37. Safat · verses 29–30

قَالُواْ بَل لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ

Qaloo bal lam takoonoo mumineena

They will reply: "Nay, ye yourselves had no Faith!

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيۡكُم مِّن سُلۡطَٰنِۭۖ بَلۡ كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا طَٰغِينَ

Wama kana lana AAalaykum min sultanin bal kuntum qawman tagheena

"Nor had we any authority over you. Nay, it was ye who were a people in obstinate rebellion!