17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 21
اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍۜ وَلَلْاٰخِرَةُ اَكْبَرُ دَرَجَاتٍ وَاَكْبَرُ تَفْض۪يلاً
Onthur kayfa faddalnabaAAdahum AAala baAAdin walal-akhiratuakbaru darajatin waakbaru tafdeela
Look how We favour some of them over others. But the Next World has higher ranks and greater favours.
- Progressive Muslims
See how We have preferred some of them over the others; and in the Hereafter are greater levels, and greater preference.
- Shabbir Ahmed
Behold how We bestow more bounty on some of them than others. But the life to come will be far higher in degree and far greater in bounty.
- Sam Gerrans
See thou how We have preferred some of them over others; but the Hereafter is greater in degrees and greater in preferment.
- The Monotheist Group
See how We have preferred some of them over the others; and in the Hereafter are greater levels, and greater preference.
- Edip-Layth
See how We have preferred some of them over the others; and in the Hereafter are greater levels, and greater preference.
- Aisha Bewley
Look how We favour some of them over others. But the Next World has higher ranks and greater favours.
- Rashad Khalifa
Note how we preferred some people above others (in this life). The differences in the Hereafter are far greater and far more significant.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
"See, how We favour one over the other; and in life to come are higher ranks and favours greater still.
- Sahih International
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.
- Muhammad Asad
Behold how We bestow [on earth) more bounty on some of them than on others: but [remember that] the life to come will be far higher in degree and far greater in merit and bounty.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
See how We prefer one of them above another, and verily the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preferment.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
See how We distinguish some in status, rank or fortune above others! And by the same token have We made the Hereafter excel here below and be the world of choice.
- Bijan Moeinian
Just look around and see how some have been showered more than the others with my blessings. In the Hereafter, too, people will be showered differently; the difference, however is far greater and more significant.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
See how We prefer one above another (in this world), and verily, the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preferment.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
See how We have bestowed more on some than on others; but verily the Hereafter is more in rank and gradation and more in excellence.
- Mustafa Khattab
See how We have favoured some over others ˹in this life˺, but the Hereafter is certainly far greater in rank and in favour.
- Taqi Usmani
See how We made some of them excel some others (in this world) and, of course, the Hereafter is much higher in ranks and much greater in degrees of merit.
- Abdul Haleem
see how We have given some more than others- but the Hereafter holds greater ranks and greater favours.
- Arthur John Arberry
Behold, how We prefer some of them over others! And surely the world to come is greater in ranks, greater in preferment.
- E. Henry Palmer
See how we have preferred some of them over others, but in the next life are greater degrees and greater preference.
- Hamid S. Aziz
See how We have preferred some of them over others, and verily, the Hereafter will be greater in degree and greater in preference.
- Mahmoud Ghali
Look how We have graced some of them over the others, (Literally: over some "others") and indeed the Hereafter is greater in degrees and greater with marked graciousness.
- George Sale
Behold, how We have caused some of them to surpass others in wealth and dignity: But the next life shall be more considerable in degrees of honour, and greater in excellence.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
See how We have given more to some than to others; But surely the Hereafter is higher in value and position and greater in excellence.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
Behold! how We have exalted some of them over others (in the present life), yet the Hereafter holds out greater degrees of rank and (confers) greater merits and excellence.
- Ali Quli Qarai
Observe how We have given some of them an advantage over some others; yet the Hereafter is surely greater in respect of ranks and greater in respect of relative merit.