قَالُواْ لَئِنۡ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُ وَنَحۡنُ عُصۡبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ ١٤
They said, "If a wolf should eat him while we are a [strong] clan, indeed, we would then be losers."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالُواْThey saidqālū
- لَئِنۡIfla-in
- أَكَلَهُeats himakalahu
- ٱلذِّئۡبُthe wolfl-dhi'bu
- وَنَحۡنُwhile wewanaḥnu
- عُصۡبَةٌ(are) a groupʿuṣ'batun
- إِنَّآindeed, weinnā
- إِذٗاthenidhan
- لَّخَٰسِرُونَsurely (would be) loserslakhāsirūna
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.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran