A breakdown for the definition of 'houri'. A French label used in the English language/dictionary.

1. Why Are Syrian Ladies
Burning Burqas?
Ass-Tronomical Measures & Boys
by
FKA Specialist L.R.
15Dec2017

2. Caution:
The information that will be provided from this
brief is for the purpose of gaining a better
understanding of the environment a woman faces
(in a non-western setting) that is ideologically
connected to instructed literature that has scholarly
value.
Again, this information is sensitive to many, usually
quickly denied (even towards a reputable provided
source) and should be passed on w/ some delicacy.
Civilized conversations w/ good conduct and
proper judgement are encouraged.

3. What Is Jannah?
A garden paradise rewarded to
Allah’s believers after death.

4. Descriptions Of Jannah AKA Paradise
Chapter 52:24
• “They will be waited upon by their youths, as
if they were guarded pearls.”
– Ali Qarai Translation
• “And their boy servants shall go around them,
as if they were pearls, safely hidden.”
– Amhad Khan Translation
• “and there go round them youths, their own,
as if they were hidden pearls.”
– Arberry Translation

5. Descriptions Of Jannah AKA Paradise
Chapter 52:24
• “And will circulate among them boys for them, as
if they (were) pearls well-protected.”
– Corpus Translation
• “And there will go round boy-servants of theirs,
to serve them as if they were preserved pearls.”
– Hilali & Khan Translation
• “They will be served by youths who will be as
beautiful as pearls.”
– Muhammad Sarwar Translation

6. Descriptions Of Jannah AKA Paradise
Chapter 52:24
• “And round them shall go boys of theirs as if they
were hidden pearls.”
– Muhammad Shakir Translation
• “And there go round, waiting on them
menservants of their own, as they were hidden
pearls.”
– Pickthall Translation
• “There will circulate among them [servant] boys
[especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-
protected.”
– Sahih International Translation

7. Descriptions Of Jannah AKA Paradise
Chapter 56:17
• “Youths of never-ending bloom will pass round
to them”
– Ahmad Ali Translation
• “They will be served by immortal boys,”
– Hilali & Khan Translation
• “There will circulate among them young boys
made eternal”
– Sahih International Translation
• “Round about them will (serve) youths of
perpetual (freshness),”
– Yusuf Ali Translation

8. Jannah Also Includes Houris
What Makes Up The Label ‘Houri’?

9. Sometimes ‘ooh’ Sometimes ‘waa’
‫حور‬ =
the letter ‫و‬ can make the
sound ‘ooh’= ū or ‘waa’
This word is
pronounced haur,
hawar, hūr or
hawaūr

10. Sometimes ‘ooh’ Sometimes ‘waa’
‫حوراء‬
This word is
pronounced
haūrā (hūr is
the pl. form)
which means
‘having eyes
with a contrast
of intense white
and black’
=
*Note: haūrā can also be
referred to as ‘a woman
with dark eyes’

11. Sometimes ‘ooh’ Sometimes ‘waa’
‫حورية‬
This word is
pronounced
hūrīya (hūrīyāt is
the pl. form)
which means
‘virgin of
paradise’ or
‘nymph’
*Reminder: hūr is the plural
of haūrā which means
intense white and black eyes
=

12. Sometimes ‘ooh’ Sometimes ‘waa’
‫حورية‬
houri,
pl.
hourishouri (or pronounced hūri) is the
French equivalent, used in English,
of the word hūrīya = ‘virgin of
paradise’ or ‘nymph’
=

13. Other Definitions for ‫حور‬:
haur = bleach,
wash clean
hawar = be
shining white,
have delicate
brows,
together w/
a white
complexion
=

14. “The Whiteness Of Their Eyes” AKA
“The Nymphs” AKA “Paradise Virgins”
‫الحور‬‫العين‬
pronounced
(al-)hūr al-aeen, (al)-hawaūr al-aeen,
(al-)hoor al-ayn, or (al)-hawaūr al-ayn
=

15. A scholarly reference and description of houris
can be found in:
Musnad Ahmad Hadith #10511

16. • Full Text:
– ‫أحمد‬ ‫مسند‬
‫هللا‬ ‫رسول‬ ‫قال‬‫وسلم‬ ‫عليه‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫صلى‬‫له‬ ‫إن‬ ‫منزلة‬ ‫الجنة‬ ‫أهل‬ ‫أدنى‬ ‫إن‬
‫مائة‬ ‫لثالث‬ ‫له‬ ‫وإن‬ ‫السابعة‬ ‫وفوقه‬ ‫السادسة‬ ‫على‬ ‫وهو‬ ‫درجات‬ ‫لسبع‬
‫خادم‬‫صحفة‬ ‫مائة‬ ‫ثالث‬ ‫يوم‬ ‫كل‬ ‫ويراح‬ ‫عليه‬ ‫ويغدى‬‫إال‬ ‫أعلمه‬ ‫وال‬
‫قال‬‫كما‬ ‫أوله‬ ‫ليلذ‬ ‫وإنه‬ ‫األخرى‬ ‫في‬ ‫ليس‬ ‫لون‬ ‫صحفة‬ ‫كل‬ ‫في‬ ‫ذهب‬ ‫من‬
‫وسقيتهم‬ ‫الجنة‬ ‫أهل‬ ‫ألطعمت‬ ‫لي‬ ‫أذنت‬ ‫لو‬ ‫رب‬ ‫يا‬ ‫ليقول‬ ‫وإنه‬ ‫آخره‬ ‫يلذ‬
‫من‬ ‫له‬ ‫وإن‬ ‫شيء‬ ‫عندي‬ ‫مما‬ ‫ينقص‬ ‫لم‬‫العين‬ ‫الحور‬‫زوجة‬ ‫وسبعين‬
‫من‬ ‫ميل‬ ‫قدر‬ ‫مقعدها‬ ‫ليأخذ‬ ‫منهن‬ ‫الواحدة‬ ‫وإن‬ ‫الدنيا‬ ‫من‬ ‫أزواجه‬ ‫سوى‬
‫األرض‬

17. • Translation:
– Musnad Ahmad
"The Messenger of Allah may Allah bless him said that the
lowest status of the person in Paradise has seven degrees
and he is in the sixth one and above him is the seventh,
and he has 300 servants, and every day 300 golden food
trays served for him, in each tray a food color other than
the other one and its delicious from its beginning till its
end , and he says O Lord, if you authorize me to feed and
give drinks to the people of Paradise it will not reduce
from my food anything, and he has of the wives 72 Houris
(Virgins) other than his earthy wives, and each Houri
(Virgin) has a seat (place) of one earth mile."

18. Recap
• Jannah includes:
– boys and/or young menservants
– nymphs
• women of white complexion with intense contrast,
more specifically by the whiteness of their eyes
• have astronomical butts the size of a mile
– food, wine, couches etc.

19. Resources:
• Quran Verses
– http://quranx.com/52.24
– http://quranx.com/56.17
• definitions related to houri
– http://www.dictionary.com/browse/houri
– https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/ ‫حور‬/
– https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/ ‫الحور‬/
– https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/ ‫حورية‬/
– https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/ ‫حوراء‬/

20. Resources:
• Hawraa ‫حوراء‬; girl name = ‘fair skinned’
– http://quranicnames.com/hawraa/
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCNMuvkKei
U
• Discussions on Musnad Ahmad Hadith #10511
– https://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index.php?
topic=2740.1710
– https://forums.catholic.com/t/ask-about-islam-
round-3/138004/7

21. Questions?
“A disease of the mind…”
- Lyrics to Disturbia by Rihanna

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23. Why Are Syrian Ladies
Burning Burqas?
Ass-Tronomical Measures & Boys
by
FKA Specialist L.R.
15Dec2017