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Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey ) 17 : 21

ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَلَلْءَاخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَٰتٍ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًا

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Look how We have favoured [in provision] some of them over others. But the Hereafter is greater in degrees [of difference] and greater in distinction.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(17:21:1)
unẓur
See
(17:21:2)
kayfa
how
(17:21:3)
faḍḍalnā
We preferred
(17:21:4)
baʿḍahum
some of them
(17:21:5)
(17:21:6)
baʿḍin
others
(17:21:7)
walalākhiratu
And surely the Hereafter
(17:21:8)
akbaru
(is) greater
(17:21:9)
darajātin
(in) degrees
(17:21:10)
wa-akbaru
and greater
(17:21:11)
tafḍīlan
(in) excellence

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Explanatory Note

“See how We have bestowed more bounty on some than on others. But the life to come will be higher in rank and greater in merit.” (Verse 21)

If one seeks to have the higher prize and the greater grace, then one should aim for the hereafter. For there lies the limitless expanse and scope whose boundaries are known only to God. It is for this prize that people should compete, not for the petty comforts of this world.

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7. Period of Revelation

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The very first verse indicates that this Surah was revealed on the occasion of the ascension (Mi’raj). According to the narrations (hadith) on the life of the Prophet, this event happened one year before migration (Hijrah). Thus this Surah was revealed in the last stage of Prophethood in Makkah.

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The Prophet had been propagating Monotheism (Tawhid) for twelve years now. In spite of all the opposition, Islam had spread to every corner of Arabia and there was hardly a clan which had not been influenced by the invitation. In Makkah itself, the true Believers had formed themselves into a small community.  A large number of the people from the Aws and Khazraj tribes (two influential clans of Madinah) had also now accepted Islam. Thus the time had come for the Muslims to emigrate from Makkah to Madinah, at behest of the Aws and Khazraj to establish an Islamic state.

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