Neville, It is not actually found in the quaran itself it is found in commentators of the Quaran. This is the verse that the 72 virgins comes from Here..... 003.169 YUSUFALI: Think not of those who are slain in Allah's way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord; PICKTHAL: Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living. With their Lord they have provision. SHAKIR: And reckon not those who are killed in Allah's way as dead; nay, they are alive (and) are provided sustenance from their Lord; commentary: [meaning they are enjoying their seventy-two virgins ( 72 ) virgins in heaven]; Muslim theologians such as al Ghazali (died 1111 - 935 C.E) and AlAsh'ari have "admitted sensual pleasures into Paradise." The sensual pleasures are graphically elaborated by Al-Suytti (died 1505 C.E.), Qur'anic commentator and polymath, Wrote: "Each time we sleep with a houri we find her virgin. Besides, the penis of the Elected never softens. The erection is eternal; The sensation that you feel each time you make love is utterly delicious and out of this world and were you to experience it in this world you would faint. Each chosen one [i.e., Muslim] will marry seventy [sic] houris, besides the women he married on earth, and all will have appetizing vaginas." However, note: There is dispute among scholars as to the actual words & thus the translation of the commentators. In the original arabic of the commentator the term associated with the virgins is the word hur, which is an adjective in the feminine plural meaning simply "white." Islamic tradition insists the term hur stands for "houri," which means virgin, but some scholars insists that this is a forced misreading of the text. In both ancient Aramaic and in at least one respected dictionary of early Arabic, hur means "white raisin."... so....attached at bottom is the actual reward for the Muslim "martyrs".................... "Dr. Neville Jones" <ntj005@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Can someone give me the reference in the Koran for the supposed origin of this 72 (if I remember correctly) virgins in heaven claim? Neville. --------------------------------- All New Yahoo! Mail ? Tired of unwanted email come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you.