Surah An-Naml, Ayah 21 (27:21)

ٱلنَّمْل

لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا أَوْ لَأَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهُۥٓ أَوْ لَيَأْتِيَنِّى بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

Quran 27:21 is ayah 21 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 378 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:21
لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥعَذَابًاشَدِيدًاأَوْلَأَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهُۥٓأَوْلَيَأْتِيَنِّىبِسُلْطَٰنٍمُّبِينٍ٢١
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."(21)

Word by word

  1. لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥla-uʿadhibannahuI will surely punish him
  2. عَذَابًاʿadhāban(with) a punishment
  3. شَدِيدًاshadīdansevere
  4. أَوْawor
  5. لَأَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهُۥٓlaādh'baḥannahuI will surely slaughter him
  6. أَوْawunless
  7. لَيَأْتِيَنِّىlayatiyannīhe brings me
  8. بِسُلْطَٰنٍbisul'ṭānina reason
  9. مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

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