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إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِى لَهُۥ تِسْعٌۭ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةًۭ وَلِىَ نَعْجَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِى فِى ٱلْخِطَابِ﴿٢٣

Translation (Sahih International)

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."

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
هَـٰذَآhādhāthis
أَخِىakhī(is) my brother
لَهُۥlahuhe has
تِسْعٌۭtis'ʿunninety-nine
وَتِسْعُونَwatis'ʿūnaninety-nine
نَعْجَةًۭnaʿjatanewe(s)
وَلِىَwaliyawhile I have
نَعْجَةٌۭnaʿjatunewe
وَٰحِدَةٌۭwāḥidatunone
فَقَالَfaqālaso he said
أَكْفِلْنِيهَاakfil'nīhāEntrust her to me
وَعَزَّنِىwaʿazzanīand he overpowered me
فِىin
ٱلْخِطَابِl-khiṭābi[the] speech

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of the Two LitigantsIn discussing this passage, the scholars of Tafsir mention a story which is mostly based upon Isra'iliyat narrations. Nothing has been reported about this from the Infallible Prophet that we could accept as true. But Ibn Abi Hatim narrated a Hadith whose chain of narration cannot be regarded as Sahih because it is reported by Yazid Ar-Raqashi from Anas, may Allah be pleased with him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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