Surat sad Verse No. 23: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 23 from Surah sad : Number of verses 88 - - page 454 - Part 23.
﴾إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِي لَهُۥ تِسۡعٞ وَتِسۡعُونَ نَعۡجَةٗ وَلِيَ نَعۡجَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ فَقَالَ أَكۡفِلۡنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِي فِي ٱلۡخِطَابِ ﴿
[ ص: 23]
Verily, this my brother (in religion) has ninety nine ewes, while I have (only) one ewe, and he says: "Hand it over to me, and he overpowered me in speech."
English - 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."
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(38:23) Behold, this is my brother; *23 he has ninety-nine ewes and I have only one ewe.' And yet he said: 'Give her into my charge,' and he got the better of me in argument. *24
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*23) "Brother" dces not mean a real brother but a brother-in-faith and a member of one's own clan.
*24) To understand what follows one should note that the complainant did not say that the other person had taken away his only ewe and added it to his own ewes, but said that he was asking for it, and since he was a powerful person he had prevailed over him in the matter and he could not reject his demand, being a weak and poor man.