Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:21

17:21

ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَـٰتٍ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًا

unẓur kayfa faḍḍalnā baʿḍahum ʿalā baʿḍin walalākhiratu akbaru darajātin wa-akbaru tafḍīlan

Look how We have favored [in provision] some of them over others. But the Hereafter is greater in degrees [of difference] and greater in distinction.

— Saheeh International

see how We have given some more than others- but the Hereafter holds greater ranks and greater favours.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

See how We prefer one above another (in this world), and verily, the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preferment.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

ٱنظُرْunẓurSee
كَيْفَkayfahow
فَضَّلْنَاfaḍḍalnāWe preferred
بَعْضَهُمْbaʿḍahumsome of them
عَلَىٰʿalāover
بَعْضٍۢۚbaʿḍinothers
وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُwalalākhiratuAnd surely the Hereafter
أَكْبَرُakbaru(is) greater
دَرَجَـٰتٍۢdarajātin(in) degrees
وَأَكْبَرُwa-akbaruand greater
تَفْضِيلًۭاtafḍīlan(in) excellence