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Quran 96:15

Surah Al-Alaq, Verse 15

Juz 30 · Page 597 · Ruku 538 · Meccan

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ

Word by word

كَلَّا kallā Nay لَئِن la-in If لَّمْ lam not يَنتَهِ yantahi he desists لَنَسْفَعًۢا lanasfaʿan surely We will drag him بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ bil-nāṣiyati by the forelock

Transliteration

Kalla la-in lam yantahi lanasfaAAanbinnasiya

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Nay, but if he cease not We will seize him by the forelock -

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Let him beware! If he desist not, We will drag him by the forelock,-

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم قال تعالى متوعدا ومتهددا "كلا لئن لم ينته" أي لئن لم يرجع عما هو فيه من الشقاق والعناد "لنسفعا بالناصية" أي لنسمنها سوادا يوم القيامة.

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.