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BENEFICIAL FOODS MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN 69

Allah creates various kinds of fruit, each of which have a dif-
ferent taste and smell although they grow in the same soil and
are watered with the same water.
As well as their creation, the fact that fruits and vegetables are
great sources of vitamins and essential nutrients also leads peo-
ple to think. Fruits, which grow in black mud extract from the
soil only those essential nutrients (minerals) that are beneficial
to human health. But how could the soil know what nutrients to
provide? Similarly, could the fruit have the ability and intelli-
gence to break down the soil into its component parts in order
to absorb from it the exact amount of what it needs? However,
this system operates in such a perfect order that every plant
species has a specific and unique color, taste, and smell and con-
tains a fixed amount of minerals and vitamins. For instance, a
watermelon is never blue or sour, nor does it smell like soil in-
stead of the special and unique smell that we associate with it.
Allah, the sole owner and governor of the universe, created
this order and displayed it to humanity so that people can re-
flect upon it and thank Him.
The Qur'an mentions so many kinds of fruit, which will be
available for believers in Paradise. In this section, we will
briefly discuss their benefits of the fruits that are referred to in
the Qur'an.

Bananas
Bananas are also mentioned in the Qur'an as one of the fruits
of Paradise:
Amid thornless lote-trees, and banana-trees (with fruits), one
above another. And extended shade, and water flowing con-
stantly, and abundant fruit, neither intercepted nor forbidden.
(Surat al-Waqi'a: 28-33)