Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:21

27:21

لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا أَوْ لَأَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهُۥٓ أَوْ لَيَأْتِيَنِّى بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

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."

— Saheeh International

I will punish him severely, or kill him, unless he brings me a convincing excuse for his absence.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"I will surely punish him with a severe torment, or slaughter him, unless he brings me a clear reason."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 19Page 378meccan

Word by Word

لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥla-uʿadhibannahuI will surely punish him
عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban(with) a punishment
شَدِيدًاshadīdansevere
أَوْawor
لَأَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهُۥٓlaādh'baḥannahuI will surely slaughter him
أَوْawunless
لَيَأْتِيَنِّىlayatiyannīhe brings me
بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢbisul'ṭānina reason
مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear