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« dragging them ever lower, forever after, as long as they reside there. His words, Mighty and Majestic is He: [69:44] And had he fabricated any lies against Us,11 He said: That is, if he said that which he had no permission [from Us] to say. [69:45] We would assuredly have seized him by the right hand, That is, We would have ordered for him to be seized by the hand just as is the practice of kings. [69:46] And We would assuredly have severed his life-artery (wartīn), This being the aorta which is the main artery to which the heart is attached, and if it is cut the person dies.12 We would cut it off as a result of his transgression against Us. »