25:76

خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۚ حَسُنَتۡ مُسۡتَقَرّٗا وَمُقَامٗا

Khalideena feeha hasunat mustaqarran wamuqaman

Abiding eternally therein. Good is the settlement and residence.

Word by word
  1. خَٰلِدِينَWill abide forever
  2. فِيهَاۚin it
  3. حَسُنَتۡGood
  4. مُسۡتَقَرّٗا(is) the settlement
  5. وَمُقَامٗاand a resting place
Al-Furqan · 25:76Makkah

Forever there: a beautiful home and a place to rest.

The home they will never want to leave


Their home
forevernever leave, never die
excellent homebeautiful to see
excellent restgood to dwell in
Answering verse 66
evil settlementwhat they asked to avoid
excellent settlementwhat they were given

Ibn Kathir says they will settle there and never leave, move or die, and never wish to move elsewhere. The words mirror verse 66: they had asked to be kept from an evil settlement, and they receive an excellent one.

You have moved four times in six years. Leases end, rent goes up, jobs change cities. The verse promises a home you will never have to pack up, and never want to.

Nowhere really feels permanent.

The permanent home is promised, and every patient step points toward it.

Try this

Next time you feel unsettled about where you live, ask Allah for the home that never ends.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 25:75)

Those will be rewarded with the highest place because of their patience. Therein they shall be met with greetings and the word of peace and respect (75)Abiding therein – excellent it is as an abode, and as a place to rest in (76)Say: "My Lord pays attention to you only because of your invocation to Him. But now you have indeed denied. So the torment will be yours forever. (77)

The Reward of the Servants of the Most Gracious, and a Warning to the People of Makkah

After mentioning the beautiful attributes of His believing servants, and their fine words and deeds, Allah then says:

أُولَٰئِكَ 

(Those) meaning, the people who are described in this manner,

يُجْزَوْنَ 

(will be rewarded) on the Day of Resurrection,

الْغُرْفَةَ 

(with the highest place), which is Paradise. Abu Ja'far Al-Baqir, Sa'id bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak and As-Suddi said, "It was so called because of its elevation."

بِمَا صَبَرُوا

(because of their patience.) means, their patience in doing what they did.

وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيهَا

(Therein they shall be met) means, in Paradise.

تَحِيَّةً وَسَلَامًا

(with greetings and the word of peace and respect.) This means that they will be greeted first with words of welcome and honor. Peace will be theirs and they will be wished peace. And angels shall enter unto them from every gate, saying, "Peace be upon you for that you persevered in patience! Excellent indeed is the final home!"

خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا

(Abiding therein) means, they will settle there and never leave or move or die, they will never exit or wish to move to somewhere else. This is like the Ayah,

وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ سُعِدُوا فَفِي الْجَنَّةِ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ

(And those who are blessed, they will be in Paradise, abiding therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure)(11:108).

حَسُنَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَمُقَامًا

(excellent it is as an abode, and as a place to rest in.) Its appearance is beautiful and it is a good place in which to rest and to dwell. Then Allah says:

قُلْ مَا يَعْبَأُ بِكُمْ رَبِّي

(Say: "My Lord pays attention to you only because of your invocation to Him...") meaning, He would not care to pay attention to you if you did not worship Him, for He only created mankind to worship Him Alone and to glorify Him morning and evening. His saying:

فَقَدْ كَذَّبْتُمْ

(But now you have indeed denied.) "O you disbelievers."

فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامًا

(So the torment will be yours forever.) So your denial will remain with you forever, i.e., it will lead to your punishment, doom and destruction in this world and the Hereafter. This also refers to the day of Badr, as it was interpreted by 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud, Ubayy bin Ka'b, Muhammad bin Ka'b Al-Qurazi, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, As-Suddi and others.

فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامًا

(So the torment will be yours forever.) Al-Hasan Al-Basri said: "The Day of Resurrection." And there is no conflict between the two interpretations.

This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Furqan, all praise and thanks are due to Allah.