Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Save the sincere servants of God.

اِلَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَص۪ينَ
Illa AAibada Allahialmukhlaseen
#wordmeaningroot
1illāExcept
2ʿibāda(the) slavesعبد
3l-lahi(of) Allah
4l-mukh'laṣīnathe chosen onesخلص
  • Aisha Bewley

    except for Allah’s chosen slaves.

  • Progressive Muslims

    Except for God's devoted servants.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    But the sincere servants of Allah.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Save the sincere servants of God.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Except for the devoted servants of God.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Except for God's devoted servants.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Only GOD's servants who are absolutely devoted to Him alone (are saved).

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Except the chosen creatures of God.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Except the chosen servants of Allah.

  • Muhammad Asad

    excepting only God’s true servants;

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Save single-minded slaves of Allah.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    except Allah's chosen servants.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    But excluded from that ill-fate shall be Allah's votaries who were faithful to Him and sincere in mind and spirit.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Except those among them who served God whole heartedly.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Except the chosen slaves of Allâh.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Except the sincere and devoted Servants of Allah (among them).

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    But not the chosen servants of Allah.

  • Taqi Usmani

    except Allah’s chosen servants.

  • Abdul Haleem

    not so the true servants of God.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    except for God's sincere servants;

  • E. Henry Palmer

    save God's sincere servants.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    But not the servants of Allah, the purified ones.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Except for the most faithful bondmen of Allah.

  • George Sale

    except the sincere servants of God.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Except the sincere and the devoted servants of Allah (among them).

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Different, however, shall be the case of the chosen servants of Allâh, the purified ones.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    — except Allah’s exclusive servants.