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Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 100 (16:100)

ٱلنَّحْل

إِنَّمَا سُلْطَٰنُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِهِۦ مُشْرِكُونَ

Quran 16:100 is ayah 100 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 278 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:100
إِنَّمَاسُلْطَٰنُهُۥعَلَىٱلَّذِينَيَتَوَلَّوْنَهُۥوَٱلَّذِينَهُمبِهِۦمُشْرِكُونَ١٠٠
innamā sul'ṭānuhu ʿalā alladhīna yatawallawnahu wa-alladhīna hum bihi mush'rikūna

His authority is only over those who take him as an ally and those who through him associate others with Allāh.(100)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  2. سُلْطَٰنُهُۥsul'ṭānuhuhis authority
  3. عَلَىʿalā(is) over
  4. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  5. يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُۥyatawallawnahutake him as an ally
  6. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
  7. هُمhum[they]
  8. بِهِۦbihiwith Him
  9. مُشْرِكُونَmush'rikūnaassociate partners

Tafsir (commentary) of 16:100

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