Tabari

Tafseer of Those drawn up in Ranks · As-Saaffaat · 37:160

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Except the chosen servants of Allah [who do not share in that sin].

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Tabari (1 passage)

  1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

    His statement إِلا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ ("except the sincerely devoted servants of Allah") means: and the jinn have surely known that those who said that the angels are daughters of Allah shall surely be brought to the punishment, except the servants of Allah whom He has made sincere for His mercy and whom He has created for His paradise (janna).

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    وقوله ( إِلا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ ) يقول: ولقد علمت الجنَّةُ أن الذين قالوا: إن الملائكة بنات الله لمحضرون العذاب، إلا عباد الله الذين أخلصَهُمْ لرحمته، وخلقهم لجنته.