اِلَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِيْنَ ( الصافات: ٤٠ )
illā
إِلَّا
Except
ʿibāda
عِبَادَ
(the) slaves
l-lahi
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
l-mukh'laṣīna
ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
the chosen ones
Illaa 'ibaadal laahil mukhlaseen (aṣ-Ṣāffāt 37:40)
Sahih International:
But not the chosen servants of Allah. (As-Saffat [37] : 40)
1 Mufti Taqi Usmani
unlike Allah’s chosen servants.