Allah has cursed him; and he said: Most certainly I will take of Thy servants an appointed portion:

If Thou shouldst chastise them, then surely they are Thy servants; and if Thou shouldst forgive them, then surely Thou art the Mighty, the Wise.

Except Thy servants from among them, the devoted ones.

So he smiled, wondering at her word, and said: My Lord! grant me that I should be grateful for Thy favor which Thou hast bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I should do good such as Thou art pleased with, and make me enter, by Thy mercy, into Thy servants, the good ones.

Except Thy servants from among them, the purified ones.

Say: O Allah! Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen! Thou (only) judgest between Thy servants as to that wherein they differ.

For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)