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Yusuf 47

Ayah 47 of 111 · Meccan

قَالَ تَزۡرَعُونَ سَبۡعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبٗا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمۡ فَذَرُوهُ فِي سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا مِّمَّا تَأۡكُلُونَ ٤٧

[Joseph] said, "You will plant for seven years consecutively; and what you harvest leave in its spikes, except a little from which you will eat.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. تَزۡرَعُونَYou will sowtazraʿūna
  3. سَبۡعَ(for) sevensabʿa
  4. سِنِينَyearssinīna
  5. دَأَبٗاas usualda-aban
  6. فَمَاand that whichfamā
  7. حَصَدتُّمۡyou reapḥaṣadttum
  8. فَذَرُوهُso leave itfadharūhu
  9. فِيinfī
  10. سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓits earssunbulihi
  11. إِلَّاexceptillā
  12. قَلِيلٗاa littleqalīlan
  13. مِّمَّاfrom whichmimmā
  14. تَأۡكُلُونَyou (will) eattakulūna

Tafsir

Explaining this dream, Joseph said that they should plant really well for seven consecutive years. And what they harvested in each of these seven years, they should leave in the ears of corn so that it would not rot, except for a little which they needed to eat from the corn.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran