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Surah Al-Isra, Verse 65

سورة الإسراء، الآية ٦٥

17:65 Juz 15 Hizb 29 Page 288 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 17:65

إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلًا ۝٦٥

Transliteration

inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sul'ṭānun wakafā birabbika wakīlan

Translation

Indeed, over My [believing] servants there is for you no authority. And sufficient is your Lord as Disposer of affairs.761

Notes

[761] Refer to footnote in 3: 173.

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Verse 65 of Surah Al-Isra (17:65), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 288 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 65

Al-Mukhtasar

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.

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Other translations of verse 65

“You will have no authority over My slaves.” And sufficient is your Lord as a Guardian.

"Verily, My slaves (i.e. the true believers of Islâmic Monotheism) - you have no authority over them. And All-Sufficient is your Lord as a Guardian."

Lo! My (faithful) bondmen - over them thou hast no power, and thy Lord sufficeth as (their) guardian.

"As for My servants, no authority shalt thou have over them:" Enough is thy Lord for a Disposer of affairs.

Surely (as for) My servants, you have no authority over them; and your Lord is sufficient as a Protector.

"Surely over My bondmen you shall have no all-binding authority." And your Lord suffices as an Ever-Trusted Trustee.

Verse 65 word by word

  1. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  2. عِبَادِى ʿibādī My slaves ع ب د
  3. لَيْسَ laysa not ل ي س
  4. لَكَ laka for you
  5. عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim over them
  6. سُلْطَٰنٌ sul'ṭānun any authority س ل ط
  7. وَكَفَىٰ wakafā And sufficient ك ف ي
  8. بِرَبِّكَ birabbika (is) your Lord ر ب ب
  9. وَكِيلًا wakīlan (as) a Guardian و ك ل

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  • Al-Hijr 15:42

    إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ

    Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.

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