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Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey ) 17 : 65

إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلًا

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Indeed, over My servants there is for you no authority. And sufficient is your Lord as Disposer of affairs.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(17:65:1)
(17:65:2)
ʿibādī
My slaves
(17:65:3)
laysa
not
(17:65:4)
(17:65:5)
(17:65:6)
sul'ṭānun
any authority
(17:65:7)
wakafā
And sufficient
(17:65:8)
birabbika
(is) your Lord
(17:65:9)
wakīlan
(as) a Guardian

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Explanatory Note

While Satan has been given leave to try to seduce those who will listen to his promises, some people will not respond to him and he has no power over them. These have immunity against all his devices and can easily resist his power: “But over My servants you shall have no power. Your Lord is sufficient as a Guardian.” (Verse 65) When man’s heart is kept alive by his bond with God, and when man addresses his worship purely to God, he maintains the bond that will never be severed. His soul is brightened with the sublime light of heaven. Over the hearts and souls of such people Satan has no power.

“Your Lord is sufficient as a Guardian.” (Verse 65) He protects them and renders Satan’s scheming futile.

Ever since that day, Satan has been trying hard to make his word come true. He enslaves those who yield to his temptation, but those who address worship purely to God, the Most Merciful, are immune from his scheming.

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7. Period of Revelation

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The very first verse indicates that this Surah was revealed on the occasion of the ascension (Mi’raj). According to the narrations (hadith) on the life of the Prophet, this event happened one year before migration (Hijrah). Thus this Surah was revealed in the last stage of Prophethood in Makkah.

8. Reasons for Revelation

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The Prophet had been propagating Monotheism (Tawhid) for twelve years now. In spite of all the opposition, Islam had spread to every corner of Arabia and there was hardly a clan which had not been influenced by the invitation. In Makkah itself, the true Believers had formed themselves into a small community.  A large number of the people from the Aws and Khazraj tribes (two influential clans of Madinah) had also now accepted Islam. Thus the time had come for the Muslims to emigrate from Makkah to Madinah, at behest of the Aws and Khazraj to establish an Islamic state.

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