كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
كَلَّا لَٮِٕنۡ لَّمۡ يَنۡتَهِ ۙ لَنَسۡفَعًۢا بِالنَّاصِيَةِۙ
يَنتَهِ
يَنۡتَهِ
yantahi
he desists
لَنَسْفَعًۢا
لَنَسۡفَعًۢا
lanasfaʿan
surely We will drag him
بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
بِالنَّاصِيَةِ
bil-nāṣiyati
by the forelock
No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock1
— The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab