Surah Yusuf 12:47 — translation and meaning

يوسف · Verse 47 / 111 · Page 241

قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبًا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمْ فَذَرُوهُ فِي سُنبُلِهِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ

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قَالَ
qala
He said
تَزْرَعُونَ
tazra'una
You will sow
سَبْعَ
sab'a
(for) seven
سِنِينَ
sinina
years
دَأَبًا
da-aban
as usual
فَمَا
fama
and that which
حَصَدتُّمْ
hasadttum
you reap
فَذَرُوهُ
fadharuhu
so leave it
فِي
fi
in
سُنبُلِهِ
sunbulihi
its ears
إِلَّا
illa
except
قَلِيلًا
qalilan
a little
مِّمَّا
mimma
from which
تَأْكُلُونَ
takuluna
you (will) eat

Transliteration

Qaala tazra'oona sab'a sineena da aban famaa basattum fazaroohu fee sumbu liheee illaa qaleelam mimmaa taakuloon

Translation

[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.

Verse interpretation (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.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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