Surah An-Nahl 16:100 — translation and meaning
النحل · Verse 100 / 128 · Page 278
إِنَّمَا سُلْطَانُهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُ وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِهِ مُشْرِكُونَ
Word by Word
إِنَّمَا
innama
Only
سُلْطَانُهُ
sul'tanuhu
his authority
عَلَى
ala
(is) over
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُ
yatawallawnahu
take him as an ally
وَالَّذِينَ
wa-alladhina
and those who
هُم
hum
[they]
بِهِ
bihi
with Him
مُشْرِكُونَ
mush'rikuna
associate partners
Transliteration
Innnamaa sultaanuhoo 'alal lazeena yatawallawnahoo wallazeena hum bihee mushrikoon
Translation
His authority is only over those who take him as an ally and those who through him associate others with Allah.
Verse interpretation (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.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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