Surah Ar-Rahmaan
Chapter 55 · Verse 56 · Revealed in Madinah
“In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinni -”
Translation: Saheeh International
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Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Reflection — Ibn Kathir
مُتَّكِئِينَ
(Reclining), in reference to the residents of Paradise, who will recline or sit cross-legged;
عَلَى فُرُشٍ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ
Reflection — Maarif ul Quran
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ (...whom neither a man will have touched before them, nor a Jinn....55:56). The word طْمِث tamth has different meanings. 'Menstrual discharge' is termed as tamth, and the menstruating woman as طْامِث 'tamith'. It also means 'sexual intercourse with a virgin'. This second sense is meant here in this verse.
What does this verse bring up for you today?