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Quran-38:23 Surah Saad English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِي لَهُۥ تِسۡعٞ وَتِسۡعُونَ نَعۡجَةٗ وَلِيَ نَعۡجَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ فَقَالَ أَكۡفِلۡنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِي فِي ٱلۡخِطَابِ

Transliteration:( Inna haazaaa akhee lahoo tis'unw wa tis'oona na'jatanw wa liya na'jatunw waahidah; faqaala akfilneeha wa 'azzanee filkhitaab )

23."Surely, this is my brother (43), who has ninety-nine ewes and I have one ewe. Yet, he says: "Give this one also to me (44)" and wants to dominate me with arguments".

Surah Saad Ayat 23 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi

43. This means he is either a religious brother or an assumed brother, i.e. assume that he is your brother like it is said Zaid has given divorce to his wife. This is regarded as a logical view. This is an imaginary vow, not of verification, neither is this a statement of inspiration. Thus, in it, there is no possibility of truth and falsehood.

 

44. The actual incident was:

Hazrat Dawood On whom be peace) had ninety-nine wives. In addition, he sent a proposal of marriage to yet another woman, who was proposed to another man. This woman married Hazrat Dawood. Others have stated that she was in marriage to another person. Hazrat Dawood (On whom be peace) obtained her divorce from that person and then married her, as was the common practice in those days.

Since Prophethood is an elevated position, Allah Almighty drew his attention toward it. Allah be praised! (Khazainul Irfaan). The name of that lady was Manshawa daughter of Sha'e and her husband's name was Auriya ibn Khalbana (Tafseer Roohul Mu'ani).

 

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Sad verse 23 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Sad ayat 21 which provides the complete commentary from verse 21 through 25.

(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]

23. “Brother” does not mean a real brother but a brotherin- 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.

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