Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 30 (37:30)

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وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَٰغِينَ

Quran 37:30 is ayah 30 of Surah As-Saffat (“Those who set the Ranks”), a Meccan surah of 182 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 447 of the Madani Mushaf.

37:30
وَمَاكَانَلَنَاعَلَيْكُممِّنسُلْطَٰنٍۭ ۖبَلْكُنتُمْقَوْمًاطَٰغِينَ٣٠
wamā kāna lanā ʿalaykum min sul'ṭānin bal kuntum qawman ṭāghīna

And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.(30)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. كَانَkānawas
  3. لَنَاlanāfor us
  4. عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumover you
  5. مِّنminany
  6. سُلْطَٰنٍۭ ۖsul'ṭāninauthority
  7. بَلْbalNay
  8. كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
  9. قَوْمًاqawmana people
  10. طَٰغِينَṭāghīnatransgressing

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