Muhammad Habib Shakir: And we had no authority over you, but you were an inordinate people;
Abdullah Yusuf Ali: "Nor had we any authority over you. Nay, it was ye who were a people in obstinate rebellion!
M.Pickthall: We had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk.
Amatul Rahmân Omer: `And we had no authority over you (to seduce you). The truth is that you yourselves were an unrestrained people (and given to excesses).
