Houri (Heavenly Virgin): Difference between revisions

The '''72 virgins''' or 72 houri ([[Virgins|/ˈhʊəriz/]]<ref>[https://www.dictionary.com/browse/houris houri] ''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''.</ref>; from Persian: حُـورِی‎, ''ḥūrī''; plural of '<nowiki/>'''ḥaurāʾ'<nowiki/>''' or'<nowiki/>'''ḥūrīyah'<nowiki/>'''; Arabic: حُـورِيَّـة‎) refers to a celestial being that is an aspect of [[Heaven]] or [[Heaven|jannah]] ([[Arabic]]: جنّة‎ '<nowiki/>'''Jannah''''; plural: ''Jannat''). This concept is mentioned in [[Qur'an|Qur'anic]] text as a reward to believing men after death. According to the Quran, once in jannah, believers are wed to virgins with "full grown", "swelling" or "pears-shaped" breasts.<ref name="Sura 44 54">"''Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.''" - {{Quran|44|54}}</ref><ref>Several translators like Hilali-Khan ([http://al-quran.info/default.aspx#&&sura=1&trans=en-hilali-khan&show=both,quran-uthmani&format=rows&ver=1.00 Noble Quran, translated by Hilali-Khan]), Arthur John Arberry, Abdul Daryabadi, Umm Muhammad, Edward Henry Palmer, Ahmed Ali, John Medows Rodwell, Ali Ünal, George Sale, Muhammad Sarwar, and Tahir-ul-Qadri ([http://www.quranbrowser.com/ Quran browser], {{Qtt|78|33}}) have translated {{quran|78|33}} as referring to "full grown", "swelling" or "pears-shaped" breasts.</ref><ref name="Kathir7833">"''This [Qur'an 78:33] 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.''" - {{cite book |url=http://www.tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=78&tid=56825 |author=Ibn Kathir |title=Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Abridged, Volume 10 Surat At-Tagabun to the end of the Qur'an |pages=333-334}}</ref> The Quran provides a physical and personal description of the houri and denotes them as awards to believers. [[Sahih]] (authentic) [[hadith]] detail the amount if houris and what they are for.<ref name=":0">[[Authenticity of 72 Virgins Hadith]]</ref>

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