(24) “The companions of Paradise will, on that Day, have a better abode and a finer resting place.”

That is, on that dreadful Day, fraught with distress, “the companions of Paradise”—those who believed in Allah, performed righteous deeds, and feared their Lord—will have “a better abode” than the people of the Fire “and a finer resting place.” Their abode in Paradise and their repose there—their midday rest—will be a beneficial abode and perfect repose, for it encompasses complete bliss untainted by any trouble. By contrast, Hell is a wretched abode and resting place for the people of the Fire.

This is an instance in which the comparative form is used even though the other side possesses none of the quality in question, for there is no good whatsoever in the abode or resting place of the people of the Fire. It is like His saying: “Is Allah better, or what they associate with Him?”