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As-Saffat (Those Who Set The Ranks)

Verse 30of 182

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًۭا طَٰغِينَ﴿٣٠

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The arguing of the Idolators on the Day of ResurrectionAllah tells us that the disbeliever will blame one another in the arena of Resurrection, just as they will argue with one another in the levels of Hell:وَإِذْ يَتَحَآجُّونَ فِى النَّـارِ فَيَقُولُ الضُّعَفَاءُ لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْـبَرُواْ إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعاً فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا نَصِيباً مِّنَ النَّارِ - قَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُواْ إِنَّا كُلٌّ فِيهَآ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ حَكَمَ بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ(The weak will say to those...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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