Quran 17:65 — Al-Israa, verse 65
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but you will have no authority over My [true] servants: Your Lord can take care of them well enough.’
إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلًا
inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sul'ṭānun wakafā birabbika wakīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'Surely over My servants thou shalt have no authority.' Thy Lord suffices as a guardian.
- Muhammad Asad
- "(And yet,] behold, thou shalt have no power over [such of] My servants [as place their trust in Me]: for none is as worthy of trust as thy Sustainer."
- Sahih International
- Indeed, over My [believing] servants there is for you no authority. And sufficient is your Lord as Disposer of affairs.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | عِبَادِىʿibādī | My slaves | عبد |
| 3 | لَيْسَlaysa | not | ليس |
| 4 | لَكَlaka | for you | — |
| 5 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | over them | — |
| 6 | سُلْطَـٰنٌۭ ۚsul'ṭānun | any authority | سلط |
| 7 | وَكَفَىٰwakafā | And sufficient | كفي |
| 8 | بِرَبِّكَbirabbika | (is) your Lord | ربب |
| 9 | وَكِيلًۭاwakīlan | (as) a Guardian | وكل |