وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad found true ṣaddaqa about them ʿalayhim Iblis ib'līsu his assumption ẓannahu so they followed him fa-ittabaʿūhu except illā a group farīqan of mina the believers l-mu'minīna
And Iblees had already confirmed through them his assumption, so they followed him, except for a party of believers.
وَمَا And not wamā was kāna for him lahu over them ʿalayhim any min authority sul'ṭānin except illā that We (might) make evident linaʿlama who man believes yu'minu in the Hereafter bil-ākhirati from (one) who mimman [he] huwa about it min'hā (is) in fī doubt shakkin And your Lord warabbuka over ʿalā all kulli things shayin (is) a Guardian ḥafīẓun
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.