Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 42 (15:42)

ٱلْحِجْر

إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ

Quran 15:42 is ayah 42 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 264 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:42
إِنَّعِبَادِىلَيْسَلَكَعَلَيْهِمْسُلْطَٰنٌإِلَّامَنِٱتَّبَعَكَمِنَٱلْغَاوِينَ٤٢
inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sul'ṭānun illā mani ittabaʿaka mina l-ghāwīna

Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.(42)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. عِبَادِىʿibādīMy slaves
  3. لَيْسَlaysanot
  4. لَكَlakayou have
  5. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
  6. سُلْطَٰنٌsul'ṭānunany authority
  7. إِلَّاillāexcept
  8. مَنِmanithose who
  9. ٱتَّبَعَكَittabaʿakafollow you
  10. مِنَminaof
  11. ٱلْغَاوِينَl-ghāwīnathe ones who go astray

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