Quran 12:14
Surah Yusuf, Verse 14
Juz 12 · Page 236 · Ruku 194 · Meccan
قَالُوا۟ لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ
Word by word
قَالُوا۟ qālū They said لَئِنْ la-in If أَكَلَهُ akalahu eats him ٱلذِّئْبُ l-dhi'bu the wolf وَنَحْنُ wanaḥnu while we عُصْبَةٌ ʿuṣ'batun (are) a group إِنَّآ innā indeed, we إِذًۭا idhan then لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ lakhāsirūna surely (would be) losers
Transliteration
Qaloo la-in akalahu aththi/buwanahnu AAusbatun inna ithan lakhasiroon
Translations
Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
They said: If the wolf should devour him when we are (so strong) a band, then surely we should have already perished.
Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali
They said: "If the wolf were to devour him while we are (so large) a party, then should we indeed (first) have perished ourselves!"
تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir
وقالوا مجيبين عنها في الساعة الراهنة : ( لئن أكله الذئب ونحن عصبة إنا إذا لخاسرون ) يقولون : لئن عدا عليه الذئب فأكله من بيننا ، ونحن جماعة ، إنا إذا لهالكون عاجزون .