or is that just B S..or does it really say that, some where?
2007-01-11 21:52:31 · 17 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Is that the same deal for men and women?
2007-01-11 22:04:42 · update #1
Wishful thinking on their part. The only way they will see 72 virgins is in hell.
2007-01-11 22:02:15 · answer #1 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 1⤊ 5⤋
The word some translate as Virgin is hoor;
1. Hoor mentioned in the Qur’an
The word hoor occurs in the Qur’an in no less than four different places:
(1) In Surah Dukhan chapter 44, verse 54
"Moreover, We shall join them to companions
With beautiful, big and lustrous eyes."
[Al-Qur’an 44:54]
(2) In Surah Al-Tur chapter 52 verse 20
"...And We shall join them to companions, with beautiful,
big and lustrous eyes."
[Al-Qur’an 52:20]
(3) In Surah Rahman chapter 55 verse 72
"Companions restrained (as to their glances), in goodly pavilions."
[Al-Qur’an 55:72]
(4) In Surah Al-Waqiah chapter 56 verse 22
"And (there will be) companions with beautiful, big and lustrous eyes."
[Al-Qur’an 56:22]
2. Hoor Translated as Beautiful Maidens
Many translators of the Qur’an have translated the word hoor as ‘beautiful maidens’ especially in the Urdu translations. If hoor means ‘beautiful maidens’ or girls, then they are meant only for the men. Hence, what will the women get if they enter Paradise?
3. Meaning of Hoor
The word hoor is actually the plural of ahwar (applicable to man) and of haura (applicable to woman) and signifies a person having eyes characterized by hauar a special quality bestowed upon a good soul, male or female in paradise and it denotes the intense whiteness of the white part of the spiritual eye.
The Qur’an describes in several other verses that in paradise you will have azwaj which mean a pair or spouse or companion which means you will have spouses or companions pure and holy (mutaharratun means pure, holy).
"But give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that their portion is gardens, beneath which rivers flow. Every time they are fed with fruits therefrom, they say: "Why, this is what we were fed with before", for they are given things in similitude; and they have therein companions pure (and holy); and they abide therein (forever)".
[Al-Qur’an 2:25]
"But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, We shall soon admit to Gardens, with rivers flowing beneath – their eternal home; therein shall they have companions pure and holy: we shall admit them to shades, cool and ever deepening". [Al-Qur’an 4:57]
Therefore the word hoor has no specific gender. Mohammad Asad has translated the word hoor as spouse and Abdullah Yusuf Ali as companion. Therefore according to some scholars a man in paradise will have a hoor that is a beautiful maiden with beautiful big and lustrous eyes and a woman in paradise will get a man with beautiful big and lustrous eyes.
4. Women will get something exceptional in Paradise
Many scholars say that in context, the word hoor used in the Qur’an refers only to ladies since gents are addressed. A reply that would be accepted by all types of people would rather be the answer given in the Hadith when a similar question was posed that if a man gets a hoor, a beautiful Maiden in Paradise, then what will the women get? The reply was that the women will get that which the heart has not desired for, the ear hasn’t heard off and the eye hasn’t seen, indicating that even the women will get something exceptional in Paradise.
2007-01-12 10:14:53 · answer #2 · answered by By Any Means Necessary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Islamic belief! It is that women are more valued if they have not been sullied by another man. So generally woman are only valued by the intactness of their Hymen. What a poor state of affairs!
Only men could be so stupid and narrow minded as to believe that it is their God given right to inherit a few dozen hymens to break.
When that is over what then? stone them and throw them on the scrapheap? Absolutely patheitc when a belief system trades in a small piece of skin as reward for deeds whether they be good deeds or deeds by radicals like Amarosi and his cohorts. Who still havent been put to death. Perhaps there arn't enough virgins available in Indonesia yet to fill the order!
2007-01-12 06:01:06 · answer #3 · answered by Shelty K 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Interestingly, some scholars think that 'virgins' is a mis-translation, what the original writers actually meant was '72 delicious raisins' (seriously). Wouldn't that be a disappointment? Unless, of course, you're really into raisins.
2007-01-12 06:38:10 · answer #4 · answered by les_pommes_frites 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lev 21:13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
2007-01-12 09:14:48 · answer #5 · answered by teashy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Islam, and guess the heaven is like a boothe, but not of these days, but rather of hundreds of years where women were not respected, only in saying "we respect them". but in action no.... Allah should be ashame of himself, he should give women also a lot of virgin men!! lol
2007-01-12 06:48:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no set number. When a Muslim says "72" virgins, it is equal to one of us saying a million. It just means a lot, no particular number, just a lot.
2007-01-12 05:58:11 · answer #7 · answered by Nestor Desmond 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in the islam religion it aparently really says something to that effect somewhere...i think it is just so much b.s. doled out to the ignorant to manipulate them to doing stupid and suicidal things in the name of that religion. kind of like the santa-clause god that chirstians have (you gotta be good to be saved b.s.)
2007-01-12 05:58:25 · answer #8 · answered by captsnuf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not just if you die. It's if you die as a martyr.
Since no one ever came back from the dead, it's difficult to know for sure if it's B.S. or not. I would tend to say that it is highly improbable.
2007-01-12 05:57:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Remember Hassan i Sabbah's scam? He was a genius and used the religious fervor of the Moslem to trick them into being his Assassins.
2007-01-12 05:57:27 · answer #10 · answered by Invisible_Flags 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Islam - if you die fighting a Jihad - a religious war - you will receive 1000
2007-01-12 05:55:46 · answer #11 · answered by much2muchcoffee 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋