Surah As-Saffat (الصافات) • Those who set the Ranks

Quran 37:169

37:169

لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

lakunnā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīna

We would have been the chosen servants of Allāh."

— Saheeh International

we would be true servants of God,’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"We would have indeed been the chosen slaves of Allâh (true believers of Islâmic Monotheism)!"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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لَكُنَّاlakunnāCertainly, we (would) have been
عِبَادَʿibādaslaves
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَl-mukh'laṣīnathe chosen