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He said, 'Assuredly I will chastise him with a severe chastisement, by having [all] his feathers as well as his tail plucked and leaving him out in the sun, where he would not be able to escape from reptiles, or I will slaughter him, by slitting his throat, unless he brings me (read la-ya'tiyannī or la-ya'tinannī) a clear warrant', plain manifest proof for his [having a valid] excuse.