﴿ ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ ﴾

“and would indeed have cut his life-vein.”

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. We would cut it off as a result of his transgression against Us.His words, Exalted is He: