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hum darajātun ʿinda llāhi wa-llāhu baṣīrun bi-mā yaʿmalūna
They have ranks with Allah, and Allah watches what they do.
— Ali Quli Qarai
3Āl ʿImrānآل عمرانVerse 163 of 200
The Family of Imran3. Āl ʿImrānآل عمران
Āl ‘Imrān
Family of Imran
MedinanVerse 163 of 200
Surah 'Ali-Imran, Verse 163
163. "They are of (varying) ranks with Allah; and Allah sees what they do."
Some verses of the Qur'an indicate that there are different degrees for the people. For example, Surah Al-Anfal, No.8, verse 4 says:
Or, Surah Taha, No 20, verse 75 says:
In this verse the persons themselves are rendered into 'ranks'. It is similar to the meaning that a human being should act according to the scale, but later he himself becomes a scale. Or, another example is that: at first man is 'praiser of Allah', /Ŏakir/, but later he himself becomes 'reminder', /Ŏikr/, in a way that his remembrance causes hearts to be in peace. At first, he turns around the axis, but, later, he himself becomes the axis of the Truth.