سُوْرَةُ الصَّافَّاتِ
Surah As-Saaffaat (37) — Ayah 169
لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ﴿169﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"We would have indeed been the chosen slaves of Allâh (true believers of Islâmic Monotheism)!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
لَكُنَّا
lakunnā
Certainly, we (would) have been
عِبَادَ
ʿibāda
slaves
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
l-mukh'laṣīna
the chosen
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
169. 1. By "ذکر" is meant any divine book or prophet, that is, these disbelievers used to say before the revelation of the Quran that if we also had a heavenly book, just as the Torah, etc. were revealed to the earlier people, or if there was someone to admonish and advise us, then we too would have become the pure servants of Allah.
