Surah Yusuf 12:14

Joseph · Verse 14 of 111 · Juz 12 · Page 236

قَالُوا۟ لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ

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

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

They said ‘Truly if la-in the lām here is for oaths the wolf were to devour him when we are so hardy a band a group then we indeed are losers!’ incapable of anything. Thus he sent him off with them.

Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 12:14, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.