Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Surah Al-Isra
Surah 17 · Al-Isra · verse 65 of 111

Quran 17:65 · Al-Isra

إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيۡسَ لَكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ سُلۡطَٰنٞۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلٗا

Indeed, over My [believing] servants there is for you no authority. And sufficient is your Lord as Disposer of affairs

Translation: Sahih International
Maulana’s commentary · Tazkirul Quran

In the face of his threat to thoroughly mislead ‘all but a few’ of Adam’s descendants, Satan has not been given any real power over man by God. The only thing he has the power to do is tempt people by his words and by putting evil thoughts into their minds. He glorifies things which will have no value in the Hereafter. The words, ‘but over My true servants you shall have no power’ imply that, potentially, Satan does have considerable power over those who are not true servants of God. Now the question is how to save oneself in a world where Satan tries with all the strength at his command to mislead man. The only way is for man to make God his sole supporter in the real sense. One who does so will come under the protection of God, and then Satan will find himself helpless, despite the strength which God has allowed him to retain.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Tazkirul Quran

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