Muhammad said: {Degrees} is in the accusative case (nasb) as an appositive (badal) of His saying: {a great reward}.
Yahya: (From Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid, from Makhul) who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "Indeed, in Paradise there are one hundred degrees; between each two degrees is the distance between the heaven and the earth. Allah has prepared them for the mujahideen in His cause. Were it not that it would be hard upon my nation, and that I do not find [sufficient means] upon which to carry them, and that they would not be happy to remain behind after me, I would not have remained behind any detachment (sariyya) that goes out to fight."
قَالَ مُحَمَّد: ﴿دَرَجَات﴾ نصب على الْبَدَل، من قَوْله: ﴿أجرا عَظِيما﴾
يَحْيَى: (عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ) قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عليه السلام: ((إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَمِائَةَ دَرَجَةٍ، بَيْنَ الدَّرَجَتَيْنِ كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ، أَعَدَّهَا اللَّهُ لِلْمُجَاهِدِينَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ، وَلَوْلا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي، وَلا أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ، (ل ٧٢) وَلا تَطِيبُ أَنْفُسُهُمْ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُوا بَعْدِي، مَا قَعَدْتُ خِلافَ سَرِيَّةٍ تغزوا،
