Surah 37 · verse 30
As-Saffat 37:30
Sign in to listenوَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَانٍ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَاغِينَ
wa-ma kana lana 'alaykum min sultan bal kuntum qawma taghin
And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
And they will approach one another blaming each other.
Verse 28قَالُوا إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ الْيَمِينِ
They will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right."
Verse 29قَالُوا بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ
The oppressors will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers,
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَانٍ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَاغِينَ
And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.
فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَا ۖ إِنَّا لَذَائِقُونَ
So the word of our Lord has come into effect upon us; indeed, we will taste [punishment].
Verse 32فَأَغْوَيْنَاكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَاوِينَ
And we led you to deviation; indeed, we were deviators."
Verse 33فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ
So indeed they, that Day, will be sharing in the punishment.
