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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 100

سورة النحل، الآية ١٠٠

16:100 Juz 14 Hizb 28 Page 278 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:100

إِنَّمَا سُلْطَٰنُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِهِۦ مُشْرِكُونَ ۝١٠٠

Transliteration

innamā sul'ṭānuhu ʿalā alladhīna yatawallawnahu wa-alladhīna hum bihi mush'rikūna

Translation

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

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Verse 100 of Surah An-Nahl (16:100), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 278 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 100

Al-Mukhtasar

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.

Tafsir of the whole Surah An-Nahl

Other translations of verse 100

He only has power over those who take him as their patron64, and who - under his influence - associate partners with Allah.

Notes

[64] Who follow him and obey his commands.

His power is only over those who obey and follow him (Satan), and those who join partners with Him (Allâh i.e. those who are Mushrikûn i.e. polytheists. See Verse 6:121).

His power is only over those who make a friend of him, and those who ascribe partners unto Him (Allah).

His authority is over those only, who take him as patron and who join partners with Allah.

His authority is only over those who befriend him and those who associate others with Him.

Surely his all-binding authority is only over the ones who take him for patron and the ones who take him as associate (with Allah).

Verse 100 word by word

  1. إِنَّمَا innamā Only
  2. سُلْطَٰنُهُۥ sul'ṭānuhu his authority س ل ط
  3. عَلَى ʿalā (is) over
  4. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  5. يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُۥ yatawallawnahu take him as an ally و ل ي
  6. وَٱلَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna and those who
  7. هُم hum [they]
  8. بِهِۦ bihi with Him
  9. مُشْرِكُونَ mush'rikūna associate partners ش ر ك

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