إِنَّمَا سُلْطَٰنُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِهِۦ مُشْرِكُونَ
Innnamaa sultaanuhoo 'alal lazeena yatawallawnahoo wallazeena hum bihee mushrikoon
His authority is only over those who take him as an ally and those who through him associate others with Allah.
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Oneness of Allah
16:100Ayah 1128
17 ayahs in An-Nahl are strongly about the oneness of Allah. This is one of them.
← Previous on Oneness of Allah16:86And when those who associated others with Allah see their "partners," they will say," Our Lord,Next on Oneness of Allah →16:120Indeed, Abraham was a [comprehensive] leader, devoutly obedient to Allah, inclining toward truth, and he was not of those who associate others with Allah.
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His Satan’s power is only over those who choose him as their patron by obeying him and those who ascribe partners to Him that is to God.
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He who takes anyone as his ally without the consent of his previous master, there will be the curse of Allah and that of His angels upon him, and neither, any obligatory act of his nor the supererogatory one will be accepted (by Allah).
I have better claim to it, whereas Allah and the Faithful do not substantiate the claim of anyone but that of Abu Bakr.
The tie of kinship is suspended to the Throne and says: He who unites me Allah would unite him and he who severed me Allah would sever him.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Authority of ruling will remain with Quraish, even if only two of them remained."
‘There are no Ḥadīth on authority of Alī, may Allah be pleased with him, that are confirmed except from the companions of Abd Allah bin Mas’ūd.’
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