Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 65 (17:65)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلًا

Quran 17:65 is ayah 65 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 288 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:65
إِنَّعِبَادِىلَيْسَلَكَعَلَيْهِمْسُلْطَٰنٌ ۚوَكَفَىٰبِرَبِّكَوَكِيلًا٦٥
inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sul'ṭānun wakafā birabbika wakīlan

Indeed, over My [believing] servants there is for you no authority. And sufficient is your Lord as Disposer of affairs.(65)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. عِبَادِىʿibādīMy slaves
  3. لَيْسَlaysanot
  4. لَكَlakafor you
  5. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
  6. سُلْطَٰنٌ ۚsul'ṭānunany authority
  7. وَكَفَىٰwakafāAnd sufficient
  8. بِرَبِّكَbirabbika(is) your Lord
  9. وَكِيلًاwakīlan(as) a Guardian

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