The color of the Houris and His saying, Exalted is He: “As if they were hidden eggs”
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The questioner:
Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: regarding His saying, Exalted is He,[As-Saffat 37:49], it is stated in Tafsir al-Jalalayn that the color of the Houris is white, like the color of eggs.
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
He says, regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:[As-Saffat 37:49] He stated in *Tafsir al-Jalalayn* that the color of the houri is white, or whiteness.
The Shaykh:
What happened.
The questioner:
That the color of the Houris is white, like the color of ostrich eggs.
The Shaykh:
Like my color.
The questioner:
Like the color of ostrich eggs.
The Shaykh:
The eggs of the ostrich; Allah did not restrict it to the eggs of the ostrich. He said:[As-Saffat 37:49], not [As-Saffat 37:49], nor are they white like the eggs of camels. Yes, he asks: Where did he get these ostrich eggs from? Yes.
Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: regarding His saying, Exalted is He,
As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected.
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌThe Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
He says, regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:
As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected.
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌThe Shaykh:
What happened.
The questioner:
That the color of the Houris is white, like the color of ostrich eggs.
The Shaykh:
Like my color.
The questioner:
Like the color of ostrich eggs.
The Shaykh:
The eggs of the ostrich; Allah did not restrict it to the eggs of the ostrich. He said:
As if they were
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌwell-protected.
مَّكْنُونٌ
Source
التفسير المفصّل، تفسير من سورة الحجرات إلى سورة الناس [26] — alfawzan.live (56:30)
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