37. Safat · verses 29–31

سورة الصّافّات
29

قَالُواْ بَل لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ

Qaloo bal lam takoonoo mumineena

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

30

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!

31

فَحَقَّ عَلَيۡنَا قَوۡلُ رَبِّنَآۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ

Fahaqqa AAalayna qawlu rabbina inna lathaiqoona

"So now has been proved true, against us, the word of our Lord that we shall indeed (have to) taste (the punishment of our sins).