Fruits, Vegetables, Trees And Plants Mentioned In The Qur'an

FRUITS MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN

Date

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. (Surat al-An'am, 141)

And in the earth there are tracts side by side and gardens of grapes and corn and palm trees having one root and (others) having distinct roots— they are watered with one water, and We make some of them excel others in fruit; There are Signs in that for people who use their intellect. (Surat ar-Ra'd, 4)

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. (Surat an-Nahl, 11)

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. (Surat an-Nahl, 67)

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; (Surat al-Isra', 90-91)

Make an example for them of two men. To one of them We gave two gardens of grape-vines and surrounded them with date-palms, putting between them some cultivated land. (Surat al-Kahf, 32)

The pains of labour drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She said, 'Oh if only I had died before this time and was something discarded and forgotten!' A voice called out to her from under her, 'Do not grieve! Your Lord has placed a small stream at your feet. Shake the trunk of the palm towards you and fresh, ripe dates will drop down onto you. (Surat Maryam, 23-25)

By means of it We produce gardens of dates and grapes for you, in which there are many fruits for you and from which you eat. (Surat al-Mu'minun, 19)

... and cultivated fields and palms with supple spathes? (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 148)

We place in it gardens of dates and grapes, and cause springs to gush out in it. (Surah Ya Sin, 34)

And soaring date-palms with layered spathes. (Surah Qaf, 10)

In it are fruits and date-palms with covered spathes. (Surat ar-Rahman, 11)

In them are fruits and date-palms and pomegranates. (Surat ar-Rahman, 68)

And olives and dates. (Surah 'Abasa, 29)

Pomegranate

It is He Who sends down water from the sky from which We bring forth with it buds of all (plants), 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. (Surat al-An'am, 99)

In them are fruits and date-palms and pomegranates. (Surat ar-Rahman, 68)

Banana

And banana-trees (with fruits), one above another. (Surat al-Waqi'a, 29)

Fig

By the fig and the olive. (Surat at-Tin, 1)

Grape

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. (Surat al-Baqara, 266)

It is He Who sends down water from the sky from which We bring forth with it buds of all (plants), 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. (Surat al-An'am, 99)

And in the earth there are tracts side by side and gardens of grapes and corn and palm trees having one root and (others) having distinct roots— they are watered with one water, and We make some of them excel others in fruit; There are Signs in that for people who use their intellect. (Surat ar-Ra'd, 4)

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. (Surat al-Isra', 90-91)

Make an example for them of two men. To one of them We gave two gardens of grape-vines and surrounded them with date-palms, putting between them some cultivated land. (Surat al-Kahf, 32)

By means of it We produce gardens of dates and grapes for you, in which there are many fruits for you and from which you eat. (Surat al-Mu'minun, 19)

We place in it gardens of dates and grapes, and cause springs to gush out in it. (Surah Ya Sin, 34)

Gardens and grape vines. (Surat an-Naba', 32)

VEGETABLES MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN

And when you said, 'Musa, we will not put up with just one kind of food so ask your Lord to supply to us some of what the earth produces – its herbs, cucumbers, garlic, lentils and onions,' he said, 'Do you want to replace what is better with what is inferior? Go back to Egypt, then you will have what you are asking for.' Abasement and destitution were stamped upon them. They brought down anger from Allah upon themselves. That was because they rejected Allah's Signs and killed the Prophets without any right to do so. That was because they rebelled and went beyond the limits. (Surat al-Baqara, 61)

TREES

It is He Who sends down water from the sky. From it you drink and from it come the trees among which you graze your herds. (Surat an-Nahl, 10)

Your Lord revealed to the bees: 'Build dwellings in the mountains and the trees, and also in the structures which men erect. (Surat an-Nahl, 68)

He said, 'It is my staff. I lean on it and beat down leaves for my sheep with it and have other uses for it.' (Surah Ta Ha, 18)

Do you not see that everyone in the heavens and everyone on the earth prostrates to Allah, and the sun and moon and stars and the mountains, trees and beasts and many of mankind? But many of them inevitably merit punishment. Those Allah humiliates will have no one to honour them. Allah does whatever He wills. (Surat al-Hajj, 18)

But when he reached it a voice called out to him from the right hand side of the valley in the part which was full of blessing, from out of the tree: 'Musa, I am Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. (Surat al-Qasas, 30)

So he enticed them to do it by means of trickery. Then when they tasted the tree, their private parts were disclosed to them and they started stitching together the leaves of the Garden in order to cover themselves. Their Lord called out to them, 'Did I not forbid you this tree and say to you, "Satan is an outright enemy to you"?' (Surat al-A'raf, 22)

PLANTS CITED IN THE QUR'AN

Olive and others

It is He Who sends down water from the sky from which We bring forth with it buds of all (plants), 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. (Surat an-An'am, 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. (Surat al-An'am, 141)

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. (Surat an-Nahl, 11)

Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The metaphor of His Light is that of a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp inside a glass, the glass like a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an olive, neither of the east nor of the west, its oil all but giving off light even if no fire touches it. Light upon Light. Allah guides to His Light whoever He wills and Allah makes metaphors for mankind and Allah has knowledge of all things. (Surat an-Nur, 35)

Plants Used in Metaphors in the Qur'an

The metaphor of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah is that of a grain which produces seven ears; in every ear there are a hundred grains. Allah gives such multiplied increase to whoever He wills. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing. (Surat al-Baqara, 261)

Good land yields up its plants by its Lord's permission, but that which is bad only yields up scantily. In this way We vary the Signs for people who are thankful. (Surat al-A'raf, 58)

Those Having Healing Properties

Shake the trunk of the palm towards you and fresh, ripe dates will drop down onto you. Eat and drink and delight your eyes... (Surah Maryam, 25-26)

PLANTS IN PARADISE

We place in it gardens of dates and grapes, and cause springs to gush out in it, (Surah Ya Sin, 34)

And soaring date-palms with layered spathes, (Surah Qaf, 10)

In it are fruits and date-palms with covered spathes, (Surat ar-Rahman, 11)

In them are fruits and date-palms and pomegranates. (Surat ar-Rahman, 68)

And banana-trees (with fruits), one above another. (Surat al-Waqi'a, 29)

Amid thornless lote-trees (Surat al-Waqi'a, 28)

PLANTS IN HELL

Thorny Bush

They have no food but a bitter thorny bush. (Surat al-Ghashiyya, 6)

Zaqqum

Is that better by way of hospitality or the tree of Zaqqum? (Surat as-Saffat, 62)

The Tree of az-Zaqqum is the food of the wicked, seething in the belly like molten brass, as boiling water bubbles and seethes. (Surat ad-Dukhan, 43-46)

Then you, you misguided, you deniers will eat from the tree of Zaqqum. (Surat al-Waqi'a, 51-52)