Houri

Party Like It's 632
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Houri are the womanly delights apparently promised the devout Muslims in Paradise.

## Contents

* 1 More on womanly delights
* 2 Ghilman
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Notes
* 6 References

## More on womanly delights[edit]

They are, allegedly, and paradoxically, perpetually virgins,[note 1][note 2] despite any sexual congress they engage in and, in an odd echo of the myths surrounding Mary (Mother of Jesus), their virginity is  miraculously restored after each session of intercourse.

These beings seem to be remarkable in some ways, as we are told by Muhammad al-Bukhari in his collection of Hadiths Sahih Bukhari:

> ...(who will be so beautiful, pure and transparent that) the marrow of the bones of their legs will be seen through[note 3] the bones and the flesh.[1]

> They will not urinate, relieve nature, spit,[note 4] or have any nasal secretions. Their combs will be of gold, and their sweat will smell like musk. The aloes-wood will be used in their centres.[note 3] Their wives will be houris. All of them will look alike and will resemble their father Adam[note 5] (in statute), sixty cubits tall.[2][3]

All of which (especially the "sixty cubits" part, which would make them 90 to over 100 feet tall [depending on your cubit], and a proportionally sized vagina about half a meter in diameter) may go some way to explaining their perpetual virginity. All in all, this scenario suspiciously resembles a teenage boy's fantasy, which may provide some insight into the intended target demographics of the original preachers.

## Ghilman[edit]

The ghilman (ghulam in singular) are eternally youthful boys that serve both men and women in Paradise, and are often likened to waiters or eunuchs who serve their masters (but we know what they're really there for, you closeted jihadists!). Incidentally, the word "ghilman" was also the name for slave-soldiers in the Ottoman, Mughal and Persian empires.

## See also[edit]

* Heaven
* Hell
* Limbo
* Purgatory
* Nephilim

## External links[edit]

* Houri: A more extensive examination can be found on Wikipedia, along with the suggestion that the famous 72 virgins should perhaps be translated as 72 grapes.
* A permanent link just in case Islamic Wikipedians delete the reference to white raisins
* The Skeptic's Dictionary on Houri.

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ There is an underlying assumption that devout Muslims are interested in houris and not, for example gay men, after all gay sex is forbidden in Islam. Both genders are covered, assuming they are straight and not asexual.
2. ↑ For the varieties intended for male consumption, at least.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 So from these 2 verses we have transparent wood, besides the assumption that the houris are made out of wood?
4. ↑ Lack of saliva may induce unnecessary difficulties in some activities
5. ↑ Drag kings?

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Sahih Bukhari, Book 54 "The Beginning of Creation", Hadith 476
2. ↑ Sahih Bukhari, Book 55 "Prophets", Hadith 544
3. ↑ Houri size

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Articles about the Qur'an

Suras: |  The Ant • The Family Of Imran • Women (sura) • The Cow • The Elevated Places •
Analysis: |  List of actions prohibited by the Qur'an • Qur'anic scientific foreknowledge • Qur'anic scientific errors • Qur'anic contradictions • Dhu al-Qarnayn •
| Scientific foreknowledge: |  About the Rain in the Qur'an • From Big Bang to Big Crunch • Water is a must have for having life in any planet in the Universe • Seven Heavens in Quran • A New Astronomical Quranic Method for The Determination Of The Greatest Speed C • A Scientist's Interpretation of References to Embryology in the Qur'an • The Coming of the Universe into Existence • The Conquest of Space • The Expansion of the Universe • The Layers of the Atmosphere • The Miracle of Honey • The miracle of honey as an alternative medicine • The Weight of Clouds • Qur'anic scientific foreknowledge •
Other: |  Satanic Verses • John the Baptist • Qur'an • Sharia • Hadith • Jihad • Allah • Burqa • Halal • Dhimmi • Ishmael • List of actions prohibited by the Qur'an • Qur'anic scientific errors • Sexism in the Qur'an • Qur'anic contradictions • Dhu al-Qarnayn • Satan •