Surah al-Dukhān
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

[Surah al-Dukhān (44): verse 51]
“Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure abode.” (51)

An abode is a place of residence. “Secure” means safe from every evil, affliction, and harm, possessing every quality of security. It is safe from destruction, ruin, and every kind of deficiency. Its inhabitants are safe there from being made to leave, from loss, and from distress. A secure city is one whose inhabitants are safe from what others fear.

Consider how He, glorified be He, mentions security in His words, 44:51: “Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure abode,” and in His words, Most High, 44:55: “There they will call for every kind of fruit, in security.” He thus grants them both security in their dwelling and security in their food: they do not fear that the fruit will cease to be available or have any harmful consequences or ill effects. They are also secure from being made to leave it, so they have no fear of that, and secure from death, so they do not fear dying there.

44:52–56: “Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure abode, amid gardens and springs, wearing fine silk and brocade, facing one another. Thus it will be. And We will pair them with fair maidens with large, beautiful eyes. There they will call