سُوْرَةُ الْمُدَّثِّرِ

Surah Al-Muddaththir (74) — Ayah 39

The Cloaked One · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 576

إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿39﴾
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islâmic Monotheism).
إِلَّآ illā Except
أَصْحَـٰبَ aṣḥāba (the) companions
ٱلْيَمِينِ l-yamīni (of) the right

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39. 1. That is, they will not be captives of sins, rather they will be free because of their righteous deeds.

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39. Except for those on the right hand [20].

[20] The "companions of the right," that is, those on the right side or the people of the right hand—this is the title of those who will be granted entry into Paradise and will receive their book of deeds in their right hand. The full details about these people have already been mentioned earlier in Surah Al-Waqi'ah.