| Before dealing with the topic of the Bees in Quran | | | | in the Bible that is called the Honeybee! |
| versus Bible versus sciences, it is mandatory to give | | | | The Quran describes the functions of the FEMALE |
| some statistical hints. | | | | bees and their products. |
| The total words in the Bible are 788,280 while total | | | | "And your Lord revealed the FEMALE Honeybee; build |
| words in the Quran are 77,473. It follows that, the | | | | homes in mountains, and trees, and in the hives |
| Bible is more than 10 times the Quran word-wise. In | | | | people built for you. |
| other words, the Bible has the potential of more than | | | | 16-The Honeybee, then to eat of all the produce and |
| 10 times than the Quran to exhibit its topics. | | | | fruits (of the earth), and find with skill the spacious |
| Back to the bees, they are mentioned four times in | | | | paths of its Lord: there issues from within their |
| the Bible and once in the Quran. | | | | bodies a fluid of varying colors (and tastes and |
| Bees in the Bible | | | | characters), wherein is healing for men: verily in this is |
| Danger of their attacks | | | | a Sign for those who are thinking". |
| The Bible is talking about the danger of the attacks | | | | Surah 16:68-69 |
| by bees | | | | In describing the activities of the honeybee, the |
| Deuteronomy 1:44 | | | | Quran uses the feminine gender. |
| "And the Amorites who dwelt in that mountain came | | | | It is known that in Arabic, verbs are conjugated |
| out against you and chased you as bees do, and | | | | according to gender. The use in the Quran of the |
| drove you back from Seir to Hormah." | | | | feminine gender in conjugation shows that the acts |
| Psalm 118:12 | | | | were done by the female bee. To address the |
| "They surrounded me like bees; They were | | | | honeybee in the verse with the addition of the |
| quenched like a fire of thorns; For in the name of the | | | | adjective “female” before the honeybee |
| LORD I will destroy them." | | | | would be miraculous. |
| Could bees live in a cadaver? | | | | The following functions are performed by female |
| It is something very interesting to know that the | | | | bees as described in the Quran: |
| Bible says that the bees established their colonies | | | | 1- Building of hive |
| inside a cadaver of a lion and made honey. | | | | 2- Collecting of nectar, new material for production |
| Judges 14:8 | | | | of bee products |
| "After some time, when he returned to get her, he | | | | 3- Making the bee products |
| turned aside to see the carcass of the lion. And | | | | 4- These bee products have different colors, tastes |
| behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the | | | | and characters. |
| carcass of the lion." | | | | 5- These bee products have |
| As far as I know, bees NEVER do that and never | | | | At the time of the revelation of the Quran, Arabs did |
| make their colonies inside a cadaver of any animal. | | | | not know the details of the distribution of work |
| We know that bees are very clean and can not live | | | | among the bees living in a hive; they would not |
| inside a putrefied cadaver. | | | | recognize that those actively working in the hive |
| Bees are they symbol of enemies? | | | | were females. They had no idea about the function |
| Isaiah 7:18 | | | | of producing honey and collecting nectar from fruits |
| In that day the LORD will whistle for flies from the | | | | belonged to female bees. They had no idea about |
| distant streams of Egypt and for bees from the land | | | | the bee products. |
| of Assyria. | | | | Therefore, it is interesting, without a doubt, that in |
| According to the Biblical commentaries and dictionary, | | | | listing the duties of bees, the Quran used the mode |
| It is said that, In Isaiah 7:18 the "fly" and the "bee" | | | | of conjugation in the Arabic intended for the female |
| are personifications of the Egyptians and Assyrians, | | | | gender. Not only that but I may admit that the Quran |
| the inveterate enemies of Israel. | | | | is the first book on earth which talks about the bee |
| It means that the Bible uses the bees as a symbol of | | | | products that include liquids of different colors, tastes |
| enemies. | | | | and characters and have healing effects. |
| Bees in the Quran | | | | The subject of healing effects of bee products will |
| It is interesting that the Surah (or chapter) No. 16 | | | | be discussed later on. |
| called the "The Honeybee" while there is no chapter | | | | |