Background and Purpose: Fig is one of the rare plants nominated in Quran and also has a special status in traditional medicine. Fig is a part of health promoting Mediterranean- diet that is widely used as drug and food. This study was designed with an intention to provide complete review of fig status in religion, traditional medicine, pharmacological and medicinal compounds and activities. 

Material and Methods: Various resources and data banks such as SID, Medline, Pubmed, Science Direct, ISI and ISC were used for searching about sources and related articles. Holy Quran, Quran interpretation (tafsir), Islamic narrations and hadith and also reliable traditional medicine and medicinal plants books were discussed. Searching was performed according to key words containing Fig, Quran,  nutrients, medicinal plants and Fig, Ficus carica, Holy Quran, anticancer effect, and medicinal plant from 1994- 2013. Finally data were extracted and results were categorized.

Results: In addition of Quran, Islamic narrations have been declared fig usage and this is an ancient medicinal plant. Different nutrients especially antioxidants in fig made it a protective and preventive agent against oxidative stress. Positive medical results of fig on cancer cell lines and animal model validate its effective role in the treatment of diseases such as cancer.   

Conclusion: Fig has beneficial nutrients with medicinal properties. This mediates by their antioxidant activities and led to treat many diseases such as cancers. The present study validates the religious claim and traditional medicine emphasis about fig with scientific data. This can be resulted in make a deep insight into holy Quran.

Background and Purpose: Figs are one of the fruits that the Qur'an has sworn and it is a badge of honor and certain superiority lies in the fruit. In this article, this article is about the medical effects of fig on brain disease and sensual and heart power changes. It is often said that the medical fig effects are like induced heating and obese and laxity and anti-inflammatory respiratory tract. But the particular effect of fig on brain and heart power is said rarely.

Methods and Materials: This is a review and descriptive article. At first we search about effects of fig on nerve system in Traditional Iranian Medicine references and Islamic books and credible scientific internet sites. The collected data were reviewed in detail and as a review article was written.

Results: Prophet MOHAMMAD said that long use of fig cause to lenity. In Traditional Iranian Medicine books fig can decrease the capacity of anger and is introduced as an increasing factor of wisdom. Fig is also helpful for epilepsy, psychosis and obsession. In the new research a diet enriched with figs in Alzheimer's disease modified oxidative stress and increased learning and their memory dramatically. Also Na K ATPase activity and AChE in the brain during treatment with figs was corrected.

Conclusion: Use of fig is effective on purging the soul and brain and heart power and is effective to epilepsy and psychosis and obsession. It is probable that fig is able to propitiate and create pleasure feeling in heart. It may increase brain tissue and intellectual ability.