Saturday, April 28, 2012

A "Raisined" Idea

Trying to solve the Raisin vs Virgin Debacle, I found some information on the subject that could help us decide the correct answer! 

http://wikiislam.net/wiki/72_Virgins#Virgins_or_Raisins.3F



"The false myth of "white raisins" originated from Christoph Luxenberg, a modern author writing under a pseudonym. His anti-Islamic claim, which has been accused of having a "Christian apologetic agenda", is that the Qur'an was drawn and that the Aramaic word 'hur' (white raisin) had been mistranslated by later Arab commentators into the Arabic word 'houri' (virgin)."


"Raisins, which are dried grapes, cannot have large eyes, big breasts, cannot restrain their glances, cannot be described as chaste, or have any of the characteristics listed above. The Qur'an further states that men will be wed to these houri. Men cannot be married to raisins or white grapes. Additionally, for someone to accept this "72 raisins" theory, they would also have to accept that the Qur'an was not written by Allah or revealed to Muhammad in Arabic during the 7th century, but was in fact written by Christian evangelists in Syro-Aramaic during the 8th century."


So according to Wikipedia, the raisins theory is a myth. What do you think? 


'Hur' vs 'Houri'- They both look and sound similar!

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