Surah Sad, ayah 23
إِنَّ هَـٰذَآ أَخِى لَهُۥ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِىَ نَعْجَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِى فِى ٱلْخِطَابِ
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."
Sad · 38:23
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
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