(14) They said, "If a wolf should eat him while we are a [strong] clan, indeed, we would then be losers."— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
14. They said: "If a wolf devours him, while we are a strong group (to guard him), then surely, we are the losers."— الترجمة الإنجليزية
— Dr. Ghali - English translationقَالُواْ لَئِنۡ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُ وَنَحۡنُ عُصۡبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَThey said, "Indeed, in case the wolf eats him, and we are a band, (then) surely we are indeed losers!"
— Muhsin Khan - English translationقَالُواْ لَئِنۡ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُ وَنَحۡنُ عُصۡبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَThey said: "If a wolf devours him, while we are 'Usbah (a strong group) (to guard him), then surely, we are the losers."
— Pickthall - English translationقَالُواْ لَئِنۡ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُ وَنَحۡنُ عُصۡبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَThey said: If the wolf should devour him when we are (so strong) a band, then surely we should have already perished.
— Yusuf Ali - English translationقَالُواْ لَئِنۡ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُ وَنَحۡنُ عُصۡبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَThey said: "If the wolf were to devour him while we are (so large) a party, then should we indeed (first) have perished ourselves!"
— Sahih International - English translationقَالُواْ لَئِنۡ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُ وَنَحۡنُ عُصۡبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَThey said, " If a wolf should eat him while we are a [strong] clan, indeed, we would then be losers."
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translationقَالُواْ لَئِنۡ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُ وَنَحۡنُ عُصۡبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ(12:14) They said: "Should a wolf eat him, despite the presence of our strong
group, we would indeed be a worthless lot!"
— Abdul Haleem - English translationقَالُواْ لَئِنۡ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُ وَنَحۡنُ عُصۡبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَThey said, ‘If a wolf were to eat him when there are so many of us, we would truly be losers!’
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translationقَالُواْ لَئِنۡ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُ وَنَحۡنُ عُصۡبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَThey said, “If a wolf eats him up, while we are a whole group, we are then losers indeed.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translationقَالُواْ لَئِنۡ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُ وَنَحۡنُ عُصۡبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَThey said, “If a wolf were to devour him, despite our strong group, then we would certainly be losers!”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translationقَالُواْ لَئِنۡ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُ وَنَحۡنُ عُصۡبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَThey said, “If a wolf were to devour him, despite our strong group, then we would certainly be losers!”
They said, “If a wolf were to eat him, despite our strong group, then we would surely be losers!”— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
14. 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.— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
They said: ‘If the wolf were to eat him when we are so many, then we should surely be lost’.— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي