38. Surah Sad, Verse 47
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.