Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) fruits in the Quranic Hermeneutics and scientific perspectives

Abstract

This review highlighted the Quranic hermeneutics and scientific perspective of pomegranate for human health. To accomplish this review article, numerous reputable databases such as Scopus, American Chemical Society, Science Direct, Springer, and Google Scholar related to this review were downloaded and evaluated. Pomegranate is a popular fruit consumed because of its pleasant taste and high nutritional value having some health benefits to human health. In addition, pomegranate (rumman in Arabic) is one of the stated fruits in the Quran. Quranic Hermeneutic with a scientific approach has been a new model used by modern commentators to explore various kinds of sciences presented in the Quranic verses. Qur’an mentions a pomegranate three times. Classic commentators generally interpreted the pomegranate verses as a special fruit and served for the occupants of heaven. In contrast, modern scientific commentators stated that the fruit contains scientific miracles that are very beneficial for human health since this fruit had some phytochemicals reported to have some biological activities including antioxidant and antibacterial activity.