Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:14

12:14

قَالُوا۟ لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ

qālū la-in akalahu l-dhi'bu wanaḥnu ʿuṣ'batun innā idhan lakhāsirūna

They said, "If a wolf should eat him while we are a [strong] clan, indeed, we would then be losers."

— Saheeh International

They said, ‘If a wolf were to eat him when there are so many of us, we would truly be losers!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "If a wolf devours him, while we are a strong group (to guard him), then surely, we are the losers."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 12Page 236meccan

Word by Word

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
لَئِنْla-inIf
أَكَلَهُakalahueats him
ٱلذِّئْبُl-dhi'buthe wolf
وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we
عُصْبَةٌʿuṣ'batun(are) a group
إِنَّآinnāindeed, we
إِذًۭاidhanthen
لَّخَـٰسِرُونَlakhāsirūnasurely (would be) losers