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ʾaṣḥābu l-jannati yawmaʾidhin khayrun mustaqarran wa-ʾaḥsanu maqīlan
On that day the inhabitants of paradise will be in the best abode and an excellent resting place.
— Ali Quli Qarai
25Al-FurqānالفرقانVerse 24 of 77
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Surah al-Furqan - Verse 24
24. “The companions of the Garden (Paradise) that day shall be in a better abode and a better resting-place.”
There must be a kind of good tidings and encouragement along with warning and advice. Therefore, the holy Qur’an usually sets good and bad beside each other, so that by comparing, their situations will be clear. This verse speaks about the situation of those who live in the Paradise. The verse says:
This verse does not imply that Hell-dwellers are in a good situation, and dwellers of Paradise are in a better situation. For example, we read in Surah Fussilat, No. 41, verse 40:
The Arabic word /mustaqarr/ means ‘residence’ and the Qur’anic word /muqil/ means ‘the pace of rest in the midday’. (It is derived from the word /qaylūlah/ that means ‘midday sleep’.) Ibn Abbas said that the Prophet (S) said: “When Allah created the Paradise, He put things in it that no one has seen and no mind has imagined. Then He ordered the Paradise to speak. The Paradise began speaking and said:
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