Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Surah Sad
Surah 38 · Sad · verse 83 of 88

Quran 38:83 · Sad

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ

Except, among them, Your chosen servants

Translation: Sahih International
Maulana’s commentary · Tazkirul Quran

The chosen (mukhlas) subject of God is one who is free of mental perversion. While Satan has no practical power over man, he misguides human beings by supplying plausible justification for their wrong deeds; presenting untruth as Truth; enshrouding baseless facts in beautiful words; raising unnecessary issues in straightforward matters and raising doubts. However, only those who harbour complexes will be deceived by this beautification of Satan (taz’in). Those who retain their sincerity and are wise enough to objectively analyse a situation will immediately detect Satan’s machinations. Such people are never misled by Satan’s ruses.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Tazkirul Quran

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