لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Lakunna 'ibaadal laahil mukhlaseen
We would have been the chosen servants of Allah."
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The Quran & revelation
37:169Ayah 1182
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we would have surely been God’s devoted servants’ devoting worship purely to Him.
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