Surah Saba, Ayah 21
Quran 34:21 · Sheba · Makki · Para 22 · Page 430
وَمَا كَانَ لَهٗ عَلَیْهِمْ مِّنْ سُلْطٰنٍ اِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَنْ یُّؤْمِنُ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا فِیْ شَكٍّ ؕ وَرَبُّكَ عَلٰی كُلِّ شَیْءٍ حَفِیْظٌ ۟۠
Transliteration
Wama kana lahu AAalayhim minsultanin illa linaAAlama man yu/minu bil-akhiratimimman huwa minha fee shakkin warabbuka AAala kullishay-in hafeeth
Saheeh International
And he had over them no authority except [it was decreed] that We might make evident who believes in the Hereafter from who is thereof in doubt. And your Lord, over all things, is Guardian.
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
And Iblis has no power over them through which he can force them to be misguided, but he only beautifies for them to entice them to lead them astray. We have given him permission to entice so we can make it clear the one who has faith in the Hereafter from the one who is in doubt about the Hereafter. And your Lord, O Messenger, is a Guardian over everything. He guards the actions of His servants and will reward them for them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
Explains 34:20–34:21 together — read it on 34:20