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Surah 27. An-Naml, Ayah 21

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لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا أَوْ لَأَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهُۥٓ أَوْ لَيَأْتِيَنِّى بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

LaoAAa thth ibannahu AAa tha ban shadeedan aw laa th ba h annahu aw layatiyannee bisul ta nin mubeen in

[If so,] I will punish him most severely or will kill him unless he bring me a convincing excuse!"¹⁸

- Mohammad Asad

I will certainly punish him severely or even slay him, if he does not offer me a reasonable excuse for his absence."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

I will surely subject him to a severe punishment, or 'even' slaughter him, unless he brings me a compelling excuse.'

- Mustafa Khattab

I verily will punish him with hard punishment or I verily will slay him, or he verily shall bring me a plain excuse.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

"I will certainly punish him with a severe Penalty or execute him unless he bring me a clear reason (for absence)."

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali