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An-Nahl 16:100

إِنَّمَا سُلۡطَٰنُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوۡنَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِهِۦ مُشۡرِكُونَ

His authority is only over those who take him as a patron and who—under his influence—associate ˹others˺ with Allah ˹in worship˺.

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إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
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سُلۡطَٰنُهُۥ
sul'ṭānuhu
his authority
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عَلَى
ʿalā
(is) over
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ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
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يَتَوَلَّوۡنَهُۥ
yatawallawnahu
take him as an ally
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وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
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هُم
hum
[they]
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بِهِۦ
bihi
with Him
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مُشۡرِكُونَ
mush'rikūna
associate partners
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Root: شرك

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.