Like sheltered eggs in a nest.
As if they were eggs, safely hidden.
as if they were hidden pearls.
[as free of faults] as if they were hidden [ostrich] eggs.
As though they were eggs hidden.
(Delicate and pure) as if they were (hidden) eggs (well) preserved.
As if they were closely guarded pearls.
so delicate as the hidden peel under an egg's shell.
as if they were Bayd Maknun.
(Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich).
as if they were hidden ostrich eggs.
as if they were hidden pearls.
As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected.
who are as chaste as sheltered eggs.
As if they were eggs carefully protected.
Kaannahunna bay<u>d</u>un maknoon<b>un</b>
like closely guarded pearls.
As if they were (delicate) eggs closely guarded.
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ
In their white complexation blended with a tinge of redness, it will be as if they were ostrich eggs covered by feathers from the wind and dust; protected and untouched by any hand.
In their white complexation blended with a tinge of redness, it will be as if they were ostrich eggs covered by feathers from the wind and dust; protected and untouched by any hand.
<p>8.	In verse 49: كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ (as if they were hidden eggs). As obvious, the hurs of Jannah have been likened to hidden eggs in this verse. The simile was popularly recognized among the people of Arabia. The egg hidden under feathers remains safe from the pollution, therefore it is always neat and clean. Moreover, its color is yellowish white, which was deemed by the Arabs as the most attractive color for women. Then there are other commentators who say that this simile does not relate to eggs as such, instead, the simile relates to the membrane hidden in the egg, and the sense is that the skin of those women will be as soft as the membrane of the eggs. (Ruh-ul-Ma ani) Allah knows best.</p>
8.	In verse 49: كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ (as if they were hidden eggs). As obvious, the hurs of Jannah have been likened to hidden eggs in this verse. The simile was popularly recognized among the people of Arabia. The egg hidden under feathers remains safe from the pollution, therefore it is always neat and clean. Moreover, its color is yellowish white, which was deemed by the Arabs as the most attractive color for women. Then there are other commentators who say that this simile does not relate to eggs as such, instead, the simile relates to the membrane hidden in the egg, and the sense is that the skin of those women will be as soft as the membrane of the eggs. (Ruh-ul-Ma ani) Allah knows best.