سورة النمل، الآية ٢١
لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا أَوْ لَأَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهُۥٓ أَوْ لَيَأْتِيَنِّى بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ٢١
la-uʿadhibannahu ʿadhāban shadīdan aw laādh'baḥannahu aw layatiyannī bisul'ṭānin mubīnin
I will surely punish him with a severe punishment or slaughter him unless he brings me clear authorization."1075
[1075] i.e., a valid excuse.
Verse 21 of Surah An-Naml (27:21), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 378 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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He said when its absence became clear to him: “I shall punish it severely, or I shall slaughter it as a punishment for being absent, unless it brings a clear proof to prove its excuse for absence”.
I will surely punish him severely, or slaughter him, unless he brings me a valid reason.”
"I will surely punish him with a severe torment, or slaughter him, unless he brings me a clear reason."
I verily will punish him with hard punishment or I verily will slay him, or he verily shall bring me a plain excuse.
"I will certainly punish him with a severe penalty, or execute him, unless he bring me a clear reason (for absence)."
I will most certainly punish him with a severe punishment, or kill him, or he shall bring to me a clear plea.
Indeed I will definitely torment him with a strict torment or indeed I will definitely slay him, or indeed he should definitely come up to me with an evident, all-binding authority."
