38. Sad · verses 46–49

إِنَّآ أَخۡلَصۡنَٰهُم بِخَالِصَةٖ ذِكۡرَى ٱلدَّارِ

Inna akhlasnahum bikhalisatin thikra alddari

Verily We did choose them for a special (purpose)- proclaiming the Message of the Hereafter.

وَإِنَّهُمۡ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصۡطَفَيۡنَ ٱلۡأَخۡيَارِ

Wainnahum AAindana lamina almustafayna alakhyari

They were, in Our sight, truly, of the company of the Elect and the Good.

وَٱذۡكُرۡ إِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَٱلۡيَسَعَ وَذَا ٱلۡكِفۡلِۖ وَكُلّٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَخۡيَارِ

Waothkur ismaAAeela wailyasaAAa watha alkifli wakullun mina alakhyari

And commemorate Isma´il, Elisha, and Zul-Kifl: Each of them was of the Company of the Good.

هَٰذَا ذِكۡرٞۚ وَإِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسۡنَ مَـَٔابٖ

Hatha thikrun wainna lilmuttaqeena lahusna maabin

This is a Message (of admonition): and verily, for the righteous, is a beautiful Place of (Final) Return,-