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quran:15:40 –

Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

except those servants of Yours who are sincerely devoted ˹to You˺’, namely, believers.

القرآن:١٥:٤٠ –

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

{إلا عبادك منهم المخلصين} أي المؤمنين.

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quran:37:74 –

But not the chosen servants of Allah.

˹all˺ except God’s sincere servants, namely, the believers, who are saved from chastisement because they were sincere in their worship (mukhlisīna); or (if one reads mukhlasīna) because God has made them sincerely devoted to such ˹worship˺.

القرآن:٣٧:٧٤ –

إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

{إلا عباد الله المخلصين} أي المؤمنين فإنهم نجوا من العذاب لإخلاصهم في العبادة، أو لأن الله أخلصهم لها على قراءة فتح اللام.

quran:37:128 –

Except the chosen servants of Allah.

— ˹all˺ except God’s delivered servants, namely, the believers, who will be saved from it,

القرآن:٣٧:١٢٨ –

إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

{إلا عباد الله المخلصين} أي المؤمنين منهم فإنهم نجوا منها.

quran:37:160 –

Except the chosen servants of Allah ˹who do not share in that sin˺.

— ˹all˺ except God’s devoted servants, namely, believers (the exceptive clause here is discontinuous) in other words, ˹that is˺ because they declare that God transcends what such individuals attribute ˹to Him˺.

القرآن:٣٧:١٦٠ –

إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

{إلا عباد الله المخلصين} أي المؤمنين استثناء منقطع أي فإنهم ينزهون الله تعالى عما يصفه هؤلاء.

quran:37:40 –

But not the chosen servants of Allah.

Except for God’s sincere servants, namely, the believers (the exception clause here is a discontinuous one),

القرآن:٣٧:٤٠ –

إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

{إلا عباد الله المخلصين} أي المؤمنين استثناء منقطع، أي ذكر جزائهم في قوله.