Qur'aanic Verse 52:20:
Transliteration:
Transliteration:
20. Muttaki-eena AAala sururin masfoofatin wazawwajnahum
bihoorin AAeenin
Translation:
20. “Reclining on couches ranged in rows!” And We shall give
them Houris5 with lovely eyes as companions.
Study Note:
5. Believers may well remember
that this Arabic word hoorin is mutashaabih
in terms of Verse 3:7. Its exact meaning is beyond understanding of us humans
in this world. In terms of the said Verse therefore we should not indulge in
our error-prone human opinions about it. Indulging in such an exercise on this
word has already created a fitnah
[mischief] among the people, Muslim as well as non-Muslim. Muslims particularly
should remember that those eligible to go to Paradise would be incapable of
doing anything wrong or indecent there.
The above is extracted from yet-to-be-published Qur'aanic Studies Manzil VII.
