They said, “What shall be his punishment, if you are lying?”
Yusuf 12:74
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قَالُوا فَمَا جَزَاؤُهُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ كَاذِبِينَ
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They said, “What shall be his punishment, if you are lying?”
The helpers asked, "Then what's the punishment if you're lying?"
The guards asked, "Then what's the punishment if you're lying?"
They said, “Then what is its recompense if you are liars?”
They said, “What shall be his punishment—if you are lying?”
They said, “What shall be his punishment—if you are lying?”
They [the accusers] said, "Then what would be its recompense if you should be liars?"
They [Yûsuf’s (Joseph) men] said: "What then shall be the penalty of him, if you are (proved to be) liars."
They said, “What should the punishment be, if you are liars?”
(The Egyptians) said: "What then shall be the penalty of this, if ye are (proved) to have lied?"
They said: And what shall be the penalty for it, if ye prove liars?
The Egyptians asked them, "And if we find that you are lying, what penalty shall we mete out to you?"
The officials said: "If you are lying, what will be the penalty for him who has stolen?"
They said, ‘What shall be its requital if you [prove to] be lying?’
Qaloo fama jazaohu in kuntum kathibeena