كـَلَّا لَئِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهِ لَنَسۡفَعَۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ١٥
No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock1 –
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 It may also mean "slap him" or "blacken his face at the forelock."
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- كـَلَّاNaykallā
- لَئِنIfla-in
- لَّمۡnotlam
- يَنتَهِhe desistsyantahi
- لَنَسۡفَعَۢاsurely We will drag himlanasfaʿan
- بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِby the forelockbil-nāṣiyati
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.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran