The word(s) "excellence" appears 2 time(s) in 2 verse(s) in Quran in Abdullah Yusuf Ali translation.

(1) Fair in the eyes of men is the love of things they covet: Women and sons; Heaped-up hoards of gold and silver; horses branded (for blood and excellence); and (wealth of) cattle and well-tilled land. Such are the possessions of this world's life; but in nearness to Allah is the best of the goals (To return to).

(2) See how We have bestowed more on some than on others; but verily the Hereafter is more in rank and gradation and more in excellence.