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[Machine] Abdullah said, "Associate with people and learn from their virtues."  

الطبراني:٩٧٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزَّعْرَاءِ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «خَالِطُوا النَّاسَ وَزَائِلُوهُمْ»  

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Collected by Qurʾān
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.
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.