Surah As-Saaffaat: Verse 128 - إلا عباد الله المخلصين... - English
Tafsir of Verse 128, Surah As-Saaffaat
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
English Translation
Except the chosen servants of Allah.English Transliteration
Illa AAibada Allahi almukhlaseenaTafsir of Verse 128
except for God's sincere servants;
Except the sincere and devoted Servants of Allah (among them).
In verse 128, it was said: إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّـهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ (except the chosen servants of Allah). Here, the word used is: مُخْلَصِينَ (mukhlasin) (pronounced with a fathah on the letter lam) which means chosen, elected, people Divinely identified as special. As such, these will be people whom Allah has elected to become recipients of the honor of having obeyed Him perfectly and made themselves deserving of the best returns and rewards from Him. Hence, it would be more appropriate to translate it in the sense of 'the chosen' rather than 'sincere.'
