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excepting only [those who were] God’s true servants
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except for God's sincere servants
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Except the sincere and devoted Servants of God (among them)
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Transliteration Buy
illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīn
Word by Word (2021)
Except (the) slaves (of) Allah the chosen ones.
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad Buy
excepting only [those who were] God’s true servants
Marmaduke Pickthall Buy
Save single-minded slaves of Allah
Yusuf Ali Buy
Except the sincere and devoted Servants of Allah (among them)
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) Buy
Except the sincere and devoted Servants of God (among them)
Wahiduddin Khan Buy
except the chosen servants of God
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar Buy
As for the devoted servants of God among them,
T.B.Irving Buy
except for God´s sincere servants.
Mustafa Khattab 2018 Buy
But not the chosen servants of Allah.
Shakir Buy
But not the servants of Allah, the purified ones
Safi Kaskas 2025 Buy
except for God’s devout worshipers.
Saeed Malik Buy
except the purified devotees of Allah.
Abdul Hye Buy
except the chosen (faithful) devotees of Allah.
The Study Quran Buy
Not so for God’s sincere servants
Talal Itani (2012) Buy
Except for God's sincere servants
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Except the devoted servants of God.
The Monotheist Group (2017) Buy
Except for God's loyal servants.
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except Ibad of Allah who were cleansed and sanctified
Dr. Munir Munshey
Except the sincere servants of Allah
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Except the sincere and the devoted servants of Allah (among them)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) Buy
Except the chosen servants of Allah
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with the exception of sincere devotees of Allah
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except the sincere servants of God
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except Allah‘s chosen servants
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But the sincere servants of Allah
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Except for the most faithful bondmen of Allah
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But not the servants of Allah, the purified ones
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not so the true servants of God
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Except the bondmen of Allah sincere
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Except the chosen creatures of God
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except for Allah´s chosen slaves.
Ali Unal Buy
Except God’s servants, endowed with sincerity in faith and practicing the Religion
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—[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants
Bilal Muhammad 2018 Buy
Except the sincere and devoted servants of God
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except God's devoted servants.
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except for the devout servants of Allah.
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except Allah´s chosen servants
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Excpt for those who worship Allah alone devotedly
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But the chosen devotees of Allah.
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except the sincere worshipers of Allah
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Except the chosen bondmen of Allah
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Except those among them who served God whole heartedly
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But not the servants of Allah, the purified ones
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Except God's worshippers/slaves , the faithful/loyal/devoted
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Only GOD's servants who are absolutely devoted to Him alone (are saved).
Sher Ali Buy
Except the chosen servants of ALLAH
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Except for God's devoted servants.
Amatul Rahman Omar Buy
Different, however, shall be the case of the chosen servants of Allah, the purified ones
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Except the chosen servants of Allah
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Except the chosen slaves of Allah
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Not so God‘s true servants
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except for God's sincere servants
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save God's sincere servants
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except the sincere servants of God
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Except God's faithful servants
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Shuaib Abdullahi Buy
except (illa) the sincerely devoted (El'Mukh'lasiin) servants of GOD (Ebaada-llahi). 3
Fode Drame Buy
Exempted are the sincere servants of Allah.
Munir Mezyed (2023) Buy
Except for the faithful servants of Allâh.
Mustaqim
Except the sincere servants of Allah.
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The exception is the devoted servants of Allah.
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation Buy
except for Allah’s sincere chosen servants.
Irving/Hegab Buy
except for Allah (God)'s sincere servants.
Samy Mahdy Buy
Except sincere slaves of Allah.
Sayyid Qutb Buy
Not so God's true servants.
Qarai Buy
—[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants.
Ahmed Hulusi Buy
Except those servants of Allah who have been guided to sincerity (purity).
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri Buy
Save the chosen servants of Allah.
A. S. Mohamed Buy
except for God's purified servants.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli Buy
Except for Allah s sincere servants;
Mir Aneesuddin
except the servants, exclusively of Allah.
[Al-Muntakhab]
But excluded from that ill-fate shall be Allah's votaries who were faithful to Him and sincere in mind and spirit
The Wise Quran Project
Except the sincere servants of God,
Newest Translations 2026
Zulfiquar Ali Bhotto
Except the sincere slaves of Allah.
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Except the exclusive worshippers of Allah
Obsolete and/or older editions
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Except for the devoted servants of God.
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Except for God's devoted servants
OLD Word by Word
Except (the) slaves (of) Allah the chosen ones
Old Transliteration Buy
Illa AAibada Allahi almukhlaseena