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As-Saffat 37:30

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيۡكُم مِّن سُلۡطَٰنِۭۖ بَلۡ كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا طَٰغِينَ

We had no authority over you. In fact, you yourselves were a transgressing people.

Word by word

وَمَا
wamā
And not
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كَانَ
kāna
was
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Root: كون
لَنَا
lanā
for us
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عَلَيۡكُم
ʿalaykum
over you
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مِّن
min
any
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سُلۡطَٰنِۭۖ
sul'ṭānin
authority
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Root: سلط
بَلۡ
bal
Nay
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كُنتُمۡ
kuntum
you were
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Root: كون
قَوۡمٗا
qawman
a people
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Root: قوم
طَٰغِينَ
ṭāghīna
transgressing
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Root: طغي

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.