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| The part of the ] that deals with paradise makes several mentions of the women that inhabit paradise. They are described as "beautiful like ], with complexions like ] and ]<ref>{{Quran|56|22-23}}</ref>" and "voluptuous<ref>{{Quran|78|33}}</ref>, dark eyed and lovely eyed<ref>{{Quran|56|22}}, {{Quran|37|40-48}}</ref>" 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."<ref>{{Quran|55|76}}</ref>. Since the time of Mohammed, martyrs have always been considered those willing to die defending Islam.<ref name=usatoday></ref> | The part of the ] that deals with paradise makes several mentions of the women that inhabit paradise. They are described as "beautiful like ], with complexions like ] and ]<ref>{{Quran|56|22-23}}</ref>" and "voluptuous<ref>{{Quran|78|33}}</ref>, dark eyed and lovely eyed<ref>{{Quran|56|22}}, {{Quran|37|40-48}}</ref>" ]. 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."<ref>{{Quran|55|76}}</ref>. Since the time of Mohammed, martyrs have always been considered those willing to die defending Islam.<ref name=usatoday></ref> | ||
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In one of the six or seven canonical books of ahadith by Al-Tirmidhi, a martyr for the cause of Allah would be rewarded in Paradise with 72 "black eyed virgins."
Qur'an
The part of the Qur'an that deals with paradise makes several mentions of the women 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.
The Hadith
Below is the actual hadith which mentions the 72 virgins:
- "The Prophet Muhammad was heard saying: 'The smallest reward for the people of paradise is an abode where there are 80,000 servants and 72 wives, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine, and ruby, as wide as the distance from Al-Jabiyyah to Sana'a '."
Physical attributes of the virgins
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has been translated to mean "voluptous" . According to Ibn Kathir, it means "women with swollen 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,
See also
References
- Houris
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Divisions Content Reading Translations Exegesis Characteristics Related - Devotion, desire drive youths to 'martyrdom'
- Hadith collections from Al-Tirmidhi in the Book of Sunan (volume IV, chapters on The Features of Paradise as described by the Messenger of Allah , chapter 21, About the Smallest Reward for the People of Paradise, (Hadith 2687).
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/saturday_review/story/0,3605,631332,00.html
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Abridged, Volume 10, Surat At-Tagabun to the end of the Qur'an, pp. 333-334, also see ,
External links
- Virgins? What virgins? - Guardian Unlimited, UK
- Description of al-hoor al-‘iyn in the Qur’aan and Sunnah
- Response from IslamQA team to a Muslim asking about sex with virgins in heaven
- Houris - Skepdic.com
- Afterlife and the Quran
- Mary the Mother of Jesus: A Houri in Paradise? - Answering-Islam.org
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