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The concept of 72 virigins in Islam refers to an aspect of paradise. In the book of hadith by Al-Tirmidhi called Sunan al-Tirmidhi it is said that:

"It was mentioned by Daraj Ibn Abi Hatim, that Abu al-Haytham ‘Adullah Ibn Wahb narrated from Abu Sa’id al-Khudhri, who heard the Prophet Muhammad (Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) saying, ‘The smallest reward for the people of Heaven is an abode where there are eighty thousand servants and seventy two wives, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine and ruby, as wide as the distance from al-Jabiyyah to San’a."

Qur'an

The part of the Qur'an that deals with paradise makes several mentions of the mates that inhabit paradise. They are described as "beautiful like rubies, with complexions like diamonds and pearls" and "voluptuous, dark eyed and lovely eyed" houris. In one of the passages of the Koran, it is said the martyrs and virgins shall "delight themselves, reclining on green cushions and beautiful carpets.". Since the time of Mohammed, martyrs have always been considered those willing to die defending Islam.

Physical attributes of the virgins

The word Kawa'ib in

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has been translated to mean "voluptous" by Yusuf Ali, Pickthall, and Shakir . According to Ibn Kathir, it means "women with round breasts":

This means round breasts. They meant by this that the breasts of these girls will be fully rounded and not sagging, because they will be virgins, equal in age...

— Tafsir Ibn Kathir,

Luxenberg's theory

One radical new interpretation of the relevant passages of the Qur'an, widely rejected as revisionist scholarship by Muslim scholars, is The Syro-Aramaic Reading Of The Qur'an written by Christoph Luxenberg. In respect of this particular point Luxenberg argues that the relevant passage actually translate to a portrayal of paradise as a lush garden with pooling water and trees with rare fruit, including white raisins (considered to be delicacies at the time that the Qur'an was written), not virgin maidens.

Famous quotes

Hussam Abdo, a 14 year old would-be suicide-bomber, described by Israeli television as "mentally challenged", while being disarmed by the Israeli troops in 2004 was reported to have said:

Blowing myself up is the only chance I've got to have sex with 72 virgins in the Garden of Eden

— Hussam Abdo

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  6. Devotion, desire drive youths to 'martyrdom'
  7. Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Abridged, Volume 10, Surat At-Tagabun to the end of the Qur'an, pp. 333-334, also see ,
  8. Vartan Gregorian (2003). Islam: A Mosaic, Not a Monolith. Brookings Institution Press. p. 19. ISBN 081573283X.
  9. Doris Sommer (2004). Bilingual Aesthetics: A New Sentimental Education. Duke University Press. p. 249. ISBN 0822333449.
  10. Alexander Stille (2002-03-02). "Scholars Are Quietly Offering New Theories of the Koran". New York Times. pp. A1. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. Jerusalem Post as reported by BBC

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