Word by Word Analysis

Saba (Sheba) · Ayah 21

وَمَا كَانَ لَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍ إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا فِى شَكٍّ ۗ وَرَبُّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَفِيظٌ 21

And he had over them no authority except [it was decreed] that We might make evident who believes in the Hereafter from who is thereof in doubt. And your Lord, over all things, is Guardian.

وَمَاwamāAnd not

كَانَkānawas

كونk-w-nverb

لَهُۥlahufor him

noun

عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover them

noun

مِّنminany

سُلْطَـٰنٍsul'ṭāninauthority

سلطs-l-tnoun

إِلَّاillāexcept

لِنَعْلَمَlinaʿlamathat We (might) make evident