Heavenly Fruits from the Perspective of the Quran and Narrations to Classical Medicine

In the Qurʼan, God has mentioned some fruits, such as grapes, pomegranates, dates, figs, and olives, as heavenly fruits. Fruits are rich in vitamins and minerals and their consumption has a great impact on human health and prevention and treatment of diseases. In addition, in the Qurʼan and hadiths, there are many references to the aforementioned fruits. Therefore, the present study determines the effects of each of these fruits.

In the present study, several keywords were searched in Google Scholar, Scopus, Institute for Scientific Information, and PubMed databases without time limitation and Quranic verses and hadiths.

In this study, a review was carried out on fruits, such as grapes, pomegranates, dates, figs, and olives. The obtained results showed that the aforementioned fruits in the Holy Quran contain a very effective substance called flavonoids which have beneficial and protective effects on human health and can be used for the complementary treatment of many diseases. The most important effects of these fruits are anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-microbial properties.

The consumption of these fruits, as mentioned in the Qurʼan and hadiths, has healing properties that are confirmed by classical medicine.