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Quran Maqasid

Surah Sad, verse 23

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ان هذا اخي له تسع وتسعون نعجة ولي نعجة واحدة فقال اكفلنيها وعزني في الخطاب

"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."

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  • Verse 23 of 88
  • Juz 23
  • Page 454

Word by word

  1. إِنَّIndeedinna
  2. هَـٰذَآthishādhā
  3. أَخِى(is) my brotherakhī
  4. لَهُۥhe haslahu
  5. تِسْعٌۭninety-ninetis'ʿun
  6. وَتِسْعُونَninety-ninewatis'ʿūna
  7. نَعْجَةًۭewe(s)naʿjatan
  8. وَلِىَwhile I havewaliya
  9. نَعْجَةٌۭewenaʿjatun
  10. وَٰحِدَةٌۭonewāḥidatun
  11. فَقَالَso he saidfaqāla
  12. أَكْفِلْنِيهَاEntrust her to meakfil'nīhā
  13. وَعَزَّنِىand he overpowered mewaʿazzanī
  14. فِىinfī
  15. ٱلْخِطَابِ[the] speechl-khiṭābi

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