Quran 17:21 — Al-Israa, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
see how We have given some more than others- but the Hereafter holds greater ranks and greater favours.
انْظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَلَلْآخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَاتٍ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًا
unẓur kayfa faḍḍalnā baʿḍahum ʿalā baʿḍin walalākhiratu akbaru darajātin wa-akbaru tafḍīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Behold, how We prefer some of them over others! And surely the world to come is greater in ranks, greater in preferment.
- 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.
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱنظُرْunẓur | See | نظر |
| 2 | كَيْفَkayfa | how | كيف |
| 3 | فَضَّلْنَاfaḍḍalnā | We preferred | فضل |
| 4 | بَعْضَهُمْbaʿḍahum | some of them | بعض |
| 5 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 6 | بَعْضٍۢ ۚbaʿḍin | others | بعض |
| 7 | وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُwalalākhiratu | And surely the Hereafter | أخر |
| 8 | أَكْبَرُakbaru | (is) greater | كبر |
| 9 | دَرَجَـٰتٍۢdarajātin | (in) degrees | درج |
| 10 | وَأَكْبَرُwa-akbaru | and greater | كبر |
| 11 | تَفْضِيلًۭاtafḍīlan | (in) excellence | فضل |