They said, "If a wolf should eat him while we are a (12:14)

﴿قَالُوا لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّا إِذًا لَّخَاسِرُونَ﴾
[ يوسف: 14]

12:14 They said, "If a wolf should eat him while we are a [strong] clan, indeed, we would then be losers."

They said to their father: If a wolf was to eat Joseph when there are so many of us, then, in such a case, we are good for nothing and we are losers because we could not save him from the wolf.

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

phonetic Transliteration

Qaloo lain akalahu alththibu wanahnu AAusbatun inna ithan lakhasiroona

Abdullah Yusuf Ali - Translation

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

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

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

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