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38. Ṣād
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إِنَّ
هَذَا
أَخِي
لَهُ
تِسْعٌ
وَتِسْعُونَ
نَعْجَةً
وَلِيَ
نَعْجَةٌ
وَاحِدَةٌ
فَقَالَ
أَكْفِلْنِيهَا
وَعَزَّنِي
فِي
الْخِطَابِ
ʾinna hādhā ʾakhī lahū tisʿun wa-tisʿūna naʿjatan wa-liya naʿjatun wāḥidatun fa-qāla ʾakfilnīhā wa-ʿazzanī fī l-khitābi
‘This brother of mine has ninety-nine ewes, while I have only a single ewe, and [yet] he says, ‘Commit it to my care,’ and he browbeats me in speech.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
"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."
