Plants, trees and plant reproduction in the Quran
The Quran mentions the date palm on numerous occasions, notably in the story of Mary (19:25). Modern science has confirmed the immense nutritional and medicinal benefits of this blessed tree.
Read articleThe Quran states that God created "from all the fruits two elements of a pair" (13:3). This botanical reality of sexual reproduction in plants was only discovered by science in the 17th century.
Read articleThe Quran (95:1) opens Surah At-Tin with an oath: "By the fig and the olive!" Modern science confirms the remarkable nutritional and medicinal virtues of these two fruits.
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