لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا أَوْ لَأَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهُۥٓ أَوْ لَيَأْتِيَنِّى بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- I will surely punish him with a severe punishment or slaughter him unless he brings me clear authorization."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "நான் நிச்சயமாக அதைக் கடுமையான வேதனையைக் கொண்டு வேதனை செய்வேன்; அல்லது அதனை நிச்சயமாக அறுத்து விடுவேன்; அல்லது (வராததற்கு) அது என்னிடம் தெளிவான ஆதாரத்தைக் கொண்டு வர வேண்டும்" என்றும் கூறினார்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- මම ඌට දැඩි දඬුවමකින් දඬුවම් කරමි. එසේ නැතහොත් මම ඌ කපා දමමි. එසේත් නැතහොත් ඌ (නිදහසට කරුණු දක්වමින්) පැහැදිලි බලවත් සාධකයක් මා වෙත ගෙන ආ යුතු ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- یقیناً میں اسے سخت سزا دوں گا، یا اسے ذبح کر ڈالوں گا، یا میرے سامنے کوئی صریح دلیل بیان کرے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 「わたしは厳しい刑で，必ずあれを処罰し，あるいは殺すでしょう。明瞭な理由をわたしに持って来ない限りは。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 我必定严厉地惩罚它，或杀掉它，除非它带一个明证来给我。
Tafsir of 27:21
The Absence of the Hoopoe Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr and others narrated from Ibn `Abbas and others that the hoopoe was an expert who used to show Sulayman where water was if he was out in open land and needed water. The hoopoe would look for water for him in the various strata of the earth, just as a man looks at things on the surface of the earth, and he would know just how far below the surface the water was. When the hoopoe showed him where the water was, Sulayman would command the Jinn to dig in that place until they brought water from the depths of the earth. One day Sulayman went to some open land and checked on the birds, but he could not see the hoopoe. فَقَالَ مَالِيَ لاَ أَرَى الْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ الْغَآئِبِينَ (and (Sulayman) said: "What is the matter that I see not the hoopoe Or is he among the absentees") One day `Abdullah bin `Abbas told a similar story, and among the people was a man from the Khawarij whose name was Nafi` bin Al-Azraq, who often used to raise objections to Ibn `Abbas.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
