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Pomegranates

Fruit of the two gardens

رُمَّانrummān, pomegranates

In Surah Ar-Rahman the pomegranate grows in the gardens of Paradise, beside fruit and palm trees.

A pomegranate broken open to show its ruby seeds, beside a whole pomegranate

In the Quran

فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٌۭ وَنَخْلٌۭ وَرُمَّانٌۭ ۝٦٨

In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.

Surah Ar-Rahman 55:68 on quran.com (opens in a new tab)

۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَ جَنَّٰتٍۢ مَّعْرُوشَٰتٍۢ وَغَيْرَ مَعْرُوشَٰتٍۢ وَٱلنَّخْلَ وَٱلزَّرْعَ مُخْتَلِفًا أُكُلُهُۥ وَٱلزَّيْتُونَ وَٱلرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَٰبِهًۭا وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَٰبِهٍۢ ۚ كُلُوا۟ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦٓ إِذَآ أَثْمَرَ وَءَاتُوا۟ حَقَّهُۥ يَوْمَ حَصَادِهِۦ ۖ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ۝١٤١

And He it is who causes gardens to grow, [both] trellised and untrellised, and palm trees and crops of different [kinds of] food and olives and pomegranates, similar and dissimilar. Eat of [each of] its fruit when it yields and give its due [zakah] on the day of its harvest. And be not excessive. Indeed, He does not like those who commit excess.

Surah Al-Anʿam 6:141 on quran.com (opens in a new tab)

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Notes

  • In the Quran

    On earth it is named in 6:99 and 6:141, among the gardens Allah causes to grow, alike and unlike.

What’s in it

Nutrition per 100 g, from USDA FoodData Central entry 169134
Per 100 gAmount
Energy83 kcal
Carbohydrate19 g
Total sugars14 g
Fibre4.0 g
Protein1.7 g
Fat1.2 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, “Pomegranates, raw” (FDC 169134) (opens in a new tab). Bars compare each value with the highest among the foods on this site. Values for the arils, the edible seeds. General information, not dietary or medical advice.