سُوْرَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ
Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 21
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَـٰتٍ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًا ﴿21﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
See how We prefer one above another (in this world), and verily, the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preferment.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱنظُرْ
unẓur
See
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
فَضَّلْنَا
faḍḍalnā
We preferred
بَعْضَهُمْ
baʿḍahum
some of them
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
بَعْضٍۢ ۚ
baʿḍin
others
وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ
walalākhiratu
And surely the Hereafter
أَكْبَرُ
akbaru
(is) greater
دَرَجَـٰتٍۢ
darajātin
(in) degrees
وَأَكْبَرُ
wa-akbaru
and greater
تَفْضِيلًۭا
tafḍīlan
(in) excellence
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
21. 1 However, worldly things are given to some more, to some less; Allah Almighty distributes this provision according to His wisdom and purpose. However, in the Hereafter, this difference in ranks will be more clear and prominent, and that is in such a way that the people of faith will go to Paradise and the people of disbelief will go to Hell.
