Surah Al-'Alaq 96:15 — translation and meaning

العلق · Verse 15 / 19 · Page 597

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ

Word by Word

كَلَّا
kalla
Nay!
لَئِن
la-in
If
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَنتَهِ
yantahi
he desists
لَنَسْفَعًا
lanasfa'an
surely We will drag him
بِالنَّاصِيَةِ
bil-nasiyati
by the forelock

Transliteration

Kalla la illam yantahi la nasfa'am bin nasiyah

Translation

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

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

It is not as this ignorant person imagines; if he does not stop causing harm to My servant and rejecting him, I will definitely seize him and drag him violently by the top of his head, towards the hellfire.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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