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houri
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thumb|Houris in Jannah|paradise, riding camels. From a 15th-century Persian manuscript.
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- name in native language
- حُورٌ عِينٌ
- vocalized name
- حُورٌ عِينٌ
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- Etymology
- Descriptions in scripture and commentaries
- Quranic description
- Hadith description
- Quranic commentators
- Contemporary
- Imam Reza
- Symbolism
- Similarities to Zoroastrianism
- Gender and identity
- Relation to earthly women
- Disputed sexualised descriptions
- Sexual intercourse in Paradise
- Reference to "72 virgins"
- Outsider translations of the Qur'an
- N. J. Dawood
- Marmaduke Pickthall
- Christoph Luxenberg's Syriac raisins
- Fully grown adults
- Meaning of the term ''kawa'ib''
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Houris in Jannah|paradise, riding camels. From a 15th-century Persian manuscript.
In Islam, a houri (; ), or houris or hoor ayn in plural form, is a heavenly being with beautiful eyes who lives alongside the Muslim faithful in paradise.
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