وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيۡكُم مِّن سُلۡطَٰنِۭۖ بَلۡ كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا طَٰغِينَ ٣٠
And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَمَاAnd notwamā
- كَانَwaskāna
- لَنَاfor uslanā
- عَلَيۡكُمover youʿalaykum
- مِّنanymin
- سُلۡطَٰنِۭۖauthoritysul'ṭānin
- بَلۡNaybal
- كُنتُمۡyou werekuntum
- قَوۡمٗاa peopleqawman
- طَٰغِينَtransgressingṭāghīna
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.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran