The Hur al-Ayn, Companions of Paradise
The unseenCompanions of Paradise
The Hur al-Aynالحور العين
Pure companions of Paradise, likened in the Quran to hidden pearls and guarded rubies.
The Quran promises the people of Paradise pure companions with lovely eyes, like pearls kept hidden, untouched before by any human or jinn. They are a reward for what the believers used to do. Scholars add that the righteous women of this world will be even more beautiful in Paradise than the hur.
What does the Quran say?
The likenesses of pearls well-protected,
Quran 56:23
The lesson
Whatever we give up for Allah here, He replaces with better.
Who else is linked?
Source: the Quran · Wikipedia
Everyone and everything in the timeline
People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
The unseen
- The Angels
- Jibril
- Mikail
- Israfil
- The Angel of Death
- Munkar and Nakir
- Kiraman Katibin
- The Guardian Angels
- The Bearers of the Throne
- Malik, keeper of the Fire
- The Keepers of the Fire
- Ridwan
- Harut and Marut
- The Guests of Ibrahim
- The Angels Who Spoke to Maryam
- The Two Disputants of Dawud
- The Angels of Badr
- The Angels Who Pray for Believers
- The Angels of the Night of Decree
- The Jinn
- The Jinn Who Listened
- The Eavesdropping Devils
- The Qarin
- The Jinn of Sulayman
- The Ifrit of Sulayman
- The Hur al-Ayn
- The Youths of Paradise
- The Beast of the Earth