Surah Yusuf 12:14 — translation and meaning
يوسف · Verse 14 / 111 · Page 236
قَالُوا لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّا إِذًا لَّخَاسِرُونَ
Word by Word
قَالُوا
qalu
They said
لَئِنْ
la-in
If
أَكَلَهُ
akalahu
eats him
الذِّئْبُ
al-dhi'bu
the wolf
وَنَحْنُ
wanahnu
while we
عُصْبَةٌ
us'batun
(are) a group
إِنَّا
inna
indeed we
إِذًا
idhan
then
لَّخَاسِرُونَ
lakhasiruna
surely (would be) losers
Transliteration
Qaaloo la in akalahuzzi'bu wa nahnu 'usbatun innaaa izal lakhaasiroon
Translation
They said, "If a wolf should eat him while we are a [strong] clan, indeed, we would then be losers."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
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.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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