كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
Quran glossary · draft
سفع
seize forcefully
A forceful dragging seizure by a person's forelock.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1
Roots: سفع
Lemmas: نسفع
Forms: نَسْفَعًۢ
Occurrence examples (1 of 1)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.
Why this meaning was chosen
The sole target is a first-person-plural Form I imperfect in an emphatic threat, followed by بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ. The forelock marks the point by which the person is forcibly taken, while the surrounding summons of the guards confirms coercive seizure.