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Al-Hijr 42

Ayah 42 of 99 · Meccan

إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيۡسَ لَكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ سُلۡطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَاوِينَ ٤٢

Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّIndeedinna
  2. عِبَادِيMy slavesʿibādī
  3. لَيۡسَnotlaysa
  4. لَكَyou havelaka
  5. عَلَيۡهِمۡover themʿalayhim
  6. سُلۡطَٰنٌany authoritysul'ṭānun
  7. إِلَّاexceptillā
  8. مَنِthose whomani
  9. ٱتَّبَعَكَfollow youittabaʿaka
  10. مِنَofmina
  11. ٱلۡغَاوِينَthe ones who go astrayl-ghāwīna

Tafsir

You have no power or sway over tempting My sincere servants, except for those who follow you who are led astray.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran