Quran Universe
10:66

أَلَآ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ شُرَكَآءَۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَخۡرُصُونَ

Ala inna lillahi man fee alssamawati waman fee alardi wama yattabiAAu allatheena yadAAoona min dooni Allahi shurakaa in yattabiAAoona illa alththanna wain hum illa yakhrusoona

Unquestionably, to Allah belongs whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth. And those who invoke other than Allah do not [actually] follow [His] "partners." They follow not except assumption, and they are not but falsifying

Word by word
  1. أَلَآNo doubt
  2. إِنَّIndeed
  3. لِلَّهِto Allah (belongs)
  4. مَنwhoever
  5. فِي(is) in
  6. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavens
  7. وَمَنand whoever
  8. فِي(is) in
  9. ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗthe earth
  10. وَمَاAnd not
  11. يَتَّبِعُfollow
  12. ٱلَّذِينَthose who
  13. يَدۡعُونَinvoke
  14. مِنother than Allah
  15. دُونِother than Allah
  16. ٱللَّهِother than Allah
  17. شُرَكَآءَۚpartners
  18. إِنNot
  19. يَتَّبِعُونَthey follow
  20. إِلَّاbut
  21. ٱلظَّنَّthe assumption
  22. وَإِنۡand not
  23. هُمۡthey
  24. إِلَّاbut
  25. يَخۡرُصُونَguess
Yunus · 10:66Makkah

Everyone belongs to Allah. Partners are only guesswork.

Following false partners is following a lie

What is real
all beingsin heavens and earth
belong to
Allahthe only Owner
partnersjust conjecture
What they follow
real partnerspowers that help
assumptionslies, nothing more

Ibn Kathir says the idolators worshipped idols that own nothing and can neither harm nor benefit. They had no evidence, and followed only their own conjecture and lies. Everyone in the heavens and earth already belongs to Allah.

"If I do not do it this way, my career is over." "Without them, I am nothing." You give powers to people and plans that were never theirs. They belong to Allah, just like you.

Some people hold my future in their hands.

Everyone I fear or rely on belongs to Allah, just like me.

Try this

Name one person you fear too much. Remind yourself today that they too belong to Allah.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 10:65)

Do not grieve over their speech, for all power and honor belong to Allah. He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower (65)Behold! Verily, to Allah belongs whosoever is in the heavens and whosoever is in the earth. And those who worship and invoke others besides Allah, in fact they follow not the partners, they follow only a conjecture and they do nothing but lie (66)He it is Who has appointed for you the night that you may rest therein, and the day to make things visible (to you). Verily, in this are Ayat for a people who listen (those who think deeply)(67)

All Might and Honor is for Allah - He Alone has Full Authority within the Universe

Allah said to His Messenger ,

وَلَا يَحْزُنكَ

(Do not greive) because of the remarks of these idolators, and depend on Allah and ask for His help. Put your trust in Him.

إِنَّ الْعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا

(For all power and honor belong to Allah.) All might and honor belong to Him, His Messenger and the believers.

هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

(He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.) He hears the utterances of His servants and knows their affairs. Allah then stated that to Him is the dominion of the heavens and earth. But the idolators worship idols, that own nothing and can neither harm nor benefit anyone. They have no evidence to base their worship on them. They only follow their own conjecture, lies, and ultimately - falsehood. Allah then informed us that He is the One Who made the night for His servants to rest therein from weariness and exhaustion.

وَالنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا

(And the day to make things visible (to you).) bright and clear for them to seek livelihood and to travel to fulfill their needs.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ

(Verily, in this are Ayat for a people who listen.) Those who hear these proofs and take a lesson from them. These Ayat can lead them to realize the greatness of their Creator and Sustainer.