Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 40 (37:40)

ٱلصَّافَّات

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Quran 37:40 is ayah 40 of Surah As-Saffat (“Those who set the Ranks”), a Meccan surah of 182 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 447 of the Madani Mushaf.

37:40
إِلَّاعِبَادَٱللَّهِٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ٤٠
illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna

But not the chosen servants of Allāh.(40)

Word by word

  1. إِلَّاillāExcept
  2. عِبَادَʿibāda(the) slaves
  3. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  4. ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَl-mukh'laṣīnathe chosen ones

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