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God Most High says, 'Lo! We have created them a (new) creation and made them virgins, lovers, equal in age. ' " [46] According to a report transmitted by Ibn Majah in his Sunan: A woman does not annoy her husband but his spouse from amongst the maidens with wide eyes intensely white and deeply black will say: "Do not annoy him, may Allah ruin you.
The word houri, universally [citation needed] interpreted by scholars as "white-eyed virgins" [dubious – discuss] (who will serve the faithful in Paradise; Qur'an 44:54, 52:20, 55:72, 56:22) means, according to Luxenberg, "white grapes" or "raisins". He says that many Christian descriptions of Paradise describe it as abounding in pure white ...
72 virgins could refer to multiple things. For the political trope Islamophobia § 72 virgins; For the heavenly beings in South/Central Asian folklore, see Houri § 72 virgins; For the 2004 novel by Boris Johnson, see Seventy-Two Virgins; For the telegram channel, see Palestinian suicide attacks § 72 virgins
While the Quran is full of "graphic" descriptions of the "physical pleasures" for the inhabitants of the Garden, it also states that the "acceptance [riḍwān] [44] from God" felt by the inhabitants "is greater" than the pleasure of the Gardens (Q.9:72), [36] the true beauty of paradise, [45] [46] the greatest of all rewards, surpassing all ...
Seventy-Two Virgins received mixed reviews on original release.David Smith, writing for The Observer, said "despite the pacy narration, there is a sense of going nowhere fast", but praised the humour, saying "Yet while Johnson is a heroic failure as a novelist, he scores in his comic handling of those most sensitive issues: the ideological motives of Muslim suicide bombers (whence the title ...
In the early Meccan periods, these sensuous descriptions and temptations of voluptuous virgins were used to attract the attention of the Meccan pagans however by the Third Meccan period goals had been realigned not to attract pagans but to encourage and foster a law-abiding community centered around worshipping the Word of God. [21]
The Protoevangelium seems to have been used to create the stories of Mary which are found in the Quran, [30] but while Muslims agree with Christians that Mary was a virgin at the moment of the conception of Jesus, the idea of her perpetual virginity thereafter is contrary to the Islamic ideal of women as wives and mothers. [31]
Gender roles in Islam are based on scriptures, cultural traditions, and jurisprudence. The Quran, the holy book of Islam, indicates that both men and women are spiritually equal. The Quran states: "Those who do good, whether male or female, and have faith will enter Paradise and will never be wronged; even as much as the speck on a date stone." [1]