Surah As-Saffat (الصافات) • Those who set the Ranks

Quran 37:30

37:30

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَـٰغِينَ

wamā kāna lanā ʿalaykum min sul'ṭānin bal kuntum qawman ṭāghīna

And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.

— Saheeh International

we had no power over you- and you were already exceeding all limits.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And we had no authority over you. Nay! But you were Tâghûn (transgressing) people (polytheists, and disbelievers).

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

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَانَkānawas
لَنَاlanāfor us
عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumover you
مِّنminany
سُلْطَـٰنٍۭۖsul'ṭāninauthority
بَلْbalNay
كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
طَـٰغِينَṭāghīnatransgressing