Quran 37:30 — As-Saaffaat, verse 30
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
we had no power over you- and you were already exceeding all limits.
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ ۖ بَلْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا طَاغِينَ
wamā kāna lanā ʿalaykum min sul'ṭānin bal kuntum qawman ṭāghīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- we had no authority over you; no, you were an insolent people.
- Muhammad Asad
- Moreover, we had no power at all over you: nay, you were people filled with overweening arrogance!
- Sahih International
- And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 3 | لَنَاlanā | for us | — |
| 4 | عَلَيْكُمʿalaykum | over you | — |
| 5 | مِّنmin | any | — |
| 6 | سُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖsul'ṭānin | authority | سلط |
| 7 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 8 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you were | كون |
| 9 | قَوْمًۭاqawman | a people | قوم |
| 10 | طَـٰغِينَṭāghīna | transgressing | طغي |