Surah Al-Hijr (الحجر) • The Rocky Tract

Quran 15:42

15:42

إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ

inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sul'ṭānun illā mani ittabaʿaka mina l-ghāwīna

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

— Saheeh International

you will have no power over My servants, only over the ones who go astray and follow you.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Certainly, you shall have no authority over My slaves, except those who follow you of the Ghâwûn (Mushrikûn and those who go astray, criminals, polytheists, and evil-doers).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

إِنَّinnaIndeed
عِبَادِىʿibādīMy slaves
لَيْسَlaysanot
لَكَlakayou have
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
سُلْطَـٰنٌsul'ṭānunany authority
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَنِmanithose who
ٱتَّبَعَكَittabaʿakafollow you
مِنَminaof
ٱلْغَاوِينَl-ghāwīnathe ones who go astray