Assalaamu alaykum. I was wondering, what does verse 55:72 mean by 'restraint'? Does it mean that the Houris are not allowed to go outside, as if they were slaves, or does it mean that they have a ...

French-Algerian author Kamel Daoud says he has been sentenced in Algeria to three years in prison and fined over his award-winning novel “Houris,” which revisits the country’s civil war. The ruling ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. The ...

IT has traditionally been believed that good men who go to paradise will be rewarded with the beautiful women of paradise known as houris. Women throughout the centuries never thought of asking, ‘what ...

If an IS militant dies in battle and is awarded his 72 "houris" (the heavenly maidens whom, according to IS ideology, militants are given if they are killed in battle), will he forget all about his ...

FILE - Algerian-French novelist Kamel Daoud holds his book Houris after being awarded with the Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary prize, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024 in Paris. PARIS (AP) — ...

Acclaimed writer Kamel Daoud is being sued in France for invasion of privacy by an Algerian survivor of a 1990s massacre in the North African country, a source close to the case said on Friday. In ...

Q: Why are heavenly rewards different for Muslim men and women? Mohamed Kohia, professor, Rockhurst University: Many verses in the Quran illustrated how beautiful and rewarding paradise is. Allah has ...