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from stain. In Iv. 58 the phrase used is "like rubies and coral", referring to the red or pink of a beautiful complexion.
(37.49)
37:44 - Facing each other on Thrones (of dignity):
55:56 - In them will be (Maidens) Chaste restraining their glances whom no man or Jinn before
them has touched 52095210
5209 See notes 4728-29 to xliv. 54. (55.56)
5210 Cf. xxxvii. 48 and n. 4064. Their purity is the feature hereby chiefly emphasised. (55.56)
55:58 - Like unto rubies and coral. 5211
5211 Delicate pink, with reference to their complexions and their beauty of form. The gems also indicate their worth and
dignity. (55.58)
55:70 - In them will be fair (companions) good beautiful 5217
5217 See n. 5209 above. Goodness and Beauty are specially feminine attributes. (55.70)
55:72 - Companions restrained (as to their glances) in (goodly) pavilions 52185219
5218 Maqsurat here is the passive participle of the same verb as the active participle Qasirat in Iv. 56, xxxvii. 48 and xxxviii.
52. As I have translated Qasirat by the phrase "restraining (their glances)", I think I am right in translating the passive
Maqsurat by "restrained (as to their glances)". This is the only place in the Qur-an where the passive form occurs.
(55.72)
5219 The Pavilions seem to add dignity to their status. In the other Gardens (Iv. 58), the description "like rubies and corals"
is perhaps an indication of higher dignity. (55.72)
55:74 - Whom no man or Jinn before them has touched
55:76 - Reclining on green Cushions and rich Carpets of beauty. 5220
5220 Cf. the parallel words for the other two Gardens, in lv. 54 above, which suggest perhaps a higher dignity. Rafraf is
usually translated by Cushions or Pillows, and I have followed this meaning in view of the word "reclining". But another
interpretation is "Meadows", in view of the adjective "green"-'abqari: carpets richly figured and dyed, and skillfully
worked. (55.76)
56:22 - And (there will be) Companions with beautiful big and lustrous eyes-- 5233
5230 But they will not be separate each in his own corner. They will face each other. For they are all one, and their mutual
society will be part of their Bliss. (56.16)
44:54 - So; and We shall Join them to Companions with beautiful big and lustrous eyes. 47284729
4728 The Maidens, like the scene, the dress, the outlook, and the fruit, will be beautiful. There will be life, but free from all
earthly grossness. The women as well as the men of this life will attain to this indescribable bliss. (44.54)
4729 Hur implies the following ideas: (1) purity, (2) beauty, especially of eyes, where the intense white of the eye-balls
stands out against the intense black of the pupil, thus giving the appearance of lustre, and intense feeling, as opposed
to dullness or want of expression; and (3) truth and goodwill. (44.54)
56:23 - Like unto Pearls well-guarded. 5234
5234 Cf. lii. 24, where this description is applied to the youths who serve. See also n. 5058 there. In lvi. 78 below the
adjective maknun is applied to the Qur-an, "the well guarded Book". (56.23)
56:35 - We have created (their Companions) of special creation. 5240
5240 The pronoun in Arabic is in the feminine gender. It is made clear that these maidens for
heavenly society will be of special creation,-of virginal purity, grace, and beauty, inspiring and
inspired by love, with the question of time and age eliminated, (56.35)
56:36 - And made them virgin-pure (and undefiled)
56:37 - Beloved (by nature) equal in age
55:64 - Dark green in color (from plentiful watering). 5214
5214 "Dark-green in colour": these Gardens will also be fruitful and flourishing, and watered plentifully; but their aspect and
characteristics will be different, corresponding to the subjective differences in the ideas of Bliss among those who
would respectively enjoy, the two sets of Gardens. (55.64)
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