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A Secondary Research on Medicinal Plants Mentioned in the Holy Qur’an

Md. Sanower Hossain (M.Sc.)*
Department of Biotechnology, Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, Bandar Indera Mahkota, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

Zannat Urbi (M.Sc.)
Department of Biotechnology, Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, Bandar Indera Mahkota, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

Fatematuz Zuhura Evamoni (M.Sc.)
Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh

Fatama Tous Zohora (M.Sc.)
Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh-1902, Tangail, Bangladesh

K.M. Hafizur Rahman (M.Sc.)
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Sylhet Women’s Medical College, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Background: Finding scientific data from the Holy Qur’an is an old trend, which emerge newly with rise of modern science. In the literature, we have found that total number of medicinal plants cited in the Holy Qur’an varies author to author. Objective: The aim of this study was to indentify the plants mentioned in the Holy Qur’an and to confirm the botanical name with other relevant information and Islamic history of medicine. Methods: The Holy Qur’an has been studied thoroughly to identify the medicinal plants, and Surah and verses were only chosen if they stated specific name of plants which are found in the earth. The identity of the selected plants was confirmed and claim of ethnomedicinal uses of Qur’anic medicinal plants was vindicated using scientific evidence available in the journals and books. Results: Our present findings revealed a total of 27 plants cited in 47 verses of 28 Surah in the Holy Qur’an, those belongs to 22 genera of 18 families of plant kingdom. Among these plants, eight fruits, five vegetables, two crops, six aromatics, five trees and one forage species. Out of 27, 15 plants have been consumed in raw form or in cuisine which directly contribute nutrition to our body as well as medicinal benefits. Conclusion: It is concluded that identified medicinal plants extensively used in the traditional healing system due to their availability, acceptability, compatibility and affordability and studied in modern science for identifying theory of their potential role in improving the quality of life.

Keywords: Ethnomedicine, Holy Qur’an, Islamic medicine, Medicinal plant, Qur’anic plant

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Program Area: Development of Host and Medicinal Plants

Commodity: Medicinal Plants

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Therefore, the aim of this study was to indentify the plants mentioned in the Holy Qur’an studying each and every verse and Surah (chapter), and to confirm the botanical name with other relevant information such as family, genus, species and egnlish/common name through existing scientific paper investigations and Islamic history of medicine. The ethnomedicinal importance of the identified plants was also summerized using secondary data.

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The Holy Qur’an was the primary source of this comprehensive study. This Holy book consists of 114 Surah (Chapter) and 6666 Verses. We studied the Holy Qur’an thoroughly and the Surah and verses were only chosen if they stated specific name of plants. Finally, we only included the plants cited in the different verses of the Holy Qur’an that are found in the earth. The identity of the selected plants were confirmed from existing literature such as, books, journal article, and family and species of plants were confirmed from nomenclatural and bibliographic databaseshttp://www.tropicos.org/ and http://www.theplantlist.org/. The claim of ethnomedicinal uses of the Qur’anic medicinal plants were vindicated using scientific evidence available in the journals and books. The journal articles were searched in the following electronic databases- PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed), ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), Scopus (http://www.scopus.com/), Web of Science (http://webofknowledge.com/), Springer Link (http://link.springer.com/), Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/) and advance search in Google scholar (http://scholar.google.com.my/), and some nonimpact journals. The search terms were ‘‘English name” or “botanical name” of a specific plant to find ethnomedicinal uses and pharmacological properties. No language restriction was applied.

Source of Information: Journal of Medicinal Plants, Volume 15, No. 59, Summer 2016

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“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” “Eat leeks in March and wild garlic in May, And all the year after, physicians may play.” [Traditional rhyme]

Traditional knowledge passed down generation to generation. Islamic and Traditional medicines have an extensive history. People used this knowledge for health benefits. In this study, an attempt has been made to compile up-to-date knowledge on medicinal plants mentioned in the Holy Qur’an. To our knowledge, we made a complete check list of medicinal plants that can be used as a quick reference guide for further study in the field of ethnobotany. This may also encourage the researcher who conducts ethnopharmacological research to explore new pharmacological properties of those plants, if not actually exists relevant data any of them. As we identified few plants to represent a single Qur’anic name, the precise identification and confirmation of these plants would be a worthy further study. It may be feasible through the details study of the history of Islamic medicine, meaning of the root words, and botanical description of those plants.

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