Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:23

38:23

إِنَّ هَـٰذَآ أَخِى لَهُۥ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِىَ نَعْجَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِى فِى ٱلْخِطَابِ

inna hādhā akhī lahu tis'ʿun watis'ʿūna naʿjatan waliya naʿjatun wāḥidatun faqāla akfil'nīhā waʿazzanī fī l-khiṭābi

Indeed this, my brother, has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe; so he said, 'Entrust her to me,' and he overpowered me in speech."

— Saheeh International

This is my brother. He had ninety-nine ewes and I just the one, and he said, “Let me take charge of her,” and overpowered me with his words.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily, this my brother (in religion) has ninety-nine ewes, while I have (only) one ewe, and he says: "Hand it over to me, and he overpowered me in speech."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

إِنَّinnaIndeed
هَـٰذَآhādhāthis
أَخِىakhī(is) my brother
لَهُۥlahuhe has
تِسْعٌۭtis'ʿunninety-nine
وَتِسْعُونَwatis'ʿūnaninety-nine
نَعْجَةًۭnaʿjatanewe(s)
وَلِىَwaliyawhile I have
نَعْجَةٌۭnaʿjatunewe
وَٰحِدَةٌۭwāḥidatunone
فَقَالَfaqālaso he said
أَكْفِلْنِيهَاakfil'nīhāEntrust her to me
وَعَزَّنِىwaʿazzanīand he overpowered me
فِىfīin
ٱلْخِطَابِl-khiṭābi[the] speech