Sad Verse 46

We truly chose them for the honour of proclaiming the Hereafter.

We chose them exclusively for the remembrance of the Final Home.

Assuredly We purified them with a quality most pure, the remembrance of the Abode,

We caused them to be devoted to Us through their sincere remembrance of the Final Home:

Verily We! We distinguished them with a distinct quality: the remembrance of the Abode.

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

Verily We exalted them in consideration of a sterling quality: their remembrance of the Abode of the Hereafter.

We distinguished them for the distinct remembrance of the abode (of the Hereafter).

We indeed gave them distinction with a genuine affair – the remembrance of the (everlasting) abode.

Indeed We purified them with exclusive remembrance of the abode [of the Hereafter].

We made them perfectly pure and sincere by virtue of a characteristic most pure: their constant remembrance of the Abode (of the Hereafter).

We had indeed chosen them for one special purpose; for reminding (people) of the abode (of the Hereafter).

That We made them become faithful/clear/purified with clear/pure reminder/remembrance (of) the House/Home .

We indeed gave them distinction with a genuine affair – the remembrance of the (everlasting) abode.

Surely, We purified them with a pure thought, the remembrance of the Home of the Hereafter.

Verily, We did choose them by granting them (a good thing, i.e.) the remembrance of the home [in the Hereafter and they used to make the people remember it, and also they used to invite the people to obey Allah and to do good deeds for the Hereafter].

And remember Our servants Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, men of power and insight.

Surely We purified them by a pure quality, the keeping in mind of the (final) abode.

Lo! We purified them with a pure thought, remembrance of the Home (of the Hereafter).

We gave them this pure distinction because of their continual remembrance of the Day of Judgment.

Indeed, We purified them with a most pure quality, the remembrance of the Everlasting Life.

Verily, We did choose them by granting them the remembrance of the Abode.

We chose them for a special [purpose] -- proclaiming the message of the Hereafter:

We distinguished them with a distinct quality: the remembrance of the Home.

Assuredly We purified them with an exclusive [thought], namely, the remembrance of the Abode, of the Hereafter; in other words to [always] remember it and to work for it (a variant reading [for bi-khlisatin dhikr'l-dr] has the genitive construction [bi-khlisati dhikr'l-dr], making this [dhikr al-dr, `remembrance of the Abode'] the explicative thereof).

Verily, We did choose them by granting them the remembrance of the Abode.

Mujahid said,

"This means;We made them strive for the Hereafter, and there is nothing else for them besides that."

As-Suddi also said,

"The remembrance of the Hereafter and striving for it."

Malik bin Dinar said,

"Allah removed the love of this world from their hearts, and singled them out for land remembrance of the Hereafter."

Qatadah said,

"They used to remind the people about the Abode of the Hereafter and to strive for it."

وَإِنَّهُمْ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ الاْإَخْيَارِ