Are "the seventy thousand" better than the others?

Question:
He says, "The seventy thousand are better...?"

Answer:
What is required of this distinction that Allah has granted them is not that others be below them; rather, the distinction is that they enter Paradise without being reckoned. However, entering Paradise without reckoning varies; they may all enter, even if they number in the millions, without being reckoned, but they are in levels, some above others. For example, Abu Bakr al-Siddiq enters Paradise without being reckoned, and 'Umar enters Paradise without being reckoned, and Abu Bakr al-Siddiq is better than 'Umar. It is not required that their state be the same because they enter Paradise without being reckoned. It may be that "the seventy" and the millions of those entering Paradise without being reckoned are known to be in levels in their distinction with Allah and their station with Him .