তারা বললঃ আমরা একটি ভারী দল থাকা সত্ত্বেও যদি ব্যাঘ্র তাকে খেয়ে ফেলে, তবে আমরা সবই হারালাম।
They said: ”If a wolf devours him, while we are ’Usbah (a strong group) (to guard him), then surely, we are the losers.”
قَالُواْ لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّا إِذًا لَّخَاسِرُونَ
Qaloo la-in akalahu alththi/bu wanahnu AAusbatun inna ithan lakhasiroona
YUSUFALI: They said: “If the wolf were to devour him while we are (so large) a party, then should we indeed (first) have perished ourselves!”
PICKTHAL: They said: If the wolf should devour him when we are (so strong) a band, then surely we should have already perished.
SHAKIR: They said: Surely if the wolf should devour him notwithstanding that we are a (strong) company, we should then certainly be losers.
KHALIFA: They said, “Indeed, if the wolf devours him, with so many of us around, then we are really losers.”