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The concept of 72 virigins in Islam refers to an aspect of paradise. In one of the da'if books of ahadith by Al-Tirmidhi, it is said

"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.

Physical attributes of the virgins

The word Kawa'ib in

has been translated to mean "voluptous" . 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,

See also

• Jannah

References

1. Houris

2. Quran
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3. Quran
   History Waḥy First revelation Asbab al-Nuzul Historicity Manuscripts Samarkand Kufic Quran Sanaa manuscript Topkapi manuscript Birmingham manuscript Codex Mashhad
   Divisions Surah List Meccan Medinan Āyah Juz' Muqatta'at
   Content Quranic counter-discourse Self-referential discourse of the Quran Quranic cosmology Punishment narratives in the Quran Prophets No compulsion Women Animals Legends Miracles Parables Science Eschatology God
   Reading Qāriʾ Hifz Tajwid Tarteel Ahruf Qira'at
   Translations List Ahmadiyya Bengali English Hebrew
   Exegesis List Hermeneutics Esotericism Abrogation Biblical parallels Related persons Mentioned by name
   Characteristics I'jaz Inerrancy
   Related Criticism Attempted imitations Quran and Sunnah Quranism Shi’a view
   Category Islam portal
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4. Quran
   History Waḥy First revelation Asbab al-Nuzul Historicity Manuscripts Samarkand Kufic Quran Sanaa manuscript Topkapi manuscript Birmingham manuscript Codex Mashhad
   Divisions Surah List Meccan Medinan Āyah Juz' Muqatta'at
   Content Quranic counter-discourse Self-referential discourse of the Quran Quranic cosmology Punishment narratives in the Quran Prophets No compulsion Women Animals Legends Miracles Parables Science Eschatology God
   Reading Qāriʾ Hifz Tajwid Tarteel Ahruf Qira'at
   Translations List Ahmadiyya Bengali English Hebrew
   Exegesis List Hermeneutics Esotericism Abrogation Biblical parallels Related persons Mentioned by name
   Characteristics I'jaz Inerrancy
   Related Criticism Attempted imitations Quran and Sunnah Quranism Shi’a view
   Category Islam portal
   v t e

   ,

   Quran
   History Waḥy First revelation Asbab al-Nuzul Historicity Manuscripts Samarkand Kufic Quran Sanaa manuscript Topkapi manuscript Birmingham manuscript Codex Mashhad
   Divisions Surah List Meccan Medinan Āyah Juz' Muqatta'at
   Content Quranic counter-discourse Self-referential discourse of the Quran Quranic cosmology Punishment narratives in the Quran Prophets No compulsion Women Animals Legends Miracles Parables Science Eschatology God
   Reading Qāriʾ Hifz Tajwid Tarteel Ahruf Qira'at
   Translations List Ahmadiyya Bengali English Hebrew
   Exegesis List Hermeneutics Esotericism Abrogation Biblical parallels Related persons Mentioned by name
   Characteristics I'jaz Inerrancy
   Related Criticism Attempted imitations Quran and Sunnah Quranism Shi’a view
   Category Islam portal
   v t e

5. Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Abridged, Volume 10, Surat At-Tagabun to the end of the Qur'an, pp. 333-334, also see ,

External links

• 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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