Quran 15:42 — Al-Hijr, verse 42
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
you will have no power over My servants, only over the ones who go astray and follow you.
إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ
inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sul'ṭānun illā mani ittabaʿaka mina l-ghāwīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- over My servants thou shalt have no authority, except those that follow thee,
- Muhammad Asad
- verily, thou shalt have no power over My creatures- unless it be such as are [already] lost in grievous error and follow thee [of their own will]:
- Sahih International
- Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | عِبَادِىʿibādī | My slaves | عبد |
| 3 | لَيْسَlaysa | not | ليس |
| 4 | لَكَlaka | you have | — |
| 5 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | over them | — |
| 6 | سُلْطَـٰنٌsul'ṭānun | any authority | سلط |
| 7 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 8 | مَنِmani | those who | — |
| 9 | ٱتَّبَعَكَittabaʿaka | follow you | تبع |
| 10 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 11 | ٱلْغَاوِينَl-ghāwīna | the ones who go astray | غوي |