Quran 38:23 — Saad, verse 23
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.’
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا أَخِي لَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِيَ نَعْجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِي فِي الْخِطَابِ
inna hādhā akhī lahu tis'ʿun watis'ʿūna naʿjatan waliya naʿjatun wāḥidatun faqāla akfil'nīhā waʿazzanī fī l-khiṭābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'Behold, this my brother has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe. So he said, "Give her into my charge"; and he overcame me in the argument.'
- Muhammad Asad
- “Behold, this is my brother: he has ninety-nine ewes, whereas I have [only] one ewe - and yet he said, ‘Make her over to me,’ and forcibly prevailed against me in this [our] dispute.”
- Sahih International
- 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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | هَـٰذَآhādhā | this | — |
| 3 | أَخِىakhī | (is) my brother | أخو |
| 4 | لَهُۥlahu | he has | — |
| 5 | تِسْعٌۭtis'ʿun | ninety-nine | تسع |
| 6 | وَتِسْعُونَwatis'ʿūna | ninety-nine | تسع |
| 7 | نَعْجَةًۭnaʿjatan | ewe(s) | نعج |
| 8 | وَلِىَwaliya | while I have | — |
| 9 | نَعْجَةٌۭnaʿjatun | ewe | نعج |
| 10 | وَٰحِدَةٌۭwāḥidatun | one | وحد |
| 11 | فَقَالَfaqāla | so he said | قول |
| 12 | أَكْفِلْنِيهَاakfil'nīhā | Entrust her to me | كفل |
| 13 | وَعَزَّنِىwaʿazzanī | and he overpowered me | عزز |
| 14 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 15 | ٱلْخِطَابِl-khiṭābi | [the] speech | خطب |