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The Purified Spouses

الأزواج المطهرة

The purified spouses are Paradise's company in God's book: «and for them therein are purified spouses, and they abide therein forever», repeated in three suras — al-Baqara, Al Imran and al-Nisa — in the glad-tidings for whoever believes and does righteousness. The purified are read as cleansed of all hurt and defilement.

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Afterlife and eschatology

Overview

God promised the believers purified spouses in Paradise, in one repeated wording across three suras — al-Baqara, Al Imran and al-Nisa: «and for them therein are purified spouses, and they abide therein forever» 1.

In the exegesis

Ibn Kathir explains the purified as cleansed of urine, excrement, discharge, menstruation and every hurt and defilement 2; none of the worldly imperfections of their like belongs to them.

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 2:25· Qur'an 3:15· Qur'an 4:57

People and things also explored

The Gates of Paradise· The terrors of the Day· Islamic eschatology· The display and standing before God· Al-barzakh· The Beast of the Earth· The Smoke· The Greatest Terror

Sources

  1. Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
  2. Tafsir Ibn Kathir
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islam.museum contributors. “The Purified Spouses”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/azwaj-mutahhara/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.

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The Gates of Paradise

Paradise has eight gates, as the Sahih reports, each with its people of deed: a gate of prayer for the people of prayer, a gate of jihad, a gate of al-Rayyan reserved for the fasting, and a gate of charity. The Prophet said: «Whoever spends a pair in the way of God is called at the gates of Paradise: O servant of God, this is good — whoever was of the people of prayer is called from the gate of prayer».