Surah Al-Isra 17:65 — translation and meaning

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ۚ إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ وَكَفَى بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلًا

Word by Word

ۚ
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
عِبَادِي
ibadi
My slaves
لَيْسَ
laysa
not
لَكَ
laka
for you
عَلَيْهِمْ
alayhim
over them
سُلْطَانٌ
sul'tanun
any authority
وَكَفَى
wakafa
And sufficient
بِرَبِّكَ
birabbika
(is) your Lord
وَكِيلًا
wakilan
(as) a Guardian

Transliteration

Inna 'ibaadee laisa laka 'alaihim sultaan; wa kafaa bi Rabbika Wakeelaa

Translation

Indeed, over My [believing] servants there is for you no authority. And sufficient is your Lord as Disposer of affairs.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

You have no control - O Iblis - over My believing servants who act in My obedience, because Allah has repelled your evil from them. And Allah is sufficient as a guardian for one who relies upon Him in his affairs.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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