قَالُواْ لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّا إِذًا لَّخَاسِرُونَ
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They said: Surely if the wolf should devour him notwithstanding that we are a (strong) company, we should then certainly be losers.
They said: "If the wolf were to devour him while we are (so large) a party, then should we indeed (first) have perished ourselves!"
They said: If the wolf should devour him when we are (so strong) a band, then surely we should have already perished.