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88-412: In Islamic eschatology, on Judgment Day , the natural or temporal world ( dunya ) will come to an end, the dead will be resurrected from their graves, and God will pronounce judgment on their deeds, consigning them for eternity to either the bliss of jannah (heaven) or the torment of jahannam (hell). The belief that death is not the end of existence, but a transferral from the temporal world to

176-566: A houri ( / ˈ h ʊər r i / or / ˈ h aʊ ə r i / ; Arabic : حُـورِيَّـة ,حُورِيّ , romanized :  ḥūriyy, ḥūrīya , lit.   'maiden') or hoor al ayn in plural form, refers to maiden women with beautiful eyes who live alongside the Muslim faithful in paradise . They are described as the same age as the men in paradise. Since hadith states people will be aged 30–33 lunar years in heaven, this translates to 29–32 Gregorian solar years. The term "houris"

264-494: A (new) creation and made them virgins, lovers, equal in age. ' " 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. He is with you as a passing guest. Very soon, he will part with you and come to us." Verse Q.78:33 describes Houri with the noun ka'ib , translated as "with swelling breasts" by several translators—like Arberry , Palmer , Rodwell and Sale (it

352-462: A classical Sunni interpretation of Q.56:35 in Tafsir al-Jalalayn , so that the heavenly virgins have no birthday or age in the earthly sense. Other sources, including a tafsir of Ibn Kathir , (see above) emphasize the purpose of the use of kawa'ib in verse Q.78:33 "is to highlight the woman’s youthfulness", though she is an adult, she "has reached the age when she begins to menstruate"; and that she

440-460: A distorted message: "The name of Muhammad has indeed reached their ears, but they do not know his true description and his character. Instead, they heard from the time they were young that a deceitful liar named Muhammad claimed to be a prophet. As far as I am concerned, such people are [excused] like those who the call of Islam has not reached, for while they have heard of the Prophet’s name, they heard

528-463: A dome decorated with pearls , aquamarine , and ruby , as wide as the distance from al-Jabiyyah to San'a . However, others object that the narration granting all men seventy-two wives has a weak chain of narrators. Another hadith, also in Jamiʽ; at-Tirmidhi and deemed "good and sound" ( hasan sahih ) gives this reward specifically for the martyr : There are six things with Allah for

616-545: A murderous tyrant called the Sufyani will spread corruption and mischief, killing women, children and descendants of Muhammad. To save believers from these horrors, the Mahdi will appear and Isa bin Maryam (Jesus) will descend from heaven to assist him. The sun will rise from the west. A breeze will blow causing all believers to inhale it and die peacefully. Following these portents,

704-501: A plural of both aḥwār (masc.) and ḥawrā' (fem.)... hence, the compound expression ḥūr ʿīn signifies, approximately, 'pure beings, most beautiful of eye'." Annemarie Schimmel says that the Quranic description of the houris should be viewed in a context of love: "every pious man who lives according to God's order will enter Paradise where rivers of milk and honey flow in cool, fragrant gardens and virgin beloveds await home". Regarding

792-527: A result of Islam imitating Christianity, but that the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam resemble each other because God's word has been sent by prophets throughout history to all three groups/religions, but that the first two garbled and corrupted his teachings and that only Teachings of Islam has not been corrupted. The events prophesied for the day of resurrection and judgement "are numerous and presented in varying ways", but "a sequence of

880-504: A specific religious duty prescribed by the shari'a -- their īmān , their prayer ṣalāt , almsgiving zakāt , pilgrimage ḥajj , ritual washings wudū' , ghusl , and responsibility to their relatives", respectively. While there is no Original Sin in Islam, the Quran does mention the many inherent flaws in the personalities of human beings – weakness, greed, stinginess, pride, etc. What

968-591: A way of balancing the weight of an individual's good deeds and bad on Judgement day, to see which is heavier, as the occurrence stated in Kitāb aḥwāl al-qiyāma , which will span in fifty thousand years. It is believed those whose good deeds outweigh their bad will be assigned to Jannah (heaven), and those whose bad deeds outweigh the good, Jahannam (hell). How much weight is given to internal and how much to external imam , how much to piety and how much to obedience to Islamic law (the two being intertwined, of course), in

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1056-404: Is a misconception. The Quran uses feminine as well as gender-neutral adjectives to describe houris, by describing them with the indefinite adjective عِينٌ , which some have taken to imply that certain passages are referring to both male and female companions. In addition, the use of masculine pronouns for the houris' companions does not imply that this companionship is restricted to men, as

1144-477: Is a state that is neither part of the temporal world of dunya , nor the hereafter. It lies between them (Barzakh meaning "separation" or "barrier"). Specifically in Islam it refers to phase/stage after a person dies and before they are resurrected for Judgement Day. This is based on the verse:"... behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected." Al Quran [23:100] During this time many if not all Muslims believe

1232-425: Is also translated as "buxom" or "full bosomed"). At least two Islamic Fatwa sites (islamweb.net and islamqa.info) have attacked the use of these translations by those who "criticize the Quran", or who "seek to make Islam appear to be a religion of sex and desire". Ibn Kathir , in his tafsir , writes that kawa'ib has been interpreted to refer to "fully developed" or "round breasts ... they meant by this that

1320-400: Is any generalization that can be made of "contemporary attitudes" toward the nature of the hereafter, including Houri, it is that it is "beyond human comprehension ... beyond time", that the Quran only "alluded to analogously". According to 8th Shia Imam, Imam Reza , the heavenly spouses are created of dirt ( Creation of life from clay ) and saffron. It has traditionally been believed that

1408-550: Is both "beyond all human time constructs" and generally estimated by many commentators to be forty years. The Afterlife will commence with a trumpet blast (different sources give different numbers of trumpet blasts), signaling the "Day of the Arising", according to the classical Islamic scholar and theologian al-Ghazali . The sounding of the trumpet is mentioned at least two times in the Qur'ān, but "the Qur'an itself does not make explicit

1496-481: Is closer to you than the strap of your sandal and so is the Fire”. The Quran makes "no mention of the pre-existence" of human souls before birth aside from "the rather ambiguous reference" in one verse: This verse was traditionally interpreted to "affirm the idea of pre-existence", though in modern times it is thought to refer to humanity's responsibility to "the primordial covenant" man made with God. In Islam , Barzakh

1584-547: Is in Paradise, and the amount of his bad deeds if he is in Hell. God may forgive the sins of a person towards Him, but He does not forgive the sins of a person towards another. And each is graded according to what that person did, and your Lord is not unaware of what they do. Muadh bin Jabal, narrated on the authority of the prophet Muhammad, that he said: "Leave the people to work, for Paradise

1672-427: Is necessary. In the Quran, dunya is contrasted with akhira as "now" v. "later" and also as something negative v. something positive. The Quran acknowledges the "necessity" of dunya for "carrying out the divine will", where duties should not be neglected, saying: "'Islam is a religion of the world ( din al-dunya ), of government, society, moral order, to the same extent as it is a religion of faith and belief and

1760-463: Is of the age of "young girls when their breasts are beginning to appear". At least one person (M Faroof Malik) translates Arabic : قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ in verse Q.55:56 as "bashful virgins". Sunni sources mention that like all men and women of Paradise, the houris do not experience urination , defecation or menstruation . Ibn Kathir states that jinns will have female jinn companions in Paradise. According to Smith and Haddad, if there

1848-469: Is one hundred degrees, between each two levels is as between heaven and earth. If you ask God, ask Him for Paradise." Jannah and Jahannam both have various levels. The placement of a person may depend upon the extent of his or her good will behind the deeds. It is also said that God may forgive a sin against Himself but not against another. In mainstream Islam, the sufferings and pleasure of Jannah and Jahannam are thought to be both spiritual and corporeal. There

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1936-713: Is physical suffering from fire (and many other things), but the damned also experience fire "in their hearts". Similarly, those in Jannah will experience gardens, houris , wine that does not make them drunk, but their greatest happiness will be divine pleasure. Judgement Day in Islam In Islam , "the promise and threat" ( waʿd wa-waʿīd ) of Judgement Day ( Arabic : یوم القيامة , romanized :  Yawm al-qiyāmah , lit.   'Day of Resurrection' or Arabic : یوم الدین , romanized :  Yawm ad-din , lit.   'Day of Judgement'),

2024-467: Is quite possible for People of the Interval to exist in every time period, whether before [the revelation of the final message of] Islam or after. The message has to have reached them in its pristine purity, without any distortions. In cases where the dawah reaches people in a mutilated form in which its essential components; its fundamental principles of belief, have been substituted, I am the first to say that

2112-716: Is sometimes erroneously attributed to the Quran.) In the Quran, there is no overt mention of sexual intercourse in Paradise . However, it is alluded to in hadiths , tafsirs and Islamic commentaries. The virgins of paradise "they will be of one age, thirty-three years old," according to Ibn Kathir (as reported by Ad-Dahhak aka Ibn Abi Asim ), based on his interpretation of the word Atrab ( Arabic : أَتْرَابًا ) in Q.56:37). However, another interpretation of Atrab (in Q.56:37 and also Q.78:33) by Muhammad Haleen, describes Houri "as being of similar age to their companions". An Islamic Books pamphlet also states Houri will "have

2200-495: Is the Day of ˹Final˺ Decision which you used to deny." ˹Allah will say to the angels,˺ "Gather ˹all˺ the wrongdoers along with their peers, and whatever they used to worship instead of Allah, then lead them ˹all˺ to the path of Hell [ ṣirāṭ al-jahīm ]. And detain them, for they must be questioned." ˹Then they will be asked,˺ "What is the matter with you that you can no longer help each other?" (Q.37:21–25) ṣirāṭ al-jahīm "was adopted into Islamic tradition to signify

2288-535: Is used only four times in the Quran , although the houris are mentioned indirectly several other times, (sometimes as azwāj , lit. companions), and hadith provide a "great deal of later elaboration". Muslim scholars differ as to whether they refer to the believing women of this world or a separate creation, with the majority opting for the latter. Houris have been said to have "captured the imagination of Muslims and non-Muslims alike". According to hadith, faithful women of

2376-432: Is when "all bodies will be resurrected" from the dead, and "all people" are "called to account" for their deeds and their faith during their life on Earth . It has been called "the dominant message" of the holy book of Islam , the Quran , and resurrection and judgement the two themes "central to the understanding of Islamic eschatology ." Judgement Day is considered a fundamental tenet of faith by all Muslims, and one of

2464-496: The tawḥīd of God, have the possibility of being saved." The possibility of intercession on behalf of sinners ( shafaʿa ) on Judgement Day to save them from hellfire, is a "major theme" in the eschatological expectations of the Muslim community and in stories told about the events of Judgement Day. While Quran "is both generally and clearly negative" in regard to the possibility of intercession on behalf of sinners ( shafaʿa ) on

2552-525: The Dunya will be superior to houris in paradise. In classical Arabic usage, the word ḥūr ( Arabic : حُور ) is the plural of both ʾaḥwar ( Arabic : أحْوَر ) (masculine) and ḥawrāʾ ( Arabic : حَوْراء ) (feminine) which can be translated as "having eyes with an intense contrast of white and black". The word "houri" entered several European languages in the 17th and 18th centuries. Arthur Jeffery and other scholars suggests an Iranian origin for

2640-533: The angel of death himself – save God. God will then ask three times, "'To whom belongs the Kingdom this day?' No one answers Him so He answers Himself, saying, 'To God who is one alone, victorious!'" Numerous Qur'ānic mentions that every soul will taste death during "the hour" are thought to underscore the absolute power and tawḥīd of God while the resurrection of life demonstrates "His justice and mercy". The time between annihilation of all life and its resurrection

2728-501: The Catholic concept of purgatory , sinful Muslim will stay in hell until purified of their sins. According to the scholar Al-Subki (and others), "God will take out of the Fire everyone who has said the testimony" (i.e. the shāhada testimony made by all Muslims, "There is no God but God , Muhammad is his prophet") "all but the mushrikun , those who have committed the worst sin of impugning

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2816-465: The Earth will be destroyed. (In surah Al-Haqqah ) When the trumpet is blown with a single blast and the earth and the mountains are lifted up and crushed with a single blow, then, on that day, the terror shall come to pass, and heaven shall be split, for upon that day it shall be very frail. ... " (Q.69:13–16) Verses from another surah ( At-Takwir ) describe When the sun shall be darkened When

2904-448: The Fire having eaten at them. Then he will hurry with them to a river near the gate of the Garden, called [the river of] life. There they will bathe and emerge from it as beardless youths, with kohled eyes and faces like the moon. The "events" of "the judgement process" are concluded with the arrival of resurrected at their final "abode of recompense": either paradise for the saved or hell for

2992-436: The Garden are the good believers [ al-mu'mināt al-ṣalihāt ] known in the Qur'an as al-ḥūr al-ʿayn , (although he also makes a distinction between earthly women and houri). Verses that are thought to refer to women from earth in paradise (Q.2:25, 3:15, and 4:57) talk of "purified companions" [ azwāj muṭahhara ], which distinguishes them from ḥūr, who are by definition "pure rather than purified". Muhammad Asad believes that

3080-477: The Muslims on the day of judgement". Verse Q.43:86 authorizes "true witnesses" to grant intercession, and in this category "has been found for the inclusion" of Muhammad "as an intercessor for the Muslim community. "One of the most popular and often-cited" stories about Muḥammad as intercessor ("validating" his ability to intercede) revolves around sinners turning to him after being turned down for intercession by all

3168-557: The Throne. All that exists until the day of resurrection is written on it. Isrāfīl has four wings—one in the East, one in the West, one covering his legs and one shielding his head and face in fear of God. His head is inclined toward the Throne .... No angel is nearer to the throne than Isrāfīl. Seven veils are between him and the Throne, each veil five hundred years distance from the next ... This will wake

3256-416: The basis of the will behind it (intentional deeds). With regard to the resurrection, people are of three types: There are numerous mentions in the Quran of the sounding of a trumpet sounding in connection with some dramatic event, including And numerous mentions of destruction of the world Heaven and Hell consist of different realms. The status of each person depends on the amount of his good deeds if he

3344-427: The bones and the flesh. The first group to get into Paradise will be like the full moon during the night, and the one following this group will be like the most luminescent of the sky's shining stars in the sky; each man among them will have two spouses, the marrow of whose shanks will glimmer be visible from beneath the flesh—none will be without a spouse in Paradise. Al-Hasan Al-Basri says that an old woman came to

3432-407: The breasts of these girls will be fully rounded and not sagging, because they will be virgins." Similarly, the authoritative Arabic–English Lexicon of Edward William Lane defines the word ka'ib as "A girl whose breasts are beginning to swell, or become prominent, or protuberant or having swelling, prominent, or protuberant, breasts." However, M. A. S. Abdel Haleem and others point out that

3520-412: The burning Fire!(Q.69:30-31) "The book" is thought to refer to an account each person has, chronicling the deeds of their life, good and bad. Commentators reports "affirm" that each day in a person's life, "one or two angels" begin a new page, inscribing deeds, and that upon completion, the pages are assembled "in some fashion ... into a full scroll or record". On Judgement Day the book is presented to

3608-459: The chronology involved with the blowing(s) of the horn" and "it has been for the followers of the Prophet to determine for themselves the exact sequence of events after that." Know that Isrāfīl is the master of the horn [ al-qarn ]. God created the preserved tablet [ al-lawḥ al-maḥfuz ] of white pearl. Its length is seven times the distance between the heaven and the earth and it is connected to

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3696-751: The common order is of Judgement Day at this point is unclear based on hadith as they disagree on the way God reveals to "the various categories of individuals what their fate is to be". There are special conditions to those who did not receive teachings of Islam during their life accordingly, the people of the period are judged differently on the Day of Judgement . There is a difference of opinion between scholars of Islam on their afterlife. The rationalist Mu'tazilites believed that every accountable person ( Arabic : مكلف , mukallaf ) must reject polytheism and idolatry and believe in an All-Powerful God. Failure to meet these requirements would result in eternal punishment. On

3784-496: The damned. The Quran describes habitation within the abodes in "exquisite detail", while "a wealth of picturesque specifics" (their shapes, structures, etc.) are elaborated on by hadith and other Islamic literature. Much of Islamic cosmology comes from "earlier world views" (the circles of damnation, seven layers of heaven above the earth, fires of purgation below of Mesopotamian and/or Jewish belief) with Quranic verses interpreted to harmonize with these. Houri In Islam ,

3872-642: The dark-eyed maidens due to their prayer, fasting, and devotions." Other authorities appear to indicate that houris themselves are the women of this world resurrected in new form, with Razi commenting that among the houris mentioned in the Quran will also be "[even] those toothless old women of yours whom God will resurrect as new beings". Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari mentions that all righteous women, however old and decayed they may have been on earth, will be resurrected as virginal maidens and will, like their male counterparts, remain eternally young in paradise. Modernist scholar Muḥammad ʿAbduh states "the women of

3960-440: The dawah has not reached them.” The saved and the damned now being clearly distinguished, the souls will traverse over hellfire via the bridge of sirat . This story is based on verses in the Quran (Q.36:66, Q.37:23–24), both of which "are rather indefinite". Only Q.37:23–24 mentioning hell in the form of al-jahīm with ṣirāṭ at least sometimes being translated as 'path' rather than 'bridge'. ˹They will be told,˺ "This

4048-449: The dead from their graves. Bodies will be resurrected and reunited with their spirits to form "whole, cognizant, and responsible persons". The first to arise will be the members of the Muslim community, according to "an often-quoted saying" of Muhammad, but will be "subdivided into categories" based on their sins while on earth. The classification of the resurrected into groups comes from "certain narratives" about Judgement Day that "suggest"

4136-405: The dead person will be given a taste of either the rewards or the punishments they will live with after Judgement Day. Some scholars give a different definition of Barzakh: According to Ghazali , Barzakh may also be the place for those, who go neither to hell nor to heaven. According to Ibn Hazm , Barzakh is also the place for the unborn souls, existing in the lowest heaven , where an angel blows

4224-478: The description here refers in classical usage to the young age rather than emphasizing the women's physical features. Others, such as Abdullah Yusuf Ali , translate ka'ib as "companions", with Muhammad Asad interpreting the term as being allegorical. The Sunni hadith scholar Al-Tirmidhi quotes Muhammad as having said: The smallest reward for the people of Heaven is an abode where there are eighty thousand servants and seventy-two houri, over which stands

4312-475: The end of the world. Jesus (known in Islam as Isa ) will make a second coming in Islam, but not to preside over Last Judgement. Instead he will help another Islamic saviour figure ("The Mahdi "), crush evildoers and restore order and justice before the end of the world, including (according to some Islamic hadiths) correcting the erring ways of the world's Christians by converting them to Islam. Muslims do not believe these matching prophecies about Judgement Day are

4400-516: The eschatological status of this-worldly women vis-à-vis the houris, scholars have maintained that righteous women of this life are of a higher station than the houris. Sunni theologian Aḥmad al-Ṣāwī (d. 1825), in his commentary on Ahmad al-Dardir 's work, states, "The sound position is that the women of this world will be seventy thousand times better than the dark-eyed maidens ( ḥūr ʿīn )." Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar Baḥraq (d.1524) mentions in his didactic primer for children that "Adamic women are better than

4488-419: The events" for the day can be made based on both the many details "suggested by the Qur'an" and also on "the elaborations and additions provided as usual by the hadiths, the manuals, and the interpretations of theologians". Four segments of end times in Islam can be presented: Many verses of the Quran , especially the earlier ones, are dominated by the idea of the nearing of the Day of Resurrection. In Islam

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4576-481: The everlasting world, ( al-Ākhirah ), is a belief Islam shares with other Abrahamic religions such as Judaism and Christianity. Al-Ākhirah is referenced dozens of times in the Quran in numerous surahs where among other things, believers are told it makes "the enjoyment of this worldly life" ( dunya ) appear "insignificant" (Q.9:38). In connection with the Last Judgment, it is traditionally considered to be one of

4664-485: The fate of a soul after death. The soul of the righteous spends three nights near the corpse, and at the end of the third night, the soul sees its own religion (daena) in the form of a beautiful damsel, a lovely fifteen year-old virgin; thanks to good actions she has grown beautiful; they then ascend heaven together. In The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran , a 2007 book by " Christoph Luxenberg " (pseudonym of unknown author),

4752-411: The four verses specifically mentioning Houri were all "probably" 'revealed' at "the end of the first Meccan period ". Details of descriptions of houri (or ḥūr), in hadith collections differ, but one summary (by Smith & Haddad) states: they are generally said to be composed of saffron from the feet to the knees, musk from the knees to the breast, amber from the breast to the neck, and camphor from

4840-644: The grave before Resurrection Day). The resurrected will gather for "The Perspiration" — a time when all created beings, including men, angels, jinn , devils and animals will sweat, unshaded from the sun, awaiting their fate. Sinners and nonbelievers will suffer and sweat longer on this day, which some say will last for "50,000 years" (based on Q.70:4) and others only 1000 (based on Q.32:5). The final judgment (Reckoning, ḥisāb ) where God judges each soul for their lives lived on earth, will be "carried out with absolute justice" accepting no excuses, and examine every act and intention—no matter how small, but "through

4928-446: The grouping, and are based on "a number of scattered verses in the Qur'an indicating the woeful condition" of resurrected sinners. In the time between resurrection and judgement will be an agonizing wait (Q.21:103, Q.37:20) at the place of assembly [ al-maḥshar ], or the time of standing before God [ al-mawqūf ], giving sinners "ample opportunity to contemplate the imminent recompense for his past faults" (just as sinners suffer in

5016-427: The houris are beautiful women who are promised as a reward to believing men, with numerous hadith and Quranic exegetes describing them as such. In recent years, however, some have argued that the term ḥūr refers both to pure men and pure women (it being the plural term for both the masculine and feminine forms which refer to whiteness) and the belief that the term houris only refers to females who are in paradise

5104-557: The houris, who are the physical manifestations of ideal forms that will not fade away over time and who will serve as faithful companions to those whom they accompany. According to Islamic scholar Javed Ahmad Ghamidi the houri is just an adjective used to describe beauty of women from this world, who would be given a new beautiful appearance in afterlife. The houri has been said to resemble afterlife figures in Zoroastrianism narratives: The Zoroastrian text, Hadhoxt Nask, describes

5192-474: The last day" to save them from hellfire, (the idea being every individual must take responsibility for their own deeds and acts of faith). In the 20+ occurrences of shafa'a in the Quran none mention Muhammad or the office of prophethood. However this principle was "modified in the ensuing understanding of the community, and the Prophet Muḥammad was invested with the function of intervening on behalf of

5280-704: The living when the world ends. As in the First and Second Epistle of John of the New Testament , an " Antichrist " figure appears in Islam, known (in Islam) as ( Arabic : دجّال ) Al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl , literally "Deceitful Messiah". The Dajjal , like the Antichrist, performs miracles, or at least what appear to be miracles. (In Islam, the Dajjal and many of his followers are prophesied to be killed by Jesus's breath, just as in

5368-476: The marrow of their bones", "eternally young", "hairless except the eyebrows and the head", "pure" and "beautiful". Sunni hadith scholars also relate a number of sayings of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad in which the houris are mentioned. Everyone will have two wives from the houris, (who will be so beautiful, pure and transparent that) the marrow of the bones of their legs will be seen through

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5456-498: The martyr. He is forgiven with the first flow of blood (he suffers), he is shown his place in Paradise, he is protected from punishment in the grave, secured from the greatest terror, the crown of dignity is placed upon his head—and its gems are better than the world and what is in it—he is married to seventy-two wives among the wide-eyed houris (Ar. اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ زَوْجَةً مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ ) of Paradise, and he may intercede for seventy of his close relatives. (This hadith

5544-406: The masculine form encompasses the female in classical and Quranic Arabic—thus functioning as an all-gender including default form—and is used in the Quran to address all humanity and all the believers in general. In The Message of The Qur'an , Muhammad Asad describes the usage of the term ḥūr in the verses 44:54 and 56:22, arguing that "the noun ḥūr—rendered by me as 'companions pure'—is

5632-553: The message in this world will be tested in the afterlife, or Barzakh . This view also shared and accepted by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya , Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari , and Ibn Kathir , as they all based this ruling according to Hadith about the fates of four kinds of peoples: According to Ibn Qayyim, Ibn Taymiyya, and other Islamic scholars who agreed on this Hadiths, this means those four type of peoples would be further examined by Allah in Barzakh , where these four type of person will be tested in

5720-423: The messenger of God and asked, O Messenger of God make dua that God grants me entrance into Jannah . The Messenger of God replied, "O Mother, an old woman cannot enter Jannah." That woman started crying and began to leave. The Messenger of God said, "Say to the woman that one will not enter in a state of old age, but God will make all the women of Jannah young virgins. God Most High says, 'Lo! We have created them

5808-495: The neck to the head. Working often with multiples of seven, the traditionalists have described them as wearing seventy to 70,000 gowns, through which even the marrow of their bones can be seen because of the fineness of their flesh, reclining on seventy couches of red hyacinth encrusted with rubies and jewels, and the like. The ḥūr do not sleep, do not get pregnant, do not menstruate, spit, or blow their noses, and are never sick. In hadith, Houris have been described as "transparent to

5896-406: The next world ( din al-akhirah ).'" But the "usual contrast" between the two realms is as "two clear moral alternatives" that the individual has to choose between as "the focal point of his or her attention and activity" On the other hand, some Muslim mystics assert the two realms are "in a constant state of interpenetration", (according to one Todd Lawson), as expressed in the hadith: “the Garden

5984-449: The opposite of his true qualities. And hearing such things would never arouse one’s desire to find out who he was." Imam Nawawi said in his commentary Sharh Sahih Muslim that those who are born into idolatrous families and die without a message reaching them are granted paradise based upon the Qur'anic verse 17:15 : "We do not punish a people until a messenger comes to them." . According to ibn Taymiyyah, these people who did not receive

6072-471: The other hand, the Ash'aris believed that those who did not receive the message would be forgiven, even idolaters. Their premise was that good and evil is based upon revelation; in other words, good and evil are defined by God. Therefore, in the absence of revelation, they cannot be held accountable. Abu Hamid al-Ghazali categorized non-Muslims into three categories: He also wrote about non-Muslims who have heard

6160-451: The other prophets. In al-Durra by al-Ghazali, this happens "between the two soundings of the trumpet". Another story found in Kitāb aḥwāl al-qiyāma relates [The Prophet Muḥammad] will come with the prophets and will bring out from the Fire all who used to say "There is no God but God and Muḥammad is the Messenger of God. ... " He will then bring them out all together, charred from

6248-628: The prerogative of God's merciful will". Quran verses in Al-Haqqah (surah 69) are thought to refer to the reckoning on Judgement Day: As for the one who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Take and read my book. I knew that I would be called to account. And he will be in a blissful condition (Q.69:19–21) .... But as for him who is given his book in his left hand, he will say: Would that my book had not been given to me and that I did not know my reckoning! (Q.69:25-26) ... [And it will be said] Seize him and bind him and expose him to

6336-512: The references to houris and other depictions of paradise should be understood as allegorical rather than literal, citing the "impossibility of man's really 'imagining' paradise". In support of this view he quotes Quran verse 32:17 and a hadith found in Bukhari and Muslim. Shi'ite philosopher Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai mentions that the most important fact of the description of the houris is that good deeds performed by believers are re-compensated by

6424-434: The right hand of the resurrected person if they are going to Jannah, and left if they are to be sent to "the burning fire". Another version of how the resurrected are judged ("particular elements that make up the occasion of the reckoning" in the Quran are not ordered or grouped and are called "modalities of judgement") involves several references in the Quran to mīzān (balance), which some commentators believe refers to

6512-517: The righteous. In an event somewhat similar to the Rapture concept in Christianity —where at some time near the end of the world all Christian believers disappear and are carried off to heaven—in Islam one of the very last signs of the imminent arrival of the end of the world will be a "pleasant" or "cold" wind, that brings a peaceful death to all Muslim believers, leaving only unbelievers alive to face

6600-470: The same age as their husbands so that they can relate to each other better", but also adds that they will "never become old"; (Translations of Q.56:37 and Q.78:33—for example by Mustafa Khattab's the Clear Quran and by Pickthall—often include the phrase "equal age" but do not specify what the houris are of equal age to.) On the other hand, the houris were created "without the process of birth", according to

6688-473: The second chapter of 2 Thessalonians it says "Jesus will destroy with the breath of his mouth, annihilating him by the manifestation of his coming", some unnamed "lawless" figure. As in the Christian Book of Revelation (where they are to fight a "final battle with Christ and his saints"), Gog and Magog , will be released, after being imprisoned for thousands of years in a mountain, to wage war against

6776-485: The signs of the coming of Judgement Day are described as "major" and "minor". The Al-Masih ad-Dajjal will appear, deceiving the foolish and killing Muslims until killed by either the Mahdi or Jesus. Following him, two dangerous, evil tribes of subhumans with vast numbers called Yajooj and Majooj will be released from where they have been imprisoned inside a mountain since Roman times. And according to some narratives,

6864-460: The six articles of Islamic faith . The trials, tribulations, and details associated with it are detailed in the Quran and the Hadith (sayings of Muhammad ); these have been elaborated on in creeds , Quranic commentaries ( tafsịrs ), theological writing, eschatological manuals to provide more details and a sequence of events on the Day. Islamic expositors and scholarly authorities who have explained

6952-447: The six essential beliefs of Muslims, (along with Tawhid (monotheism), angels, the four Revealed Books ( Injeel , Taurait , Quran and Zabur ), prophets and messengers , and predestination ). In Islamic doctrine, Al-Akhirah is necessary because the pious often suffer and unbelievers often prosper and enjoy themselves in the temporal world. To rectify that and to bring justice, Al-Akhirah with rewards of Jannah and punishment of Jahannam

7040-501: The soul into wombs. Muslims believe that preceding this Day will be "signs" or portents of the Hour or the signs of the Day of Resurrection, and they are divided into minor signs and major signs. A number of verses of the Quran mention great destruction, believed to refer to the destruction of the material world. The exact time when these events will occur is unknown, however there are said to be major and minor signs which are to occur near

7128-496: The span over jahannam , the top layer of the Fire". Muhammad leading the Muslim Ummah will be first across the bridge. For sinners, the bridge will be thinner than hair and sharper than the sharpest sword, impossible to walk on without falling below to arrive at their fiery destination, while the righteous will proceed across the bridge to paradise ( Jannah ). Not everyone consigned to hell will remain there. Somewhat like

7216-443: The stars shall be thrown down When the seas shall be set boiling When the souls shall be coupled, ... When the scrolls shall be unrolled When heavens shall be stripped off, When Hell shall be set blazing, When Paradise shall be brought nigh Then shall a soul know what it has produced. (Q.81:1,2,6,7,10-14) A second trumpet blast will signal a "final cataclysm" ( fanāʼ ), the extinction of all living creatures – even

7304-501: The state where their senses and their minds in perfect condition, so they can understand they are being tested examined by God. Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani , a Salafi scholar, stated on this matter: “The term Ahl al-Fatrah refers to everyone whom the dawah (message of Islam) has not reached in a correct manner as it came in the Shariah… Such people will not be punished on the Day of Judgement [for their disbelief in this world]. It

7392-558: The subject in detail include al-Ghazali , Ibn Kathir , Ibn Majah , Muhammad al-Bukhari , and Ibn Khuzaymah . Among the names of the Day of Resurrection/Judgement used in the Qur'an are: Related terms include (according to scholars Jane Smith and Yvonne Haddad), Islamic and Christian eschatology both have a " Day of Resurrection " of the dead ( yawm al-qiyāmah ), followed by a "Day of Judgement" ( yawm ad-din ) where all human beings who have ever lived will be held accountable for their deeds by being judged by God. Depending on

7480-413: The tabulation of good deeds and earning salvation, varies according to the interpretation of scholars. In one manual ( Kitāb aḥwāl al-qiyāma ), hopeful humans are questioned about their behaviour not before they head on the path/bridge ( aṣ-ṣirāṭ ; see below) to heaven, but during. As they walk the bridge, said to have seven arches, "each 3,000 years in length"; they are interrogated at each arch about

7568-470: The term, proposing the origins of the word to be the Middle Persian hū̆rust 'well grown.' The houris are mentioned in several passages of the Quran , always in plural form, but only mentioned directly four times. No specific number is ever given in the Quran for the number of houris accompanying each believer. In the tafsirs and commentaries on the Quran, Houris are described as: It is thought that

7656-433: The time of Qiyammah (end time). Yawm ad-Din close Yawm al-DinThe Day of Judgement (yawm means 'day', and din means 'judgement'). is the Day of Judgement, when Allah will decide how people will spend their afterlife. Most Muslims believe they have free will to make their own choices. They also believe that they will be judged by God for those choices. The judgment doesn't depend upon the amount of deeds, deeds are judged on

7744-564: The verdict of the judgement, they will be sent for eternity to either the reward of paradise ( Jannah ) or the punishment of hell ( Jahannam ). Some of the similarities between Christian and Islamic eschatology include: when exactly Judgement day will occur will be known only to God; it will be announced by a trumpet blast; it will be preceded by strange and terrible events serving as portents; Jesus will return to earth (but in different roles); battles will be fought with an Antichrist and Gog and Magog ; righteous believers will not be among

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