Ar-Rahman 55:72
The Beneficent · Medinan · Juz 27 · Page 534
Houris in Pavilions
حُورࣱ مَّقۡصُورَٰتࣱ فِي ٱلۡخِيَامِ ٧٢
Fair ones, close-guarded in pavilions.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Houris secluded in pavilions.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “hur” as those whose eyes have intensely white whites and intensely dark irises, gazelle-eyed.
Reflect
Be patient today for the beauties of the Hereafter.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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