﴿ إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ﴾

“[all] save such of them as are truly Thy servants!"”

[All] except those servants of Yours who are sincerely devoted to You. He [Sahl] said:All people are dead, except the learned (ʿulamāʾ) among them; all the learned are asleep, except those among them who act; all those who act are deluded, except the sincere (mukhliṣūn) among them, and the sincere are in great danger. His words, Exalted is He: