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Sura 38
Aya 23
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إِنَّ هٰذا أَخي لَهُ تِسعٌ وَتِسعونَ نَعجَةً وَلِيَ نَعجَةٌ واحِدَةٌ فَقالَ أَكفِلنيها وَعَزَّني فِي الخِطابِ

M. M. Ghali

Surely this my brother has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe. So he said to me, ‘Let me be her sponsor' and he got the better of me in speech." (Literally: was mightier in the address)