سُوْرَةُ الصَّافَّاتِ

Surah As-Saaffaat (37) — Ayah 30

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وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَـٰغِينَ ﴿30﴾
"And we had no authority over you. Nay! But you were Tâghûn (transgressing) people (polytheists, and disbelievers).
وَمَا wamā And not
كَانَ kāna was
لَنَا lanā for us
عَلَيْكُم ʿalaykum over you
مِّن min any
سُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖ sul'ṭānin authority
بَلْ bal Nay
كُنتُمْ kuntum you were
قَوْمًۭا qawman a people
طَـٰغِينَ ṭāghīna transgressing

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(Ayah 30) ➊ {وَ مَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ مِّنْ سُلْطٰنٍ :} This is the second answer: that we had no such dominance over you that would compel you to persist in disbelief. You were content and pleased with disbelief of your own accord.

{بَلْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا طٰغِيْنَ :} This is the third answer: rather, your very nature was filled with excess and rebellion, so you abandoned the truth and followed us, and continued to oppose the prophets.

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30. 1. The mutual dispute between the followers and those followed has been mentioned in several places in the Noble Quran. Their blaming of each other will take place on the Day of Resurrection (the Plain of Gathering), and after entering Hell, it will also occur inside Hell, as may be noted.

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30. And we had no power over you [17]; rather, you yourselves were rebellious.

[17] In response, their chiefs, leaders, and guides will say that you yourselves were guilty-minded; you saw your benefit in joining us. We did not force you to obey us, nor did we have any such power or strength. Today you are blaming us for no reason. Therefore, just as we are criminals, so are you. If we were misguided, what else could be expected from a misguided one except to call towards misguidance? We only did what was appropriate to our own condition. But you should have used your own intellect and foresight. Today, all of us will have to taste the consequences of our misdeeds.