Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:48

12:48

ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ سَبْعٌ شِدَادٌ يَأْكُلْنَ مَا قَدَّمْتُمْ لَهُنَّ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تُحْصِنُونَ

thumma yatī min baʿdi dhālika sabʿun shidādun yakul'na mā qaddamtum lahunna illā qalīlan mimmā tuḥ'ṣinūna

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.

— Saheeh International

After that will come seven years of hardship which will consume all but a little of what you stored up for them;

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Then will come after that, seven hard (years), which will devour what you have laid by in advance for them, (all) except a little of that which you have guarded (stored).

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

Juz 12Page 241meccan

Word by Word

ثُمَّthummaThen
يَأْتِىyatīwill come
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
سَبْعٌۭsabʿunseven
شِدَادٌۭshidādunhard (years)
يَأْكُلْنَyakul'na(which will) consume
مَاmāwhat
قَدَّمْتُمْqaddamtumyou advanced
لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
إِلَّاillāexcept
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little
مِّمَّاmimmāof what
تُحْصِنُونَtuḥ'ṣinūnayou (will) store