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Tafsir al-BaghawiAl-Baghawi

The term itself derives from ṭamth, meaning blood; hence a menstruating woman is called ṭāmith. It is as though He said: no human or jinn has caused them to bleed through intercourse. “Untouched before them by any human or jinn.” Al-Zajjaj said: This indicates that a jinn can have intercourse just as a human being can. ⦗149/a⦘ Mujahid said: When a man has intercourse without invoking Allah’s Name, a jinn wraps itself around his penis and joins him in intercourse. (1)

Muqatil said regarding His words, “Untouched before them by any human or jinn”: This is because they were created in Paradise. According to his view, these are among the maidens of Paradise.

Al-Sha‘bi said: They are among the women of this world, who have not been touched since they were created anew. This was also the view of al-Kalbi. (2) That is, in this new form in which they were created, no human or jinn has had intercourse with them.

Talhah ibn Musarrif recited it as lā yaṭmuthhunna (“none will deflower them”), pronouncing the mīm with an u-vowel in both instances.

Al-Kisa’i recited one of the two instances with an u-vowel: if he pronounced the first with an i-vowel, he pronounced the second with an u-vowel; and if he pronounced the first with an u-vowel, he pronounced the second with an i-vowel. This was based on what Abu Ishaq al-Sabi‘i related: “I used to pray behind the companions of Ali and hear them recite lam yaṭmuthhunna with an u-vowel; and I used to pray behind the companions of Abdullah ibn Masud and hear them recite it with the mīm pronounced with an i-vowel.” Al-Kisa’i would pronounce one with an u-vowel and the other with an i-vowel so as not to depart from these two transmitted reports. (3)

“So which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (57) They will be like rubies and coral. (58)”

Regarding His words, “They will be like rubies and coral,” Qatadah said: “The clarity of the ruby and the whiteness of the coral.”

It has been related to us from Abu Sa‘id, from the Messenger of Allah, regarding the description of the people of Paradise: “Every man among them will have two wives; each wife will wear seventy garments, and the marrow of their shanks will be visible through their flesh, blood, and skin.” (4)

Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn Abdullah al-Nu‘aymi informed us; Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed us; Muhammad ibn Isma‘il related to us; Abu al-Yaman informed us; Shu‘ayb informed us; Abu al-Zinad informed us from al-A‘raj, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah said: The first company to enter Paradise will be in the likeness of the moon on the night when it is full, and those who follow them will be like the brightest

(1) Recorded by al-Tabari, 27:151. Al-Suyuti further attributed it in al-Durr al-Manthur, 7:711, to al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi in Nawadir al-Usul. (2) Al-Suyuti attributed it in al-Durr al-Manthur, 7:711, to Said ibn Mansur, Ibn al-Mundhir, and Abu al-Shaykh in al-Azamah. (3) Maʻani al-Quran by al-Farra, 3:119. (4) Part of a hadith recorded by al-Tirmidhi, in Sifat al-Jannah (The Description of Paradise), in the chapter on the description of the women of Paradise, 7:239-240; he said, “This hadith is hasan sahih (sound and authentic).” It was also recorded by Imam Ahmad, 3:16, and by the compiler of Sharh al-Sunnah, 15:212.

وَأَصْلُهُ مِنَ الطَّمْثِ، وَهُوَ الدَّمُ وَمِنْهُ قِيلَ لِلْحَائِضِ: طَامِثٌ، كَأَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَمْ تُدْمِهِنَّ بِالْجِمَاعِ، ﴿إِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ﴾ ، قَالَ الزَّجَّاجُ: فِيهِ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى أَنَّ الْجِنِّيَّ يَغْشَى كما يغشى ١٤٩/أالْإِنْسِيُّ. قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ: إِذَا جَامِعَ الرَّجُلُ وَلَمْ يُسَمِّ انْطَوَى الْجَانُّ عَلَى إِحْلِيلِهِ فَجَامَعَ مَعَهُ (١) . قَالَ مُقَاتِلٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ: ﴿لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ﴾ ، لِأَنَّهُنَّ خُلِقْنَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ. فَعَلَى قَوْلِهِ: هَؤُلَاءِ مِنْ حُورِ الْجَنَّةِ. وَقَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ: هُنَّ مِنْ نِسَاءِ الدُّنْيَا لَمْ يُمْسَسْنَ مُنْذُ أُنْشِئْنَ خَلْقًا، وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الْكَلْبِيِّ (٢) يعني: لم يجامعن فِي هَذَا الْخَلْقِ الَّذِي أُنْشِئْنَ فِيهِ إِنْسٌ وَلَا جَانٌّ. وَقَرَأَ طَلْحَةُ بْنُ مُصَرِّفٍ: "لَا يَطْمُثْهُنَّ" بِضَمِّ الْمِيمِ فِيهِمَا. وَقَرَأَ الْكِسَائِيُّ إِحْدَاهُمَا بِالضَّمِّ، فَإِنْ كَسَرَ الْأُولَى ضَمَّ الثَّانِيَةَ وَإِنْ ضَمَّ الْأُولَى كَسَرَ الثَّانِيَةَ، لِمَا رَوَى أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ السَّبِيعِيُّ قَالَ: كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي خَلْفَ أَصْحَابِ عَلِيٍّ ﵁ فأسمعهم يقرؤون: لَمْ يَطْمُثْهُنَّ بِالرَّفْعِ، وَكُنْتُ أُصَلِّي خَلْفَ أَصْحَابِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مسعود فأسمعهم يقرؤون بِكَسْرِ الْمِيمِ، وَكَانَ الْكِسَائِيُّ يَضُمُّ إِحْدَاهُمَا وَيَكْسِرُ الْأُخْرَى لِئَلَّا يَخْرُجَ عَنْ هَذَيْنَ الْأَثَرَيْنِ (٣) . ﴿فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٥٧) كَأَنَّهُنَّ الْيَاقُوتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ (٥٨) ﴾ ﴿فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ كَأَنَّهُنَّ الْيَاقُوتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ﴾ ، قَالَ قَتَادَةُ: صَفَاءُ الْيَاقُوتِ فِي بَيَاضِ الْمَرْجَانِ. وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ فِي صِفَةِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: "لِكُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ زَوْجَتَانِ عَلَى كُلِّ زَوْجَةٍ سَبْعُونَ حُلَّةً، يُرَى مُخُّ سُوقِهِنَّ دُونَ لَحْمِهِمَا وَدِمَائِهِمَا وَجِلْدِهِمَا" (٤) . أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ الْمَلِيحِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّعِيمِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: "أَوَّلُ زُمْرَةٍ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ عَلَى صُورَةِ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ وَالَّذِينَ عَلَى إِثْرِهِمْ كَأَشَدِّ

(١) أخرجه الطبري: ٢٧ / ١٥١، وزاد السيوطي في الدر المنثور: ٧ / ٧١١ عزوه للحكيم الترمذي في نوادر الأصول. (٢) عزاه السيوطي في الدر المنثور: ٧ / ٧١١ لسعيد بن منصور وابن المنذر وأبي الشيخ في العظمة. (٣) معاني القرآن للفراء: ٣ / ١١٩. (٤) قطعة من حديث أخرجه الترمذي في صفة الجنة، باب ما جاء في صفة نساء أهل الجنة: ٧ / ٢٣٩-٢٤٠ وقال: "هذا حديث حسن صحيح" والإمام أحمد: ٣ / ١٦، والمصنف في شرح السنة: ١٥ / ٢١٢.