concept

Houris

حُورٌ عِينٌ

In Islamic tradition, the Houris (حُورٌ عِينٌ) represent a beautiful and pure blessing awaiting righteous believers in Paradise, or Jannah. They are often described in the Quran as [fair women with large, beautiful eyes], serving as a reward for those who lived lives of piety and devotion to Allah. The concept highlights the comprehensive nature of Jannah's delights, which encompass both spiritual tranquility and profound physical blessings. The Quran mentions that believers will be [married to them], and describes them as [women limiting their glances], indicating their chastity and singular devotion. Alongside other blessings like [purified spouses] and gardens flowing with rivers, the Houris symbolize the ultimate fulfillment of desires in the afterlife, a state of perfect contentment and joy. Their mention serves as a powerful reminder of Allah's immense generosity and an encouragement for believers to strive for goodness and righteousness in this worldly life, anticipating an eternal reward beyond imagination.

Quran 16 verses

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَنُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا لَّهُمْ فِيهَآ أَزْوَٰجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَنُدْخِلُهُمْ ظِلًّا ظَلِيلًا

Wallazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati sanud khiluum jannaatin tajree min tahtihal anhaaru khaalideena feehaaa abadaa, lahum feehaaa azwaajum mutahharatun wa nudkhiluhum zillan zaleelaa

But those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide forever. For them therein are purified spouses, and We will admit them to deepening shade.

اور جو ایمان لائے اور نیک عمل کرتے رہے ان کو ہم بہشتوں میں داخل کریں گے جن کے نیچے نہریں بہہ رہی ہیں وہ ان میں ہمیشہ ہمیشہ رہیں گے وہاں ان کے لئے پاک بیبیاں ہیں اور ان کو ہم گھنے سائے میں داخل کریں گے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Particular believers and disbelievers were mentioned in the previous verses. Stated now is the reward and punishment of a believer and a disbeliever as a universal rule. Commentary Explaining the highly apocalyptic statement كُلَّمَا نَضِجَتْ جُلُودُهُم بَدَّلْنَاهُمْ in verse 56, Sayyidna Mu` adh ؓ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And those that believe and perform righteous deeds We shall admit them to Gardens underneath which rivers flow wherein they abide they shall have therein spouses purified of menstruation and every impurity and We shall admit them to plenteous shade that is everlasting shade never replaced by any sun...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of Those Who Disbelieve in Allah's Books and Messengers Allah describes the torment in the Fire of Jahannam for those who disbelieve in His Ayat and hinder from the path of His Messengers. Allah said, إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَايَـتِنَا (Surely, those who disbelieved in Our Ayat ,...

وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌ

Wa 'indahum qaasiraatut tarfi 'een

And with them will be women limiting [their] glances, with large, [beautiful] eyes,

اور ان کے پاس عورتیں ہوں گی جو نگاہیں نیچی رکھتی ہوں گی اور آنکھیں بڑی بڑی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: 7. In verse 48, it was said: قَاصِرَ‌اتُ الطَّرْ‌فِ (restricting their gazes). This is an attribute of the hurs or houris of Jannah - wide eyes with lowered gaze. It means that except for the mate to whom Allah Ta’ ala gives them in marital bond, they will not raise their eyes to cast a look at any ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and with them will be maidens of restrained glances who reserved their glances exclusively for their spouses and do not look upon any other — because of the beauty they the maidens see in them — with beautiful eyes ‘īn means with large and beautiful eyes
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Idolators and the Reward of the sincere Believers Allah says, addressing the people: إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُو الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمِ - وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ (Verily, you are going to taste the painful torment; and you will be requited nothing except for wha...

وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ أَتْرَابٌ

Wa 'indahum qaasiraatut tarfi atraab

And with them will be women limiting [their] glances and of equal age.

اور ان کے پاس نیچی نگاہ رکھنے والی (اور) ہم عمر (عورتیں) ہوں گی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 52, it was said: وَعِندَهُمْ قَاصِرَ‌اتُ الطَّرْ‌فِ أَتْرَ‌ابٌ (and in their company there will be females restricting their glances ] to their husbands, and[ of matching ages.). Meant by these are the Hurs or Houris of Jannah (referred to, fondly enough for some people, even as 'nymphs of ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And with them there will be maidens of restrained glances restricting their eyes to their spouses of a like age of the same age girls who are thirty three years of age atrāb is the plural of tirb.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Final Return of the Blessed Allah tells us that His blessed, believing servants will have a good final return in the Hereafter, which means their ultimate destination. Then He explains it further, as He says: جَنَّـتِ عَدْنٍ (`Adn Gardens) meaning, eternal gardens (of Paradise), مُّفَتَّحَةً لَّ...

كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

Kazaalika wa zawwajnaahum bihoorin 'een

Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.

اس طرح (کا حال ہوگا) اور ہم بڑی بڑی آنکھوں والی سفید رنگ کی عورتوں سے ان کے جوڑے لگائیں گے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَزَوَّجْنَاهُم بِحُورٍ‌ عِينٍ (We will marry them with houris having big dark eyes) - 44:54). The word tazwij originally means 'to make one person partner of another'. Later on it came to be utilised abundantly in the sense of 'marrying'. According to the second sense, the men of Paradise will be m...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So shall it be an implied al-amru ‘the matter’ should be read as preceding this; and We shall pair them either in conjugality or meaning We shall join them with houris of beautiful eyes women of the fairest complexion with wide and beautiful eyes.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The State of Those Who have Taqwa and the Delights They will enjoy in Paradise When Allah describes the state of the doomed, He follows that with a description of the life of the blessed. For this reason the Qur'an is called Al-Mathani (i.e., oft-repeated). إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ (Verily, those who hav...

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

Muttaki'eena 'alaa sururim masfoofatinw wa zawwaj naahum bihoorin 'een

They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.

تختوں پر جو برابر برابر بچھے ہوئے ہیں تکیہ لگائے ہوئے اور بڑی بڑی آنکھوں والی حوروں سے ہم ان کا عقد کر دیں گے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يَوْمَ تَمُورُ‌ السَّمَاءُ مَوْرً‌ا (...the Day when the sky will tremble, a horrible trembling, ...52:9) The lexicographical denotation of the word mawr is violent shaking, or movement caused by unrest. This verse describes the violent movement of the heavens on the Day of Resurrection.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They will be reclining muttaki’īna is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the concealed subject of God’s words fī jannātin ‘amid gardens’ on ranged couches arranged one next to the other and We will wed them zawwajnāhum is a supplement to jannātin ‘gardens’ meaning ‘We will couple them’ to beaut...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Description of the Destination of the Happy Allah the Exalted described the destination of the happy ones, إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ (Verily, those who have Taqwa will be in Gardens and Delight.) in contrast to the torment and punishment of the miserable; فَـكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَـهُمْ...

فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ

Feehinna qaasiratut tarfi lam yatmishunna insun qablahum wa laa jaaann

In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinni -

ان میں نیچی نگاہ والی عورتیں ہیں جن کو اہل جنت سے پہلے نہ کسی انسان نے ہاتھ لگایا اور نہ کسی جن نے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ (...whom neither a man will have touched before them, nor a Jinn....55:56). The word طْمِث tamth has different meanings. 'Menstrual discharge' is termed as tamth, and the menstruating woman as طْامِث 'tamith'. It also means 'sexual intercourse with a ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: In them in the two gardens and what they comprise of upper chambers and palaces are maidens of restrained glances restricting their eyes to those spouses of theirs from among either the men or the jinn who are reclining maidens who have not been touched who have not been deflowered — and these maide...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): مُتَّكِئِينَ (Reclining), in reference to the residents of Paradise, who will recline or sit cross-legged; عَلَى فُرُشٍ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ (upon the couches lined with Istabraq,) which is thick silk brocade, according to `Ikrimah, Ad-Dahhak and Qatadah. Abu `Imran Al-Jawni said, "It is t...

كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ

ka annahunnal yaaqootu wal marjaan

As if they were rubies and coral.

گویا وہ یاقوت اور مرجان ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ (...whom neither a man will have touched before them, nor a Jinn....55:56). The word طْمِث tamth has different meanings. 'Menstrual discharge' is termed as tamth, and the menstruating woman as طْامِث 'tamith'. It also means 'sexual intercourse with a ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: It is as though they are rubies in their purity and pearls in their fairness.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): مُتَّكِئِينَ (Reclining), in reference to the residents of Paradise, who will recline or sit cross-legged; عَلَى فُرُشٍ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ (upon the couches lined with Istabraq,) which is thick silk brocade, according to `Ikrimah, Ad-Dahhak and Qatadah. Abu `Imran Al-Jawni said, "It is t...

فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ

Feehinna khairaatun hisaan

In them are good and beautiful women -

ان میں نیک سیرت (اور) خوبصورت عورتیں ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَ‌اتٌ حِسَانٌ (In them there are women, good and gorgeous,...55:70) The word خَيْرَ‌اتٌ khairat (translated above as 'good' ) refers to 'the good character of those women'; and the word حِسَانٌ hisan (translated above as 'gorgeous' ) refers to 'women who have beautiful features'. These...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: In them that is in the two gardens and their palaces and what they comprise are maidens who are good in nature and with beautiful faces.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): These two gardens are lower, in virtue and in status than the two before them, as supported in the Qur'an. Allah said: وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ (And below these two, there are two other Gardens.) We previously mentioned the Hadith stating that there are two gardens made of gold, their vessels and...

حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ

Hoorum maqsooraatun fil khiyaam

Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

(وہ) حوریں (ہیں جو) خیموں میں مستور (ہیں)

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَ‌اتٌ حِسَانٌ (In them there are women, good and gorgeous,...55:70) The word خَيْرَ‌اتٌ khairat (translated above as 'good' ) refers to 'the good character of those women'; and the word حِسَانٌ hisan (translated above as 'gorgeous' ) refers to 'women who have beautiful features'. These...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Houris hur this means maidens with intense black eyes set against the intense whiteness of the iris secluded concealed in pavilions made of studded gems annexed to the palaces like boudoirs.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): These two gardens are lower, in virtue and in status than the two before them, as supported in the Qur'an. Allah said: وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ (And below these two, there are two other Gardens.) We previously mentioned the Hadith stating that there are two gardens made of gold, their vessels and...

لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ

Lam yatmis hunna insun qablahum wa laa jaaann

Untouched before them by man or jinni -

ان کو اہل جنت سے پہلے نہ کسی انسان نے ہاتھ لگایا اور نہ کسی جن نے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَ‌اتٌ حِسَانٌ (In them there are women, good and gorgeous,...55:70) The word خَيْرَ‌اتٌ khairat (translated above as 'good' ) refers to 'the good character of those women'; and the word حِسَانٌ hisan (translated above as 'gorgeous' ) refers to 'women who have beautiful features'. These...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Untouched by any man before them before these soon-to-be spouses of theirs or jinn.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): These two gardens are lower, in virtue and in status than the two before them, as supported in the Qur'an. Allah said: وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ (And below these two, there are two other Gardens.) We previously mentioned the Hadith stating that there are two gardens made of gold, their vessels and...

وَحُورٌ عِينٌ

Wa hoorun'een

And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,

اور بڑی بڑی آنکھوں والی حوریں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ‌ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ (and the meat of birds that they desire....56:21]. It is recorded in a Prophetic Tradition that the inmates of Paradise will get meat of whatever birds they desire, as and when they desire it.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and houris maidens with intensely black eyes set against the whiteness of their irises with wide eyes ‘īn the ‘ayn here is inflected with a kasra instead of a damma because it the kasra better harmonises with the yā’; the singular is ‘aynā’ similar in pattern to hamrā’; a variant reading for wa-hūru...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reward of the Foremost in Faith Allah states that the foremost of the close believers are a multitude, a crowd among the earlier generations and a few from the latter generations. There is a difference over the meaning of the first generations and the later generations. Some said that the former...

كَأَمْثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ

Ka amsaalil lu'lu'il maknoon

The likenesses of pearls well-protected,

جیسے (حفاظت سے) تہہ کئے ہوئے (آب دار) موتی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ‌ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ (and the meat of birds that they desire....56:21]. It is recorded in a Prophetic Tradition that the inmates of Paradise will get meat of whatever birds they desire, as and when they desire it.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: resembling hidden guarded pearls
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reward of the Foremost in Faith Allah states that the foremost of the close believers are a multitude, a crowd among the earlier generations and a few from the latter generations. There is a difference over the meaning of the first generations and the later generations. Some said that the former...

إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءً

Innaaa anshaanaahunna inshaaa'aa

Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation

ہم نے ان (حوروں) کو پیدا کیا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّا أَنشَأْنَاهُنَّ إِنشَاءً (Surely We have created those [ females ] a fresh creation...56:35) The word insha' means 'to create'. The pronoun هُنَّ hunna refers to the women of Paradise, although there is no mention of them in the immediately preceding verses. However, they have been mentioned ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Verily We have created them with an unmediated creation namely the wide-eyed houris We created them without the process of birth
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reward of Those on the Right After Allah mentioned the final destination of those foremost in faith, the nearest to Him, He next mentioned the end of those on the right, the righteous believers. Maymun bin Mihran said that those on the right side are lesser in rank than the foremost in faith. Al...

فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا

Faja'alnaahunna abkaaraa

And made them virgins,

تو ان کو کنواریاں بنایا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَبْكَارً‌ا - 56:36). The word abkaran, being the plural of bikr, means 'virgins'. The sense is the creation of the maidens of Paradise will be of such a nature that, even after every sexual intercourse, they will remain like virgins.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and made them virgins immaculate — every time their spouses enter them they find them virgins nor is there any pain of defloration —
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reward of Those on the Right After Allah mentioned the final destination of those foremost in faith, the nearest to Him, He next mentioned the end of those on the right, the righteous believers. Maymun bin Mihran said that those on the right side are lesser in rank than the foremost in faith. Al...

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا

'Uruban atraabaa

Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

(اور شوہروں کی) پیاریاں اور ہم عمر

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: عُرُ‌بًا (...amorous to their husbands,...56:37). The word ` urub, is the plural of ` arubah. This refers to a woman who loves her husband passionately and is his beloved. أَتْرَ‌ابً (...matching them in age...56:37) The word atrab is the plural of tirb, meaning 'a person of equal age who played tog...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: amorous read ‘uruban or ‘urban plural of ‘arūb meaning ‘a woman passionately enamoured of her spouse’ of equal age atrāb is the plural of tirb
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reward of Those on the Right After Allah mentioned the final destination of those foremost in faith, the nearest to Him, He next mentioned the end of those on the right, the righteous believers. Maymun bin Mihran said that those on the right side are lesser in rank than the foremost in faith. Al...

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

Wa kaawa 'iba at raaba

And full-breasted [companions] of equal age

اور ہم عمر نوجوان عورتیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا ("So now taste! We will never add to you anything except torment."....78:30). In other words, in the world they continued to add disbelief. If death did not overtake them by coercion, they would have continued to add disbelief, and today their punishment ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and buxom maidens kawā‘ib is the plural of kā‘ib of equal age atrāb is the plural of tirb
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Great Success will be for Those Who have Taqwa Allah informs about the happy people and what He has prepared for them of esteem, and eternal pleasure. Allah says, إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازاً (Verily, for those who have Taqwa, there will be a success;) Ibn `Abbas and Ad-Dahhak both said, "A pla...

Hadith 1 tradition

Sahih al-Bukhari 59:64sahih

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُلَيْحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ أَوَّلُ زُمْرَةٍ تَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ عَلَى صُورَةِ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ، وَالَّذِينَ عَلَى آثَارِهِمْ كَأَحْسَنِ كَوْكَبٍ دُرِّيٍّ فِي السَّمَاءِ إِضَاءَةً، قُلُوبُهُمْ عَلَى قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، لاَ تَبَاغُضَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَلاَ تَحَاسُدَ، لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ زَوْجَتَانِ مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ، يُرَى مُخُّ سُوقِهِنَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْعَظْمِ وَاللَّحْمِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The first batch (of people) who will enter Paradise will be (glittering) like the full moon, and the batch next to them will be (glittering) like the most brilliant star in the sky. Their hearts will be as if the heart of a single man, for they will have neither enmity nor jealousy amongst themselves; 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 the bones and the flesh

ہم سے ابراہیم بن المنذر نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے محمد بن فلیح نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے ہمارے باپ نے بیان کیا، ان سے ہلال نے، ان سے عبدالرحمٰن بن ابی عمرہ نے اور ان سے ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے کہ سب سے پہلا گروہ جو جنت میں داخل ہو گا، ان کے چہرے چودہویں رات کے چاند کی طرح روشن ہوں گے۔ جو گروہ اس کے بعد داخل ہو گا ان کے چہرے آسمان پر موتی کی طرح چمکنے والے ستاروں میں جو سب سے زیادہ روشن ستارہ ہوتا ہے اس جیسے روشن ہوں گے، سب کے دل ایک جیسے ہوں گے نہ ان میں بغض و فساد ہو گا اور نہ حسد، ہر جنتی کی دو حورعین بیویاں ہوں گی، اتنی حسین کہ ان کی پنڈلی کی ہڈی اور گوشت کے اندر کا گودا بھی دیکھا جا سکے گا۔

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