The Great Koran Controversy: Will Muslim Martyrs Get 72 Raisins Instead of Virgins

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[JoeProBono]

According to an Islam tradition, Muslim martyrs will go to paradise and marry 72 black-eyed virgins. But some Koran scholars point to a less sexy paradise. While beautifully written, Islamic texts are often obscure. The Arabic language was born as a written language with the Koran, and growing evidence suggests that many of the words were Syriac or Aramaic.

Specifically, the Koran says martyrs going to heaven will get “hur,” and the word was taken by early commentators to mean “virgins,” hence those 72 concubines. But in Aramaic, hur actually meant “white” and was commonly used to specifically mean “white grapes.”

The exact number of virgins (or raisins) is not specified in Koran, but the number 72 comes from a quotation of Muhammad recorded in one of the lesser-known Hadith. ("Hadith" is an Arabic word meaning traditions.) After Muhammad's death, several collections of his deeds and sayings were collected to form the Hadith, which is the second most authoritative document is Islam, after the Koran.

The philologist "Christoph Luxenburg", (who always uses a pseudonym for security reasons) notes that grapes would actually make more sense, because the text compares them to crystal and pearls, and because contemporary accounts have paradise abounding with fruit, especially white grapes....

[JoeProBono]

[bgill]

72 raisins or 72 Helens. They should go with the raisins.

[b cool]

...with a big smile on my face, I wonder just how disapointed some terrorists are that thier friend and countrymen are getting fresh with dried fruit.

yeah...I’m still smiling!

[mnehring]

So Helen Thomas either way?

[Larry Lucido]

Are they soaked in gin?

[JoeProBono]

[Berlin_Freeper]

They ran out of virgins.

[mountainlion]

The coran was written by Jewish Scribes that were taken prisoner and turned into slaves by the Muslims. Some say there are hidden messages like the Bible codes in the koran.

[Red_Devil 232]

many of the words were Syriac or Aramaic Aromatic? So that is why it stinks?

[JoeProBono]

“Actually, the 72 virgins are here in heaven because assholes like you murdered them before they could experience the pleasure of sex. So you’re here to service them. Since they’re virgins, they’re quite sexually ravenous; and, frankly, you’ll be on constant, exhausting duty.” The bomber responded, “Well, I guess I can live with that. How hard can it be to keep 72 women satisfied for all eternity?” And Allah replied, “Who said they were women?”

[Rannug]

Those “dum” moslems, the only reason they want virgins is so no comparison can be made with real men.

[Larry Lucido]

Maybe they are vir-gin soaked raisins.

[dragonblustar]

If they get a Hellen Thomas, they get both a dried fruit and a nut.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Maybe we should start sending boxes of raisins to Mosques.

Bury them in raisins.

[muawiyah]

Exactly right ~ white grapes, aka Sultana, aka Thompson Seedless.

[Tijeras_Slim]

What about the rest of the food pyramid?

[fightinJAG]

What will female martyrs get?

[fightinJAG]

Does this give a whole new meaning to “sour grapes”?

[muawiyah]

More likely Mohammad and his disciples simply dug up a buried Torah or two ~ probably of a group into a slightly different Jewish tradition.

No reason at all to catch Jews and make slaves of them back then.

[JoeProBono]

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