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wa-li-kullin darajātun mimmā ʿamilū wa-li-yuwaffiyahum ʾaʿmālahum wa-hum lā yuẓlamūna
For everyone there are degrees [of merit] pertaining to what he has done: He will recompense them fully for their works, and they will not be wronged.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah al-Ahqaf - Verse 19
19. And for all [viz. Jinn and mankind, the preceding and coming generations], there will be degrees according to that which they did, that He may recompense them in full for their deeds. And they will not be wronged.
Divine degrees and stations are consistent with human deeds. Resurrection shall be a reward for the faithful and a chastisement for evil doers
(“He may recompense them in full for their deeds”).
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(wa li-kulli) refers to the last two Verses; the former concerns those who embrace the true faith and submit to the Divine Will following their maturity and development invoking God to grant success to them and their parents, repenting their evil deeds and turning to God Almighty and the latter concerns those who showed disrespect for their parents and denied the veracity of the Resurrection Day. Each of them shall be granted degrees of ascension consistent with their deeds.
Every act shall be recompensed in full and no one shall be wronged. The Qur’an says:
“So whosoever does good equal to the weight of an atom shall see it and whosoever does evil equal to the weight of an atom shall see it” 42 .
In short, the Verse apparently refers to the fact that degrees are the results of deeds and since people are quite different in their deeds, their degrees are quite different. Each and every individual’s degree is determined by his qualities and morals acquired by himself in his mundane life.
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