Surah Sad, Ayah 23 (38:23)

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إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِى لَهُۥ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِىَ نَعْجَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا …

Quran 38:23 is ayah 23 of Surah Sad (“The Letter "Saad"”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 454 of the Madani Mushaf.

38:23
إِنَّهَٰذَآأَخِىلَهُۥتِسْعٌوَتِسْعُونَنَعْجَةًوَلِىَنَعْجَةٌوَٰحِدَةٌفَقَالَأَكْفِلْنِيهَاوَعَزَّنِىفِىٱلْخِطَابِ٢٣
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."(23)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. هَٰذَآhādhāthis
  3. أَخِىakhī(is) my brother
  4. لَهُۥlahuhe has
  5. تِسْعٌtis'ʿunninety-nine
  6. وَتِسْعُونَwatis'ʿūnaninety-nine
  7. نَعْجَةًnaʿjatanewe(s)
  8. وَلِىَwaliyawhile I have
  9. نَعْجَةٌnaʿjatunewe
  10. وَٰحِدَةٌwāḥidatunone
  11. فَقَالَfaqālaso he said
  12. أَكْفِلْنِيهَاakfil'nīhāEntrust her to me
  13. وَعَزَّنِىwaʿazzanīand he overpowered me
  14. فِىfīin
  15. ٱلْخِطَابِl-khiṭābi[the] speech

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