Surah Al-Waqi'ah
Quran 56:22
Read Quran 56:22 from Surah Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 56:22
وَحُورٌ عِينٌ٢٢
And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes,
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 56. Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable)
- Ayah
- 22 of 96
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 56:22
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 56:22
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
{ وَحُورٌ عِينٌ } أي: ولهم حور عين، والحوراء: التي في عينها كحل وملاحة، وحسن وبهاء، والعين: حسان الأعين وضخامها وحسن العين في الأنثى، من أعظم الأدلة على حسنها وجمالها.