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250 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE QUR'AN

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 in-
tellect. (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, put-
ting 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 destitu-
tion 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)