No power shall you have over (all) My creatures except those who fall into error and follow you,
“Indeed you do not have any power over My bondmen, except those wanderers who follow you.” (The devil is unsuccessful in tempting Allah’s chosen bondmen to commit sin.)
over My servants thou shalt have no authority, except those that follow thee,
verily, thou shalt have no power over My creatures- unless it be such as are [already] lost in grievous error and follow thee [of their own will]:
Verily as for My bondmen, no authority shalt thou have over them, except the erring one who follow thee.
"Certainly, you shall have no authority over My slaves, except those who follow you of the Ghawin (Mushrikun and those who go astray, criminals, polytheists, and evil-doers, etc.).
“Over My servants you have no authority, except for the sinners who follow you.”
Over My true servants you will be able to exercise no power, your power will be confined to the erring ones, those who choose to follow you.
"Certainly, you shall have no authority over My servants, except those of the astray who follow you."
Lo! as for My slaves, thou hast no power over any of them save such of the froward as follow thee,
Indeed, as for My servants you do not have any authority over them, except the perverse who follow you,
over My worshipers you have no authority, except the perverse that follow you.
Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.
and you have no authority over My servants except the erring ones who follow you.
Surely. as regards My servants, you have no authority, over them except those who follow you of the deviators.
Inna AAib<u>a</u>dee laysa laka AAalayhim sul<u>ta</u>nun ill<u>a</u> mani ittabaAAaka mina algh<u>a</u>ween<b>a</b>
Surely, you shall have no power over My true servants, except those misguided ones who choose to follow you.
"For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except such as put themselves in the wrong and follow thee."
إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ
You have no power or sway over tempting My sincere servants, except for those who follow you who are led astray.
You have no power or sway over tempting My sincere servants, except for those who follow you who are led astray.
<p>The Meaning of Shaitan Having No Power over Special Servants of Allah</p><p>From the verse: إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ (My servants are such that you have no power over them - 42), we learn that there are special and chosen servants of Allah Ta’ ala who are not affected by Shaitanic deception. But, within this event relating to Sayyidna 'Adam ill, it has also been said that the deception of Shaitan worked in the case of Sayyidna 'Adam and Hawwa' (علیہما السلام) . Similarly, about the noble Companions, the Qur’ an has said: إِنَّمَا اسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُوا ۖ (Shaitan had but made them slip for some of their deeds - 3:155) which tells us that there was an occasion (during the Battle of Uhud) when the evil plan of the Shaitan worked against the Companions as well.</p><p>Therefore, in the present verse, the sense of saying that the special servants of Allah are such that Shaitan has no power over them is that their hearts and minds never come under the power and sway of Shaitan to the extent that would just not become alerted to their error at all, be-cause of which, they would remain deprived of necessary repentance for ever, or that they fall into some sin the forgiveness of which would be-come impossible.</p><p>As for the events mentioned above, they offer no contradiction be-cause 'Adam and Hawwa' (علیہما السلام) made their Taubah and this repentance was accepted. Similarly, the noble Companions referred to above had also made their Taubah. Thus, whatever sin they fell into because of the mechanization of Shaitan was forgiven.</p>
The Meaning of Shaitan Having No Power over Special Servants of AllahFrom the verse: إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ (My servants are such that you have no power over them - 42), we learn that there are special and chosen servants of Allah Ta’ ala who are not affected by Shaitanic deception. But, within this event relating to Sayyidna 'Adam ill, it has also been said that the deception of Shaitan worked in the case of Sayyidna 'Adam and Hawwa' (علیہما السلام) . Similarly, about the noble Companions, the Qur’ an has said: إِنَّمَا اسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُوا ۖ (Shaitan had but made them slip for some of their deeds - 3:155) which tells us that there was an occasion (during the Battle of Uhud) when the evil plan of the Shaitan worked against the Companions as well.Therefore, in the present verse, the sense of saying that the special servants of Allah are such that Shaitan has no power over them is that their hearts and minds never come under the power and sway of Shaitan to the extent that would just not become alerted to their error at all, be-cause of which, they would remain deprived of necessary repentance for ever, or that they fall into some sin the forgiveness of which would be-come impossible.As for the events mentioned above, they offer no contradiction be-cause 'Adam and Hawwa' (علیہما السلام) made their Taubah and this repentance was accepted. Similarly, the noble Companions referred to above had also made their Taubah. Thus, whatever sin they fell into because of the mechanization of Shaitan was forgiven.