Al-Qur'an Surah Yusuf Verse 14
Yusuf [12]: 14 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer
قَالُوْا لَىِٕنْ اَكَلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ اِنَّآ اِذًا لَّخٰسِرُوْنَ (يوسف : ١٢)
- qālū
- قَالُوا۟
- They said
- la-in
- لَئِنْ
- "If
- akalahu
- أَكَلَهُ
- eats him
- l-dhi'bu
- ٱلذِّئْبُ
- the wolf
- wanaḥnu
- وَنَحْنُ
- while we
- ʿuṣ'batun
- عُصْبَةٌ
- (are) a group
- innā
- إِنَّآ
- indeed we
- idhan
- إِذًا
- then
- lakhāsirūna
- لَّخَٰسِرُونَ
- surely (would be) losers"
Transliteration:
Qaaloo la in akalahuzzi'bu wa nahnu 'usbatun innaaa izal lakhaasiroon(QS. Yūsuf:14)
English / Sahih Translation:
They said, "If a wolf should eat him while we are a [strong] clan, indeed, we would then be losers." (QS. Yusuf, ayah 14)
Mufti Taqi Usmani
They said, “If a wolf eats him up, while we are a whole group, we are then losers indeed.”
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They said, “If a wolf were to devour him, despite our strong group, then we would certainly be losers!”
Ruwwad Translation Center
They said, “If a wolf were to eat him, despite our strong group, then we would surely be losers!”
A. J. Arberry
They said, 'If the wolf eats him, and we a band, then are we losers!'
Abdul Haleem
They said, ‘If a wolf were to eat him when there are so many of us, we would truly be losers!’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: if the wolf devoured him while we were a company, we must indeed then be the losers!
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!"
Abul Ala Maududi
They said: "Should a wolf eat him, despite the presence of our strong group, we would indeed be a worthless lot!"
Ahmed Ali
They replied: "If a wolf should devour him when we are there, a well-knit band, we shall certainly be treacherous."
Ahmed Raza Khan
They said, “If the wolf devours him, whereas we are a group, then surely we are useless!”
Ali Quli Qarai
They said, ‘Should the wolf eat him while we are a hardy band, then we will indeed be losers!’
Ali Ünal
They said: "If a wolf should devour him when we are so strong a company, then we should surely be lost!"
Amatul Rahman 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.´
English Literal
They said: "If (E) the wolf ate him, and we are a group/band/company, that we are then losers (E)."
Faridul Haque
They said, "If the wolf devours him, whereas we are a group, then surely we are useless!"
Hamid S. Aziz
Said he, "Verily, it grieves me that you should take him with you, for I fear lest the wolf devour him while you take no heed."
Hilali & Khan
They said: "If a wolf devours him, while we are 'Usbah (a strong group) (to guard him), then surely, we are the losers."
Maulana Mohammad Ali
He said: Indeed it grieves me that you should take him away and I fear lest the wolf devour him, while you are heedless of him.
Mohammad Habib Shakir
They said: Surely if the wolf should devour him notwithstanding that we are a (strong) company, we should then certainly be losers.
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.
Muhammad Sarwar
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!"
Qaribullah & Darwish
They said: 'We are many, if a wolf devours him, then we are losers'
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
They said: "If a wolf devours him, while we are `Usbah (a group), then surely, we are the losers."
Wahiduddin Khan
They said, "Surely, if the wolf devoured him while we were a strong party, we should indeed be great losers."
Talal Itani
They said, “If the wolf ate him, and we are many, we would be good for nothing.”
Tafsir jalalayn
They said, `Truly if (la-in; the lm here is for oaths) the wolf were to devour him, when we are [so hardy] a band, a group, then we indeed are losers!', incapable [of anything]. Thus, he sent him off with them.
Tafseer Ibn Kathir
They said;"If a wolf devours him, while we are an `Usbah, then surely, we are the losers.
They said, `If a wolf should attack and devour him while we are all around him in a strong group, then indeed we are the losers and weak.