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(Islam) A nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful. / (by extension) Any voluptuous, beautiful woman.

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houri

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Source Word

houri

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈhʊəɹi/

Noun

broadly

(Islam) A nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful. / (by extension) Any voluptuous, beautiful woman.

Japanese Meaning

（イスラム教の伝承において）信者のために天国に住む、美しい乙女の精、仙女 / 転じて、非常に魅力的で美しい女性

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

年配の学者は、古い文献に描かれた天国の乙女は文字通りに受け取るべきではなく、象徴的に理解されるべきだと主張する物議を醸す論文を書いた。

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We cannot go into the technical details of his methodology but it allows Luxenberg, to the probable horror of all Muslim males dreaming of sexual bliss in the Muslim hereafter, to conjure away the wide-eyed houris promised to the faithful in suras XLIV.54; LII.20, LV.72, and LVI.22. Luxenberg's new analysis, leaning on the Hymns of Ephrem the Syrian, yields "white raisins" of "crystal clarity" rather than doe-eyed, and ever willing virgins - the houris.

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