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Yusuf 48

Ayah 48 of 111 · Meccan

ثُمَّ يَأۡتِي مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَ سَبۡعٞ شِدَادٞ يَأۡكُلۡنَ مَا قَدَّمۡتُمۡ لَهُنَّ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا مِّمَّا تُحۡصِنُونَ ٤٨

Then will come after that seven difficult [years] which will consume what you advanced [i.e., saved] for them, except a little from which you will store.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ثُمَّThenthumma
  2. يَأۡتِيwill comeyatī
  3. مِنۢaftermin
  4. بَعۡدِafterbaʿdi
  5. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  6. سَبۡعٞsevensabʿun
  7. شِدَادٞhard (years)shidādun
  8. يَأۡكُلۡنَ(which will) consumeyakul'na
  9. مَاwhatmā
  10. قَدَّمۡتُمۡyou advancedqaddamtum
  11. لَهُنَّfor themlahunna
  12. إِلَّاexceptillā
  13. قَلِيلٗاa littleqalīlan
  14. مِّمَّاof whatmimmā
  15. تُحۡصِنُونَyou (will) storetuḥ'ṣinūna

Tafsir

Then after these seven fertile years in which they successfully grew food, seven barren years would come, when the people would eat all they had harvested in the fertile years, except for a little of what they had stored, from which they would be able to sow seeds.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran