ص : ٢٣

  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • هَٰذَآ this
  • أَخِي (is) my brother
  • لَهُۥ he has
  • تِسۡعٞ ninety-nine
  • وَتِسۡعُونَ ninety-nine
  • نَعۡجَةٗ ewe(s)
  • وَلِيَ while I have
  • نَعۡجَةٞ ewe
  • وَٰحِدَةٞ one
  • فَقَالَ so he said
  • أَكۡفِلۡنِيهَا Entrust her to me
  • وَعَزَّنِي and he overpowered me
  • فِي in
  • ٱلۡخِطَابِ [the] speech
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."
'Behold, this brother of mine, in other words, my fellow co-religionist, has ninety-nine ewes - here used to represent the women - while I have a single ewe; yet he said, "Entrust it to me", in other words, make me in charge of it, and he overcame me in speech', in other words, in the argument; so the latter conceded charge of it to him.