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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [12:14] | Qaloo la-in akalahu alththi/buwanahnu AAusbatun inna ithan lakhasiroona |  قالوا لئن أكله الذئب ونحن عصبة إنا إذا لخاسرونقَالُواْ لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّا إِذًا لَّخَاسِرُونَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | وہ بولے: اگر اسے بھیڑیا کھا جائے حالانکہ ہم ایک قوی جماعت بھی (موجود) ہوں تو ہم تو بالکل ناکارہ ہوئے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | They said: "If the wolf were to devour him while we are (so large) a party, then should we indeed (first) have perished ourselves!"
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| Ahmed Ali | انہوں نے کہا اگر اسے بھیڑیا کھا گیا اور ہم ایک طاقتور جماعت ہیں بے شک ہم اس وقت البتہ نقصان اٹھانے والے ہوں گے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | بولے اگر اسے بھیڑیا کھا جائے اور ہم ایک جماعت ہیں جب تو ہم کسی مصرف کے نہیں | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | وہ کہنے لگے اگر کھا لیا اسے بھیڑیے نے (ہمارے ہوتے ہوئے) جبکہ ہم ایک جتھّا ہیں تب تو ہم بالکل ہی گئے گزرے ہوں گے۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | وہ کہنے لگے کہ اگر ہماری موجودگی میں کہ ہم ایک طاقتور جماعت ہیں، اسے بھیڑیا کھا گیا تو ہم بڑے نقصان میں پڑگئے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | بولے اگر کھا گیا اس کو بھیڑیا اور ہم ایک جماعت ہیں وقت ور تو تو ہم نے سب کچھ گنوا دیا | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | انہوں نے جواب دیا "اگر ہمارے ہوتے اسے بھڑ یے نے کھا لیا، جبکہ ہم ایک جتھا ہیں، تب تو ہم بڑے ہی نکمے ہوں گے" | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | They said: "If (E) the wolf ate him, and we are a group/band/company, that we are then losers (E)." | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | 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. | ||||||
| Arberry | They said, 'If the wolf eats him, and we a band, then are we losers!' | ||||||
| Shakir | They said: Surely if the wolf should devour him notwithstanding that we are a (strong) company, we should then certainly be losers. | ||||||
| Sarwar | They said, "If some wild-beast would be able to harm him, despite the presence of our strong group, it would certainly be a great loss to us!" | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | They said, " If a wolf should eat him while we are a [strong] clan, indeed, we would then be losers." | ||||||
| Malik | They said: "If a wolf could eat him despite our number, then surely we would be worthless people!"[14] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | They said: If the wolf should devour him, while we are a (strong) company, we should then certainly be losers. | ||||||
| Free Minds | They said: "If the wolf eats him, while we are a numerous group, then we are the losers." | ||||||
| Qaribullah | They said: 'We are many, if a wolf devours him, then we are losers! ' | ||||||
| George Sale | They said, surely if the wolf devour him, when there are so many of us, we shall be weak indeed. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | They said, "Surely if the wolf devour him, and we so many, we must in that case be weak indeed." | ||||||
| Asad | Said they: "Surely, if the wolf were to devour him notwithstanding that we are so many-then, behold, we ought ourselves to perish!" | ||||||
| Khalifa** | They said, "Indeed, if the wolf devours him, with so many of us around, then we are really losers." | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | They said: "If a wolf devours him, while we are Usbah (a strong group) (to guard him), then surely, we are the losers." | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | They said, "If a wolf devours him in the strong presence (of the ten) of us, will our lives be worth living?" | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
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| ** - Read with caution - These Translations, specially those which are marked here with **, are considered either incorrect, far-fetched, non-conforming or misleading. For all translations, care must be exercised for certain verses or an alternate translation should be considered. | |||||||
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