There is a verse in the quran about a martyr getting 70 virgins.
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There is a verse in the quran about a martyr
getting 70 virgins. Few days back I received an email from one of my friend
saying that this is a plot against Islam by the enemies and they have twisted
the quranic verse. The email said that the quran mentions about 70 angels in
paradise and the enemies has translated it as 70 virgins in order to riducule
Islam. What is the truth? If the quran does mentions about 70 virgins for a
believing men who dies as martyr than what about a believing women who dies as
a martyr?
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Answer:
Hoor seventy virgins
martyr
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
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grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Statement: There is a verse in the quran
about a martyr getting 70 virgins.
Dear and beloved brother in Islam, without an iota of a
doubt one who is chosen and accepted as a ‘martyr’ by Allah Subhanah will be
abundantly and generously rewarded by the Lord Most Bounteous, but to the best
of our knowledge there is absolutely no verse in the Glorious Quran which
specifies specifically that the ‘martyrs’ will get seventy virgin wives as a
reward in Paradise.
But Allah Subhanah does Declare in His Glorious Quran that
one amongst the innumerable rewards that the Lord Will bestow upon the
fortunate dwellers of Paradise is that He will wed them to the ‘hoor-al-ayn’ or
the chaste maidens in Paradise; but this reward is for all the fortunate
dwellers of Paradise and not specific to the noble ‘martyrs’ whose martyrdom
was accepted by Allah Subhanah.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 44 Surah
Dukhan verses 51-57:
51 As to the Righteous (they will be) in a
position of Security
52 Among Gardens and Springs;
53 Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade
they will face each other;
54 So; and We shall join them to companions with beautiful big
and lustrous eyes.
55 There can they call for every kind of
fruit in peace and security;
56 Nor will they there taste death except the first death; and He will
preserve them from the penalty of the Blazing Fire
57 As a Bounty from thy Lord! That will be
the Supreme Achievement!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 55 Surah
Rahmaan verses 56-59:
56 In them (
57 Then which of the favors of your Lord
will ye deny?
58 Like unto rubies and coral.
59 Then which of the favors of your Lord
will ye deny?
60 Is there any Reward for Good other than
Good?
61 Then which of the favors of your Lord
will ye deny?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 56 Surah
Waqiah verses 27-38:
27 The Companions of the Right Hand! What will be the Companions of the
Right Hand?
28 (They will be) among lote trees without
thorns
29 Among Talh trees with flowers (or fruits)
piled one above another
30 In shades, long-extended
31 By water flowing constantly
32 And fruit in abundance
33 Whose season is not limited nor (supply)
forbidden
34 And on Thrones (of Dignity) raised high.
35 We have created (their Companions) of
special creation.
36 And made them virgin-pure (and undefiled)
37 Beloved (by nature) equal in age
38 For the companions of the Right Hand.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 52 Surah Tur
verses 17-20:
17 As to the Righteous they will be in
Gardens and in Happiness
18 Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord hath bestowed on them, and
their Lord shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire.
19 (To them will be said:) "Eat and drink ye with profit and
health because of your (past good) deeds."
20 They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of Dignity) arranged in
ranks; and We shall join them to Companions with beautiful big and
lustrous eyes.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 38 Surah Saad
verses 49-53:
49 This is a Message (of admonition): and verily for the Righteous is a
beautiful place of (final) Return.
50 Gardens of Eternity, whose doors will
(ever) be open to them;
51 Therein will they recline (at ease); therein can they call (at
pleasure) for fruit in abundance and (delicious) drink;
52 And beside them will be chaste women restraining their glances
(companions) of equal age.
53 Such is the promise made to you for the
Day of Account!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 37 Surah Saafaat
verses 48-49:
48 And beside them will be chaste women; restraining their glances with
big eyes (of wonder and beauty).
49 As if they were (delicate) eggs closely
guarded.
It is in the authentic and established hadiths of the
Messenger of Allah, where the mention of seventy-two chaste wives is found; and
again that reward is only one amongst the innumerable rewards of the Lord Most
Bounteous which He will bestow on His obedient slave and not specific to the
‘martyrs’:
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 5648 Narrated by Abu Sa'id
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "The
lowliest of the inhabitants of Paradise will be he who has eighty thousand
servants, seventy-two wives, and for whom a round pavilion of
pearls, chrysoprase and rubies as large
as the distance between al-Jabiyah and San'a will be set up. Those who are to
go to Paradise, who die whether young or old, will come into
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 3834 Narrated by
Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "The
martyr receives six good things from Allah: he is forgiven at the first
shedding of his blood; he is shown his abode in Paradise; he is preserved from
the punishment in the grave; he is kept safe from the greatest terror; he has
placed on his head the crown of honour, a ruby of which is better than the
world and what it contains; he is married to seventy-two wives of the
maidens with large dark eyes; and is made intercessor for seventy of
his relatives."
Your Statement: The email said that the quran
mentions about 70 angels in paradise and the enemies has translated it as 70
virgins in order to riducule Islam.
Beloved brother, again to the best of our knowledge there
is no specific mention of seventy angels in the Glorious Quran!
Your Question: If the quran does mentions
about 70 virgins for a believing men who dies as martyr than what about a
believing women who dies as a martyr?
All
the fortunate people who will be rewarded Paradise by Allah Subhanah, will get an abundance of things from their
Lord: eternal life of pleasure, gardens,
wealth, properties, palaces, servants,
canals of milk and honey, natural
springs, abundance of food and fruits, and loving husband/wives, children,
family, etc. And above all, they will get the Pleasure and Good Will of
their Lord and Creator!
The
‘hurs’ are only a part of the bounty that the men of
Allah
has promised the fortunate dwellers of
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 50 Surah Qaaf verse 35:
There they (the men and women of
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 25 Surah Furqan verses 15-16:
Ask them, “Is this (the Fire) better, or the
As
regards the rewards that the successful people of
Allah
Subhanah, Who Created everything in existence, also created its nature. And since man was created polygamous by
nature, one of the rewards which The All
Knowing and All Wise Lord has promised the fortunate men of Paradise is the
companionship of many chaste,
beautiful, and obedient wives in that
Eternal Abode of the Hereafter.
The
nature granted by Allah to women is not the same that was granted to men.
Unlike men, a woman is not polygamous by nature. The things that a woman desires most from her
husband is that he love her, cherish her, honor her, respect her, and treat her like a queen. And every woman
also has the desire to be the most beautiful of all!
Thus,
of all the heavenly wives of the righteous men of
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 32 Surah Sajdah verse 17:
No living being knows
what comfort of the eyes has been kept hidden from them, as a recompense for
their (righteous) deeds!
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 4.467 Narrated by Abu
Huraira
Allah's Messenger
(saws) said, "Allah, The High and Exalted He is, said, 'I have prepared
for My pious slaves (men and women) things which have never been seen by an
eye, or heard by an ear, or imagined by a human being.'
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan