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Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)

Verse 42of 99

إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ﴿٤٢

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
عِبَادِىʿibādīMy slaves
لَيْسَlaysanot
لَكَlakayou have
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
سُلْطَـٰنٌsul'ṭānunany authority
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَنِmanithose who
ٱتَّبَعَكَittabaʿakafollow you
مِنَminaof
ٱلْغَاوِينَl-ghāwīnathe ones who go astray

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Threat of Iblis to tempt Mankind, and Allah's Promise of Hell for himAllah informed about the rebellion and arrogance of Iblis, in that he said to the Lord:بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى(Because You misled me,) i.e., because You misled me and misguided me.لأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ(I shall indeed adorn the path of error for them) meaning, for the progeny of Adam.فِى الاٌّرْضِ(on the earth,) meaning - I will make sin dear to them, and will encourage, provoke and harass them to commit sin.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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