Are the Houris Children?

The Quran in a number of passages calls the Houris Qasirat al-Tarf.

S 37:48 And with them are the Minors of the Gaze, 'in,

S 38:52 And with them the Minors of the Gaze, comrades.

S 55:56 Therein are the Minors of the Gaze; man has not made them menstruate before them nor jann.

Qasirat is the plural of qasirah, the feminine of qasir. Google Translate defines it minor; underage; small as an adjective and minor; child; infant; pupil as a noun. https://translate.google.co.uk/?sl=ar&tl=en&text=%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1&op=translate

Almaany defines it thus:

قاصِر : - مَن لَمْ يَبْلُغ سِنّ الرُّشْد

- A minor under the care of a guardian appointed by the parents or a court - Someone who is below the age at which they are considered by low to be an adult and completely responsible for their actions - minor; underage

المختصر

قاصِر : - قاصِرٌ عَلَى

- limited to

قاصِرٌ : - قاصِرٌ عن:عاجِزٌ عن

- incapable of; unable to

https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1/

They are described as atrab, plural of tirb, in S 38:52. They are supposedly of the same age as the denizens of the Jannah.

The Jalalayn say:

And with them there will be maidens of restrained glances restricting their eyes to their spouses of a like age of the same age girls who are thirty three years of age atrāb is the plural of tirb. https://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=74&tSoraNo=38&tAyahNo=52&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=2

Definition of tirb:

1. contemporary, coeval

2. comrade, fellow, associate

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8

Almaany:

تِرْب : - التِّرْب:الْمُمَاثِل فِي السِّن

- A person associated with another - Close friend (especially among schoolchildren) - Person equal in rank or capacity - Person of the same number of years - The person who is associated with another - Person who lives at the same period of time as someeone else

المختصر

تِرْب : - التِّرْب:الْمُمَاثِل فِي السِّن / الجمع أتْراب

- Person of the same age - associate; coetaneous; contemporaneous; coeval; colleague; companion; contemporary; mate; fellow; equal; counterpart; peer; friend; match; comrade

https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8/

If the name Qasirat al-Tarf is not just a meaningless one, and if they are of equal age to those in the Jannah, then the latter must be children.

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