(Higher Ranks for the Strivers)
Not equal are the sedentary among the believers who are not handicapped, and those who strive in the cause of God with their money and their lives. God exalts the strivers with their money and their lives above the sedentary. For both, God promises salvation, but God exalts the strivers over the sedentary with a great recompense.
لا يَستَوِى القٰعِدونَ مِنَ المُؤمِنينَ غَيرُ أُولِى الضَّرَرِ وَالمُجٰهِدونَ فى سَبيلِ اللَّهِ بِأَموٰلِهِم وَأَنفُسِهِم فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ المُجٰهِدينَ بِأَموٰلِهِم وَأَنفُسِهِم عَلَى القٰعِدينَ دَرَجَةً وَكُلًّا وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الحُسنىٰ وَفَضَّلَ اللَّهُ المُجٰهِدينَ عَلَى القٰعِدينَ أَجرًا عَظيمًا
laa yastawil qaa’idoona Minal mu’mineena ghairu uliddarari walmujaahidoona fee sabeelil laahi bi amwaalihim wa anfusihim; faddalal laahul mujaahideena bi amwaalihim wa anfusihim ‘alalqaa’ideena darajah; wa kullanw wa’adal laahul husnaa; wa faddalal laahul mujaahideena ‘alal qaa’ideena ajran ‘azeemaa