Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:47

12:47

قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبًا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمْ فَذَرُوهُ فِى سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ

qāla tazraʿūna sabʿa sinīna da-aban famā ḥaṣadttum fadharūhu fī sunbulihi illā qalīlan mimmā takulūna

[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.

— Saheeh International

then I can return to the people to inform them.’ Joseph said, ‘You will sow for seven consecutive years as usual. Store all that you reap, left in the ear, apart from the little you eat.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

[(Yûsuf (Joseph)] said: "For seven consecutive years, you shall sow as usual and that (the harvest) which you reap you shall leave it in the ears, (all) except a little of it which you may eat.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 12Page 241meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
تَزْرَعُونَtazraʿūnaYou will sow
سَبْعَsabʿa(for) seven
سِنِينَsinīnayears
دَأَبًۭاda-abanas usual
فَمَاfamāand that which
حَصَدتُّمْḥaṣadttumyou reap
فَذَرُوهُfadharūhuso leave it
فِىfīin
سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓsunbulihiits ears
إِلَّاillāexcept
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little
مِّمَّاmimmāfrom which
تَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou (will) eat