إِنَّمَا سُلْطَـٰنُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِهِۦ مُشْرِكُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- His authority is only over those who take him as an ally and those who through him associate others with Allāh.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- திடனாக அவனுடைய அதிகாரமெல்லாம், அவனைக் காரியகர்த்தனாக்கிக் கொள்கிறவர்கள் மீதும், அவனுக்கு இணைவைத்தார்களே அவர்கள் மீதும்தான் (செல்லும்).
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ඔහුගේ බලය බල පවත්වනුයේ ඔහුව භාරකරු බවට පත් කර ගත් අය කෙරෙහි හා ඔවුහු ඔහු (අල්ලාහ්)ට සමානයන් තබන්නන් කෙරෙහි ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- ہاں اس کا غلبہ ان پر تو یقیناً ہے جو اسی سے رفاقت کریں اور اسے اللہ کا شریک ٹھہرائیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- （悪魔）の権威は，只かれを保護者とした者，そしてかれに同位者を配した者の上に及ぶだけである。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他的权力只限于和他交朋友，而且以他配主者。
Tafsir of 16:100
The Command to seek Refuge with Allah before reciting the Qur'an This is a command from Allah to His servants upon the tongue of His Prophet , telling them that when they want to read Qur'an, they should seek refuge with Allah from the cursed Shaytan. The Hadiths mentioned about seeking refuge with Allah (Isti`adhah), were quoted in our discussion at the beginning of this Tafsir, praise be to Allah. The reason for seeking refuge with Allah before reading is that the reader should not get confused or mixed up, and that the Shaytan would not confuse him or stop him from thinking about and pondering over the meaning of what he reads. Hence the majority of scholars said that refuge should be sought with Allah before starting to read. إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ عَلَى الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ (Verily, he has no power over those who believe and put their trust only in their Lord.) Ath-Thawri said: "He has no power to make them commit a sin they will not repent from." Others said: it means that he has no argument for them.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
