The Wedding of the Lamb



χαιρωμεν και αγαλλιωμεθα και δωμεν την δοξαν αυτω οτι ηλθεν ο γαμος του αρνιου και η γυνη αυτου ητοιμασεν εαυτην

cairwmen kai agalliwmen kai | dwsomen | dwswmen | thn doxan autw oti hlqen o gamos tou arniou kai h gunh autou htoimasen eauthn

Rev 19.7 Let us rejoice and let us exult, and we will give glory to Him, because the marriage of the Lamb came, and His wife prepared herself.





και εδοθη αυτη ινα περιβαληται βυσσινον καθαρον και λαμπρον το γαρ βυσσινον τα δικαιωματα εστιν των αγιων

kai edoqh auth ina peribalhtai bussinon lampron kaqaron to gar bussinon ta dikaiwmata twn agiwn estin

Rev 19.8 And it was given to her that she be clothed in fine linen, pure and bright; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints.





και λεγει μοι γραψον μακαριοι οι εις το δειπνον του γαμου του αρνιου κεκλημενοι και λεγει μοι ουτοι οι λογοι αληθινοι εισιν του θεου

kai legei moi grayon makarioi oi eis to deipnon tou gamou tou arniou keklhmenoi kai legei moi outoi oi logoi alhqinoi tou qeou eisin

Rev 19.9 And he says to me, Write: Blessed are the ones having been called to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb. And he says to me, These Words of God are true.




Compare to 81.7…




وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

81.7 And when the souls shall be united with those whom it has followed.



نُّفُوسُ = “nufoosu”

“nufoosu” definition:

Plural. Souls. It comes from the root “nafasa”, which means to be precious in request, console, cheer. It was, or became high in estimation, of high account, or excellent; highly prized; precious; or valuable, and therefore was desired with emulation, or in much request.

النُّفُوسُ = “al” + “nufoosu” = “alnufoosu” = the souls

References:
An Arabic-English Lexicon, E.W. Lane, volume eight, pp. 2826 - 2829
The Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an, 1st edition, Abdul Mannan Omar, pp. 572 -573

Occurrences of “alnufoosu” in the Koran: 1
Location: 81.7




زُوِّجَتْ = “zuwwijat”

“zuwwijat” definition:

Feminine singular. Is paired, united. As applied to 81.7…and when the souls shall be coupled, or paired, or united with their fellows; i.e. with their bodies: or, each with its register: or with its works: and those of the unbelievers with the devils: or when each sect, or party, shall be united with those whom it has followed. It comes from the root “zaja”, which means he coupled, or paired, a thing with a thing: united it to it as its fellow, or like. A sort of thing of any kind that is one of a pair or couple; either one of such two things; a sort of thing, absolutely: or a sort of thing having its like, as in the case of species; or having its contrary, as the moist and the dry, and the male and the female, and the night and the day, and the bitter and the sweet; though sometimes applied to any sort of thing; and to a single thing: or it is applied to a single thing only when having with it a thing of the same kind. A woman’s husband: and a man’s wife. A consociate, an associate, or a comrade; a fellow, or like; to marry anyone to, couple anything with, pair, mingle with. As used by mathematicians, i.e. it signifies and even number; a number that may be divided into two equal numbers; as for instance, four and eight, as opposed to three and seven. Also a kind of silk brocade.

References:
An Arabic-English Lexicon, E.W. Lane, volume three, pp. 1266 – 1267
The Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an, 1st edition, Abdul Mannan Omar p. 237


Occurrences of “zuwwijat” in the Koran: 1
Location: 81.7

Occurrences of the root “zaja” and its 41 forms in the Koran: 80
Locations: 2.25, 2.35. 2.102, 2.230, 2.232, 2.234, 2.240(2x), 3.15, 4.1, 4.12, 4.20(2x), 4.57. 6.139, 6.143, 7.19, 7.189, 9.24, 11.40, 13.3, 13.23, 13.38, 15.88, 16.72(2x), 20.53, 20.117, 20.131, 21.90, 22.5, 23.6, 23.27, 24.6, 25.74, 26.7, 26.166, 30.21, 31.10, 33.4, 33.6, 33.28, 33.37(2x), 33.50(2x), 33.52, 33.53, 33.59, 35.11, 36.36, 36.56, 37.22, 38.58, 39.6(2x), 40.8, 42.11(2x), 42.50, 43.12, 43.70, 44.54, 50.7, 51.49, 52.20, 53.45, 55.52, 56.7, 58.1, 60.11(2x), 64.14, 66.1, 66.3, 66.5, 70.30, 75.39, 78.8, 81.7

Observe that in the vast majority of the Koranic usages of “zaja” and it derivatives, it pertains to a “marriage”. In many of these instances, the coupling takes place in Paradise.






Summary of 81.7:

• The Book of Revelation dictates Koranic Eschatology
• 81.7 begins with “wa-itha”, which is a continuation of 81.6, and can be rendered as “remember the time”…hence the information contained in this ayah also existed prior to it being penned in Arabic
• Revelation tells us that the ones gathered (unto the Lamb) are “makarios”, or blessed, happy
• Similarly, 81.7 tells us that the uniting of “alnufoosu”, or the souls, will be a cheerful event via the root “nafasa”
• Revelation regards this uniting as a “gamos”, or marriage, between the Lamb (i.e. Jesus) and His “gune”, or wife
• 81.7 also regards the uniting of the souls as a “zuwwijat”, or marriage
• Revelation tells us that His wife will be clothed in “bussinos”, or fine linen/garment
• The root “zaja”, of “zuwwijat”, in 81.7, also informs us that it refers to a kind of silk brocade
• It is clear that the author’s of the Koran understood what the “marriage” actually is, that takes place in Heaven. Furthermore, the “marriage” of the soul is to Jesus