Aal-i-Imraan (The Family of Imraan)

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:

"... they shall have from their Lord exalted grades..."

Or, Surah Taha, No 20, verse 75 says:

"... these it is who shall have the high ranks."

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.

"They are of (varying) ranks with Allah; and Allah sees what they do."