Surah Al-'Alaq (العلق) • The Clot

Quran 96:15

96:15

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ

kallā la-in lam yantahi lanasfaʿan bil-nāṣiyati

No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock

— Saheeh International

No! If he does not stop, We shall drag him by his forehead––

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Nay! If he (Abû Jahl) ceases not, We will catch him by the forelock -

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

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Word by Word

كَلَّاkallāNay
لَئِنla-inIf
لَّمْlamnot
يَنتَهِyantahihe desists
لَنَسْفَعًۢاlanasfaʿansurely We will drag him
بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِbil-nāṣiyatiby the forelock