Surah 15 · verse 42
Al-Hijr 15:42
Sign in to listenإِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ
inna 'ibadi laysa laka 'alayhim sultan illa mani ittaba'aka min al-ghawin
Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all
Verse 40إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ
Except, among them, Your chosen servants."
Verse 41قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَاطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
[Allah] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.
إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ
Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.
وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.
Verse 44لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَابٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ
It has seven gates; for every gate is of them a portion designated."
Verse 45إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs.