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Surah 38. Sad, Ayah 23
إِنَّ هَـٰذَآ أَخِى لَهُۥ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِىَ نَعْجَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِى فِى ٱلْخِطَابِ Qur’an Sad (38:23)Inna h atha akhee lahu tisAAun watisAAoona naAAjatan waliya naAAjatun w ah idatun faq a la akfilneeh a waAAazzanee fee alkhi ta b i
"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."
- Mohammad Asad
Mohammad AsadThis man is my brother; he has ninety nine ewes while I have only one ewe. Yet he says: `Turn her over to me' and he has the means to prevail against me in what he says."
- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam MalikThis is my brother.1 He has ninety-nine sheep while I have 'only' one. 'Still' he asked me to give it up to him, overwhelming me with 'his' argument.'
- Mustafa Khattab
Mustafa KhattabLo! this my brother hath ninety and nine ewes while I had one ewe; and he said: Entrust it to me, and he conquered me in speech.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Marmaduke Pickthall"This man is my brother; he has nine and ninety ewes and I have (but) one: Yet he says `Commit her to my care' and is (moreover) harsh to me in speech." 4173
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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