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An-Nahl 100

Ayah 100 of 128 · Meccan

إِنَّمَا سُلۡطَٰنُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوۡنَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِهِۦ مُشۡرِكُونَ ١٠٠

His authority is only over those who take him as an ally and those who through him associate others with Allāh.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  2. سُلۡطَٰنُهُۥhis authoritysul'ṭānuhu
  3. عَلَى(is) overʿalā
  4. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  5. يَتَوَلَّوۡنَهُۥtake him as an allyyatawallawnahu
  6. وَٱلَّذِينَand those whowa-alladhīna
  7. هُم[they]hum
  8. بِهِۦwith Himbihi
  9. مُشۡرِكُونَassociate partnersmush'rikūna

Tafsir

He only has authority by means of His whispering over those who take him as an ally and follow him in his luring and those who because of such luring associate partners with Allah whom they worship along with Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran