Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
verily, thou shalt have no power over My creatures- unless it be such as are [already] lost in grievous error and follow thee [of their own will]
Arthur John Arberry
over My servants thou shalt have no authority, except those that follow thee
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except such as put themselves in the wrong and follow thee."
Arabic
إِنَّ عِبَادِی لَیۡسَ لَكَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ سُلۡطَـٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَاوِینَ ٤٢
Transliteration (2021)
inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sul'ṭānun illā mani ittabaʿaka mina l-ghāwīn