QAF, Surah # 50: Ayah # 10)
Pharaoh said, ‘Do you believe in him before I have authorised you? He is your chief, the one who taught you magic. I will cut off your hands and feet alternately and have you crucified on palm trunks. Then you will know for certain which of us has the harsher and longer lasting punishment.’
(Holy Quran, Surah TAHA, Surah # 20: Ayah # 71)
Are you going to be left secure amid what is here, amid gardens and clear springs, and cultivated fields and palms with supple spathes?
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Shu’ara’ (The Poets), Surah # 26: Ayah # 146-148)
They say, ‘We will not believe you until you make a spring gush out from the earth for us; or have a garden of dates and grapes which you make rivers come pouring through.’
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 90-91)
Whatever palm-trees you cut down, or left standing upright on their roots, it was done by Allah’s permission in order to disgrace the deviators.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hashr (The Mustering), Surah # 59: Ayah # 5)
In them are fruits and date-palms and pomegranates. Then which of the favous of your Lord will ye deny?
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Rahman (The Most Gracious), Surah # 55: Ayah # 68-69)
Chemistry/Nutrition:
And from the fruit of the date-palm and the grape-vine you derive both intoxicants and wholesome provision. There is certainly a Sign in that for people who use their intellect.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Nahl (The Bees), Surah # 16: Ayah # 67)
Hazrat Maryam (A.S.):
The pains of labour drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She (Maryam) said, ‘Oh if only I had died before this time and was something discarded and forgotten!’
(Holy Quran, Surah Maryam (Mary), Surah # 19: Ayah # 23)
A voice called out to her (Maryam) from under her, ‘Do not grieve! Your Lord has placed a small stream at your feet.’ (A voice called out to Maryam,) ‘Shake the trunk of the palm towards you and fresh, ripe dates will drop down onto you.’
(Holy Quran, Surah Maryam (Mary), Surah # 19: Ayah # 24-25)
Rain Water and The Growth of plants:
We pour down plentiful water, then split the earth into furrows. Then We make grain grow in it, and grapes and herbs and olives and dates and luxuriant gardens and orchards and meadows, for you and your livestock to enjoy.
(Holy Quran, Surah ‘Abasa (He Frowned), Surah # 80: Ayah # 25-32)
A Sign for them is the dead land which We bring to life and from which We bring forth grain of which they eat. We place in it gardens of dates and grapes, and cause springs to gush out in it, so they may eat its fruits–they did not do it themselves. So will they not be thankful? And We have decreed set phases for the moon, until it ends up looking like an old palm spathe.
(Holy Quran, Surah Ya Sin, Surah # 36: Ayah # 33-36)
It is He Who sends down water from the sky. From it you drink and from it come the shrubs among which you graze your herds. And by it He makes crops grow for you and olives and dates and grapes and fruit of every kind. There is certainly a Sign in that for people who reflect.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Nahl (The Bees), Surah # 16: Ayah # 10-11)
By means of it (water) We produce gardens of dates and grapes for you, in which there are many fruits for you and from which you eat.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Mu’minun (The Believers), Surah # 23: Ayah # 19)
In example:
Punishment of ‘Ad:
‘Ad were destroyed by a savage howling wind. Allah subjected them to it for seven whole nights and eight whole days without a break. You could see the people flattened in their homes just like the hollow stumps of uprooted palms.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Haqqah (The Sure Reality), Surah # 69: Ayah #6-7)
‘Ad denied the truth. How terrible were My punishment and warnings! We unleashed a howling wind against them on a day of unremitting horror. It plucked up men like uprooted stumps.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon), Surah # 54: Ayah # 18-20)
Geography:
He laid out the earth for all living creatures. In it are fruits and date-palms with covered spathes, and grains on leafy stems and fragrant herbs.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Rahman (The Most Gracious), Surah # 55: Ayah # 10-12)
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Ginger (Zanjabil):
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Gourd (Yaqtein):
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Grape (Anab or Anaab):
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Euphorbia (Az-Zaqqum):
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Fig (Tin):
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Garlic (Foom):
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Lentil (Adas):
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Manna (Al-Mann):
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Mustard (Khardal):
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Olive (Al-Zaitoon):
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Onion (Basal):
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Pomegranate (Rumman):
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Prohibited Tree of Hazrat Adam (A.S.):
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Sweet Basil (Al-Rehan):
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Tamarisk (Athal):
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Tooth Brush Tree (Khamt):
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Bitter Cactus or Bitter thorn (Dhari):
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Blessed tree (Tuba):
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Camphor (Kafur):
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Cedar or Lote tree (Sidra):
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Cucumber (Qiththa):
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Date (Palm Trees)(Nakhl, Nakhil, Nakhlah):
It is He Who sends down water from the sky from which We bring forth growth of every kind, and from that We bring forth the green shoots and from them We bring forth close-packed seeds, and from the spathes of the date palm date clusters hanging down, and gardens of grapes and olives and pomegranates, both similar and dissimilar. Look at their fruits as they bear fruit and ripen. There are Signs in that for people who believe.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 99)
It is He Who produces gardens, both cultivated and wild, and palm-trees and crops of diverse kinds, and olives and pomegranates, both similar and dissimilar. Eat of their fruits when they bear fruit and pay their due on the day of their harvest, and do not be profligate. He does not love the profligate.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 141)
Would any of you like to have a garden of dates and grapes, with rivers flowing underneath and containing all kinds of fruits, then to be stricken with old age and have children who are weak, and then for a fierce whirlwind containing fire to come and strike it so that it goes up in flames? In this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will reflect.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah # 266)
In the earth there are diverse regions side by side and gardens of grapes and cultivated fields, and palm-trees sharing one root and others with individual roots, all watered with the same water. And We make some things better to eat than others. There are Signs in that for people who use their intellect.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-R’ad (The Thunder), Surah # 13: Ayah # 4)
And tall (and stately) palm trees, with shoots of fruit stalks, piled one over another;
(Holy Quran, Surah QAF, Surah # 50: Ayah # 10)
Pharaoh said, ‘Do you believe in him before I have authorised you? He is your chief, the one who taught you magic. I will cut off your hands and feet alternately and have you crucified on palm trunks. Then you will know for certain which of us has the harsher and longer lasting punishment.’
(Holy Quran, Surah TAHA, Surah # 20: Ayah # 71)
Are you going to be left secure amid what is here, amid gardens and clear springs, and cultivated fields and palms with supple spathes?
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Shu’ara’ (The Poets), Surah # 26: Ayah # 146-148)
They say, ‘We will not believe you until you make a spring gush out from the earth for us; or have a garden of dates and grapes which you make rivers come pouring through.’
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 90-91)
Whatever palm-trees you cut down, or left standing upright on their roots, it was done by Allah’s permission in order to disgrace the deviators.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hashr (The Mustering), Surah # 59: Ayah # 5)
In them are fruits and date-palms and pomegranates. Then which of the favous of your Lord will ye deny?
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Rahman (The Most Gracious), Surah # 55: Ayah # 68-69)
Chemistry/Nutrition:
And from the fruit of the date-palm and the grape-vine you derive both intoxicants and wholesome provision. There is certainly a Sign in that for people who use their intellect.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Nahl (The Bees), Surah # 16: Ayah # 67)
Hazrat Maryam (A.S.):
The pains of labour drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She (Maryam) said, ‘Oh if only I had died before this time and was something discarded and forgotten!’
(Holy Quran, Surah Maryam (Mary), Surah # 19: Ayah # 23)
A voice called out to her (Maryam) from under her, ‘Do not grieve! Your Lord has placed a small stream at your feet.’ (A voice called out to Maryam,) ‘Shake the trunk of the palm towards you and fresh, ripe dates will drop down onto you.’
(Holy Quran, Surah Maryam (Mary), Surah # 19: Ayah # 24-25)
Rain Water and The Growth of plants:
We pour down plentiful water, then split the earth into furrows. Then We make grain grow in it, and grapes and herbs and olives and dates and luxuriant gardens and orchards and meadows, for you and your livestock to enjoy.
(Holy Quran, Surah ‘Abasa (He Frowned), Surah # 80: Ayah # 25-32)
A Sign for them is the dead land which We bring to life and from which We bring forth grain of which they eat. We place in it gardens of dates and grapes, and cause springs to gush out in it, so they may eat its fruits–they did not do it themselves. So will they not be thankful? And We have decreed set phases for the moon, until it ends up looking like an old palm spathe.
(Holy Quran, Surah Ya Sin, Surah # 36: Ayah # 33-36)
It is He Who sends down water from the sky. From it you drink and from it come the shrubs among which you graze your herds. And by it He makes crops grow for you and olives and dates and grapes and fruit of every kind. There is certainly a Sign in that for people who reflect.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Nahl (The Bees), Surah # 16: Ayah # 10-11)
By means of it (water) We produce gardens of dates and grapes for you, in which there are many fruits for you and from which you eat.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Mu’minun (The Believers), Surah # 23: Ayah # 19)
In example:
Punishment of ‘Ad:
‘Ad were destroyed by a savage howling wind. Allah subjected them to it for seven whole nights and eight whole days without a break. You could see the people flattened in their homes just like the hollow stumps of uprooted palms.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Haqqah (The Sure Reality), Surah # 69: Ayah #6-7)
‘Ad denied the truth. How terrible were My punishment and warnings! We unleashed a howling wind against them on a day of unremitting horror. It plucked up men like uprooted stumps.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon), Surah # 54: Ayah # 18-20)
Geography:
He laid out the earth for all living creatures. In it are fruits and date-palms with covered spathes, and grains on leafy stems and fragrant herbs.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Rahman (The Most Gracious), Surah # 55: Ayah # 10-12)
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Ginger (Zanjabil):
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Gourd (Yaqtein):
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Grape (Anab or Anaab):
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Euphorbia (Az-Zaqqum):
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Fig (Tin):
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Garlic (Foom):
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Lentil (Adas):
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Manna (Al-Mann):
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Mustard (Khardal):
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Olive (Al-Zaitoon):
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Onion (Basal):
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Pomegranate (Rumman):
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Prohibited Tree of Hazrat Adam (A.S.):
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Sweet Basil (Al-Rehan):
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Tamarisk (Athal):
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Tooth Brush Tree (Khamt):
