Quran 27:21 — An-Naml, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
I will punish him severely, or kill him, unless he brings me a convincing excuse for his absence.’
لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا أَوْ لَأَذْبَحَنَّهُ أَوْ لَيَأْتِيَنِّي بِسُلْطَانٍ مُبِينٍ
la-uʿadhibannahu ʿadhāban shadīdan aw laādh'baḥannahu aw layatiyannī bisul'ṭānin mubīnin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Assuredly I will chastise him with a terrible chastisement, or I will slaughter him, or he bring me a clear authority.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [If so,] I will punish him most severely or will kill him unless he bring me a convincing excuse!”
- Sahih International
- I will surely punish him with a severe punishment or slaughter him unless he brings me clear authorization."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥla-uʿadhibannahu | I will surely punish him | عذب |
| 2 | عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban | (with) a punishment | عذب |
| 3 | شَدِيدًاshadīdan | severe | شدد |
| 4 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 5 | لَأَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهُۥٓlaādh'baḥannahu | I will surely slaughter him | ذبح |
| 6 | أَوْaw | unless | — |
| 7 | لَيَأْتِيَنِّىlayatiyannī | he brings me | أتي |
| 8 | بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢbisul'ṭānin | a reason | سلط |
| 9 | مُّبِينٍۢmubīnin | clear | بين |