Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"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."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنَّinnaIndeed
عِبَادِىʿibādīMy slaves
لَيْسَlaysanot
لَكَlakafor you
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
سُلْطَـٰنٌۭ ۚsul'ṭānunany authority
وَكَفَىٰwakafāAnd sufficient
بِرَبِّكَbirabbika(is) your Lord
وَكِيلًۭاwakīlan(as) a Guardian
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
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(Ayah 65){ اِنَّعِبَادِيْلَيْسَلَكَعَلَيْهِمْسُلْطٰنٌ … :} Allah Almighty has concluded this discourse for the reassurance of true believers by stating that you will not be able to overpower My chosen servants, because they have entrusted everything to their Lord, and the Lord Almighty is a very sufficient Disposer of affairs. See also Surah Al-Hijr (42, 43) and Surah An-Nahl (98 to 100).
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
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65. 1 The attribution of servants to Himself is as an honor and distinction, from which it is understood that Satan fails to mislead Allah's chosen servants. 65. 2 That is, whoever truly becomes a servant of Allah and places his trust and reliance only upon Him, then Allah also becomes his friend and helper.
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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65. Indeed, over My servants you will have no authority [84]. And sufficient is your Lord as a Guardian [85].
[84] On Whom Does the Deception of Satan Work?
The deception of Satan works only on those people who are weak in faith and are already prepared to respond to satanic actions, and for whom many doors of fulfillers of needs and removers of difficulties are open. If their purpose is not fulfilled at one door, they go to another, and among them are some who rely merely on apparent means. Such people immediately fall into the traps of Satan. But those who keep their eyes only on Allah and trust only in Him, the deception of Satan cannot be effective on them.
[85] That is, those who trust in Allah, Allah also manages and straightens their affairs in such amazing ways that a person cannot even imagine. In fact, a person himself is astonished at such unseen help from Allah, and out of gratitude, his love for Allah and trust in Him increases even more.