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Sad 23

Ayah 23 of 88 · Meccan

إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِي لَهُۥ تِسۡعٞ وَتِسۡعُونَ نَعۡجَةٗ وَلِيَ نَعۡجَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ فَقَالَ أَكۡفِلۡنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِي فِي ٱلۡخِطَابِ ٢٣

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."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّIndeedinna
  2. هَٰذَآthishādhā
  3. أَخِي(is) my brotherakhī
  4. لَهُۥhe haslahu
  5. تِسۡعٞninety-ninetis'ʿun
  6. وَتِسۡعُونَninety-ninewatis'ʿūna
  7. نَعۡجَةٗewe(s)naʿjatan
  8. وَلِيَwhile I havewaliya
  9. نَعۡجَةٞewenaʿjatun
  10. وَٰحِدَةٞonewāḥidatun
  11. فَقَالَso he saidfaqāla
  12. أَكۡفِلۡنِيهَاEntrust her to meakfil'nīhā
  13. وَعَزَّنِيand he overpowered mewaʿazzanī
  14. فِيinfī
  15. ٱلۡخِطَابِ[the] speechl-khiṭābi

Tafsir

One of the disputants said to David (peace be upon him): “This man is my brother. He has ninety-nine ewes and I have one ewe. He asked me to give him that too and he has overpowered me in proof”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran