What does Quran 55:56 mean?

Quran 55:56 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan, Ayah 56) translates to: "In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinni -"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 55:56 from?

This ayah is from Surah Ar-Rahmaan (The Beneficent), the 55th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 27.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 55:56?

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sunan Ibn Majah, Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 55:56?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 55:56 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Paradise, Chastity, Divine Favor, Divine Bounty, Divine Reward.

Ayah 55

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ...

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Ayah 57

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ...

فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ

Feehinna qaasiratut tarfi lam yatmishunna insun qablahum wa laa jaaann

In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinni -

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55:56Ayah 178

19 ayahs in Ar-Rahmaan are strongly about Paradise and Hell. This is one of them.

← Previous on Paradise & Hell55:54[They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.Next on Paradise & Hell →55:58As if they were rubies and coral.

Tafsir

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In them in the two gardens and what they comprise of upper chambers and palaces are maidens of restrained glances restricting their eyes to those spouses of theirs from among either the men or the jinn who are reclining maidens who have not been touched who have not been deflowered — and these maidens are either houris or women of this world who will have been created anew by any man or jinn before them.

"Indeed in Paradise there is a market in which there is no buying nor selling- except for images of men and women. So whenever a man desires an image, he enters it."

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #1176Abdullah narrated that The Prophet said:Hasan

“The woman is Awrah, so when she goes out, the Shaitan seeks to tempt her.”

Sunan Ibn Majah #396It was narrated from a freed slave of 'Aishah that:Hasan

'Aishah said: "I never looked at (or I never saw) the private part of the Messenger of Allah." (Da'if)(One of the narrators) Abu Bakr (Ibn Abu Shaibah) said: "Abu Nu'aim would say: '(From) a freed female slave of 'Aishah.'"

Sahih Muslim #5884Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had a camel-driver who had a very melodious voice. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him:Sahih

Anjasha, drive slowly; do not break the vessels of glass, meaning the weak women.