HONEY

Arabic ʿasal ( عسل‎ ). In the Qurʾān it is specially mentioned as the gift of God. Sūrah xvi. 70 : “Thy Lord inspired the bee. ‘Take to houses in the mountains, and in the trees, and in the hives they build. Then eat from every fruit and walk in the beaten paths of thy Lord.’ There cometh forth from her body a draught varying in hue, in which is a cure for man.”