40إِلّا عِبادَ اللَّهِ المُخلَصينَMuhammad AsadNot so, however, God's true servants:1Lit., "sincere servants". In contrast to the principle that "a bad deed will be requited with no more than the like thereof", implied in the preceding verse, the Qur'an states here that he who "shall come [before God] with a good deed will receive ten times the like thereof" (see 6:160).