Surah As-Saffat 37:30 — translation and meaning
الصافات · Verse 30 / 182 · Page 447
ۖ وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَانٍ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَاغِينَ
Word by Word
ۖ
وَمَا
wama
And not
كَانَ
kana
was
لَنَا
lana
for us
عَلَيْكُم
alaykum
over you
مِّن
min
any
سُلْطَانٍ
sul'tanin
authority
بَلْ
bal
Nay
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you were
قَوْمًا
qawman
a people
طَاغِينَ
taghina
transgressing
Transliteration
Wa maa kaana lanaa 'alaikum min sultaanim bal kuntum qawman taagheen
Translation
And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
“O followers! We had no power or authority over you such that we cause you to disbelieve, ascribe partners with Allah or commit sins. Rather, you were people who transgressed the limit in disbelief and deviance yourselves; we were not the ones who led you astray.”
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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