38. Surah Sad, Verse 47

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وَاِنَّهُمْ عِنْدَنَا لَمِنَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ الْاَخْيَارِ

Wa-innahum AAindana lamina almustafaynaal-akhyar

In Our eyes they are among the best of chosen men.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And they are with Us of the elite, the best.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Behold, according to Our Standards, they were of the elect, excellent, fulfilling the mental, moral and physical needs of humanity.

  • Sam Gerrans

    And they are in Our sight among the chosen, the excellent.

  • The Monotheist Group

    And they are with Us of the elite, the best.

  • Edip-Layth

    They are with Us of the elite, the best.

  • Aisha Bewley

    In Our eyes they are among the best of chosen men.

  • Rashad Khalifa

    They were chosen, for they were among the most righteous.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    They are the chosen ones, the excellent in Our sight.

  • Sahih International

    And indeed they are, to Us, among the chosen and outstanding.

  • Muhammad Asad

    And, behold, in Our sight they were indeed among the elect, the truly good!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Lo! in Our sight they are verily of the elect, the excellent.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    And they are among the elect and the select who are held precious in Our esteem and chosen for exalted eternal life.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    They were chosen because of their righteousness.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And they are with Us, verily, of the chosen and the best!

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    They were, in Our sight, truly, of the company of the Elect and the Good.

  • Mustafa Khattab

    And in Our sight they are truly among the chosen and the finest.

  • Taqi Usmani

    And surely they are, in Our sight, among the chosen, the best of the righteous.

  • Abdul Haleem

    with Us they will be among the elect, the truly good.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and in Our sight they are of the chosen, the excellent.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    and, verily, they were with us of the elect, the best.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And most surely they were, in Our sight, of the company of the elect, the excellent.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And surely in Our Providence they are indeed of the elected, the most charitable (i. e., the best).

  • George Sale

    and they were, in our sight, elect and good men.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And (in Our sight, ) they truly were of the company of the chosen and of the Good.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And of course they are in Our sight among the elect and the select.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Indeed with Us they are surely among the elect of the best.