Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 99 (16:99)

ٱلنَّحْل

إِنَّهُۥ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ سُلْطَٰنٌ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

Quran 16:99 is ayah 99 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 278 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:99
إِنَّهُۥلَيْسَلَهُۥسُلْطَٰنٌعَلَىٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَلَىٰرَبِّهِمْيَتَوَكَّلُونَ٩٩
innahu laysa lahu sul'ṭānun ʿalā alladhīna āmanū waʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūna

Indeed, there is for him no authority over those who have believed and rely upon their Lord.(99)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed he
  2. لَيْسَlaysanot
  3. لَهُۥlahufor him
  4. سُلْطَٰنٌsul'ṭānun(is) any authority
  5. عَلَىʿalāon
  6. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  7. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
  8. وَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand upon
  9. رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
  10. يَتَوَكَّلُونَyatawakkalūnathey put their trust

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