What are the minerals mentioned in the Quran?
ما هي المعادن التي جاء ذكرها في القرآن الكريم؟
1. Iron | الحديد
(Bring me blocks of iron! Then, when he had filled up the gap between the two mountains, he ordered, "Blow!"...) [18:96]
(And awaiting them are maces of iron.) [22:21]
(We made iron mouldable for him,) [34:10]
(And We sent down iron with its great might, benefits for humanity...) [57:25]
(وَلَهُم مَّقَامِعُ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ) [الحج: ٢١]
(وَأَلَنَّا لَهُ الْحَدِيدَ) [سبأ: ١٠]
(وَأَنزَلْنَا الْحَدِيدَ فِيهِ بَأْسٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِ) [الحديد: ٢٥]
2. Gold and Silver | الذهب والفضة
(The enjoyment of worldly desires, women, children, treasures of gold and silver...) [3:14]
(...those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend it in Allah’s cause.) [9:34]
(وَالَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ وَلَا يُنفِقُونَهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ) [التوبة: ٣٤]
3. Copper | النحاس (القطر)
(Bring me molten copper to pour over it.) [18:96]
(Flames of fire and molten copper will be sent against you...) [55:35]
(يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ) [الرحمن: ٣٥]
Scholarly Insight: The Quran mentions these minerals in various contexts, from the worldly allure of gold and silver to the industrial "might" (Ba's) of iron. Interestingly, "Al-Hadid" (Iron) is the name of the 57th Surah, where Allah highlights that iron was "sent down," a term modern science associates with the extraterrestrial origin of iron through meteorites.