Surah Yusuf, Ayah 14 (12:14)

يُوسُف

قَالُوا۟ لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ

Quran 12:14 is ayah 14 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 236 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:14
قَالُوا۟لَئِنْأَكَلَهُٱلذِّئْبُوَنَحْنُعُصْبَةٌإِنَّآإِذًالَّخَٰسِرُونَ١٤
qālū la-in akalahu l-dhi'bu wanaḥnu ʿuṣ'batun innā idhan lakhāsirūna

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

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. لَئِنْla-inIf
  3. أَكَلَهُakalahueats him
  4. ٱلذِّئْبُl-dhi'buthe wolf
  5. وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we
  6. عُصْبَةٌʿuṣ'batun(are) a group
  7. إِنَّآinnāindeed, we
  8. إِذًاidhanthen
  9. لَّخَٰسِرُونَlakhāsirūnasurely (would be) losers

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