The word(s) "degree" appears 14 time(s) in 14 verse(s) in Quran in Muhammad Habib Shakir translation.

(11) Will they distribute the mercy of your Lord? We distribute among them their livelihood in the life of this world, and We j have exalted some of them above others in degrees, that some of them may take others in subjection; and the mercy of your Lord is better than what they amass.

(12) And for all are degrees according to what they did, and that He may pay them back fully their deeds and they shall not be wronged.

(13) O you who believe! when it is said to you, Make room in (your) assemblies, then make ample room, Allah will give you ample, and when it is said: Rise up, then rise up. Allah will exalt those of you who believe, and those who are given knowledge, in high degrees; and Allah is Aware of what you do.

(14) So leave Me and him who rejects this announcement; We will overtake them by degrees, from whence they perceive not: