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Surah 12. Yusuf, Ayah 17

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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّا ذَهَبْنَا نَسْتَبِقُ وَتَرَكْنَا يُوسُفَ عِندَ مَتَـٰعِنَا فَأَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ لَّنَا وَلَوْ كُنَّا صَـٰدِقِينَ Qur’an Yusuf (12:17)
Q a loo y a ab a n a inn a th ahabn a nastabiqu watarakn a yoosufa AAinda mat a AAin a faakalahu a l thth ibu wam a anta bimuminin lan a walaw kunn a sa diqeen a
[and] said: "O our father! Behold, we went off racing with one another, and left Joseph behind with our things; and thereupon the wolf devoured him! But [we know that] thou wouldst not believe us even though we speak the truth" -
  - Mohammad Asad
Mohammad Asad
They said: "Father! We went off to compete in racing with one another, and left Yusuf by our belongings, and a wolf ate him ! But you will not believe us even though we are telling the truth."
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
They cried, 'Our father! We went racing and left Joseph with our belongings, and a wolf devoured him! But you will not believe us, no matter how truthful we are.'
  - Mustafa Khattab
Mustafa Khattab
Saying: O our father! We went racing one with another, and left Joseph by our things, and the wolf devoured him, and thou believest not our sayings even when we speak the truth.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Marmaduke Pickthall
They said: "Oh our father! we went racing with one another and left Joseph with our things: and the wolf devoured him. But thou wilt never believe us even though we tell the truth." 1649 1650
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They were surprised that Jacob received the story about the wolf with cold incredulity. So they grew petulant, put on an air of injured innocence, and bring out the blood-stained garment described in the next verse.

They wanted to make out that they were not negligent of Joseph. They were naturally having games and exercise, while the boy was left with their belongings. It was the racing that prevented them from seeing the wolf. And Jacob's fears about the wolf (xii. 13 above) made them imagine that he would swallow the wolf story readily.

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