Does the description of the Houris as having white skin mean that white skin is more desirable and attractive, and that darker skin is less attractive?

The description of the Houris (maidens of Paradise) as having white skin is not explicitly detailed in the Quran. Rather, some scholars derived this meaning linguistically from the phrase "Hourin 'Ain" (fair ones with wide, lovely eyes), but this is not a universally agreed-upon interpretation. Others have suggested that the intended meaning refers to the whiteness of the eye or its blackness. Al-Khalil bin Ahmad al-Farahidi, Abu Ubaidah, Al-Jahiz, Al-Tabari, Al-Zajjaj, Ibn Faris, Al-Raghib Al-Isfahani, Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah, and others have offered various interpretations of the word "al-hoor," ranging from those who see it as intense whiteness of the eye coupled with its blackness, to those who view it as whiteness within the blackness of the eye, and others who believe that "hawraa'" (fem. of hoor) is only applied to a fair-skinned woman with "hoor" in her eyes.

The Holy Quran describes the Houris using elegant literary allusions, such as: "(restraining their glances)" and "(like rubies and coral)" and "(like pearls well-preserved)," without delving into detailed descriptions of body parts. If Arabs understood "Hourin 'Ain" to mean complete whiteness, it was not to establish whiteness as an absolute, exemplary standard, but rather to represent beauty using terms familiar in their environment, expressed in the most chaste manner. The bliss in Paradise encompasses whatever souls desire and eyes delight in. A comparison between the beauty of this world and Paradise is not possible.