Muddled And Addled Theories

By Sumit Paul, New Age Islam 30 August 2023 “The sexual pleasures of Paradise mentioned in the verses of the Quran are a symbol of spiritual connection rather than a sublimated version of the pleasures of worldly sexuality. Even though what one experiences on earth is only a mirror of paradise, one can only make allusions to paradise through the language of the earthly sexual union since it is the purest and most potent form of physical pleasure one may have on earth.” Can you make heads or tails of the aforementioned statement? Sex is sex. Adding spirituality to it makes it a guilt-ridden activity. Spirituality, like love, is the most overused term. Let spirituality and sex remain separate. The Quranic Houries are there for 'that' purpose only. Don't try to sugar-coat it. Quran, like any other scripture, is a book of mundane temptations. Don't glorify or sublimate them. Jabalpur's Mahesh Yogi tried to spiritualise sex in the US and ended up raping the actress, Mia Farrow. Rajnish also did the same and relegated his spiritual and meditation sessions to uninhibited orgies and debaucheries. By the way, Rajnish was also from the same region, the exponent of transcendental meditation hailed from. I'm talking about that fraud Mahesh Yogi. What type of spiritual connexions the devout Muslims will have with the luscious Houries? If they're not there for men's sexual gratification, why did Allah create them? One gentleman writes that not Houries, but the people in Jannah will have the company of a running stream. Don't you get to see running streams on earth? Followers believe that heaven will be full of exotic and exquisite things that aren't made available to humans on earth by a sadistic and tantalizing Allah. They'll enjoy those things when they go there. Is a running stream a rarity in this world? Who're you fooling, my dear? All these misleading explanations are cover-ups. The apologists of all religions are the most unscrupulous people. They resort to Naro wa Kunjaro wa (from Mahabharat, when Yudhishthir confounded Dronacharya during the Battle of Kurukshetra) or the Greek poetess Sappho's Enoma-Enona (literally, this can be, that can be from her ' Fragments'). Quran's Houries are offered by Allah (or Muhammad?) to pander to the basic human instincts. Accept this unvarnished truth and stop advancing muddled and addled theories. ---- A regular columnist for New Age Islam, Sumit Paul is a researcher in comparative religions, with special reference to Islam. He has contributed articles to the world's premier publications in several languages including Persian. URL: https://newageislam.com/spiritual-meditations/muddled-addled-theories/d/130562 New Age Islam, Islam Online, Islamic Website, African Muslim News, Arab World News, South Asia News, Indian Muslim News, World Muslim News, Women in Islam, Islamic Feminism, Arab Women, Women In Arab, Islamophobia in America, Muslim Women in West, Islam Women and Feminism