سورة یُوسُف

Surah Yûsuf 12:14

Joseph · Verse 14 of 111

قَالُوا لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّا إِذًا لَخَاسِرُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

They said, `If the wolf were to devour him inspite of the fact we are a formidable party, in that case we shall be indeed losers.´

They said: "If the wolf were to devour him while we are (so large) a party, then should we indeed (first) have perished ourselves!

They replied: "If a wolf should devour him when we are there, a well-knit band, we shall certainly be treacherous."

12 more translations

They said: "If a wolf should devour him when we are so strong a company, then we should surely be lost!"

They said: if the wolf devoured him while we were a company, we must indeed then be the losers!

They said, "If the wolf devours him, whereas we are a group, then surely we are useless!"

They said: If the wolf should devour him, while we are a (strong) company, we should then certainly be losers.

They said, `Surely, if the wolf should devour him while we are a strong party , then we shall indeed be great losers.'

Said they: "Surely, if the wolf were to devour him notwithstanding that we are so many - then, behold, we ought ourselves to perish!"

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

They said: If the wolf should devour him when we are (so strong) a band, then surely we should have already perished.

They said, "If some wild-beast would be able to harm him, despite the presence of our strong group, it would certainly be a great loss to us!"

They said: Surely if the wolf should devour him notwithstanding that we are a (strong) company, we should then certainly be losers.

They said, "Indeed, if the wolf devours him, with so many of us around, then we are really losers."

They said, "If a wolf devours him in the strong presence (of the ten) of us, will our lives be worth living?"