تفسير : (save such of them as are thy perfectly devoted slaves) those who are protected from me; it is also said that this means: those who profess monotheism.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : except those servants of yours who are sincerely devoted [to you]’, namely, believers.
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : [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: