سورة یُوسُف
Surah Yûsuf 12:47
Joseph · Verse 47 of 111
قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبًا فَمَا حَصَدْتُمْ فَذَرُوهُ فِي سُنْبُلِهِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
He (- Joseph) replied, `You shall sow for seven years working hard and continuously and let what you have harvested remain in its ear excepting a little whereof you may eat.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(Joseph) said: "For seven years shall ye diligently sow as is your wont: and the harvests that ye reap, ye shall leave them in the ear,- except a little, of which ye shall eat.
Ahmed Ali
He said: "Sow as usual for seven years, and after reaping leave the corn in the ears, except the little you need for food.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
He said: "You shall sow for seven years as usual, but that which you have harvested, leave it in the ear, all save a little which you eat.
Daryabadi
He said: ye shall sow seven years as is your went; and that which ye reap leave in its ears, except a little whereof ye may eat.
Faridul Haque
He said, "You will cultivate for seven years continuously; so leave all that you harvest in the ear, except a little which you eat."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He said: You shall sow for seven years as usual, then that which you reap, leave it in its ear, except a little which you eat.
Maulvi Sher Ali
Joseph replied, `You shall sow for seven years, working diligently throughout; then leave, what you reap in its ear, except a little which you shall eat;
Muhammad Asad
[Joseph] replied: "You shall sow for seven years as usual; but let all [the grain] that you harvest remain [untouched] in its ear, excepting only a little, whereof you may eat:
Muhammad Musin Khan
[(Yusuf (Joseph)] said: "For seven consecutive years, you shall sow as usual and that (the harvest) which you reap you shall leave in ears, (all) - except a little of it which you may eat.
Muhammad Pickthall
He said: Ye shall sow seven years as usual, but that which ye reap, leave it in the ear, all save a little which ye eat.
Muhammad Sarwar
(Joseph) said, "Cultivate your lands for seven years as usual and preserve the produce with its ears each year except the little amount that you will consume.
Muhammed ali Shakir
He said: You shall sow for seven years continuously, then what you reap leave it in its ear except a little of which you eat.
Rashad Khalifa
He said, "What you cultivate during the next seven years, when the time of harvest comes, leave the grains in their spikes, except for what you eat.
Shabbir Ahmed
Joseph told him the meaning and the way to avert the oncoming famine, “Work hard on agriculture for seven seasons. When you harvest the crop, only reap the amount you need. Leave the rest of the grains in the spikes (to store for the ensuing famine).”
Commentary 12:47 Seven years of famine and hardship and then seven years of prosperity are again an allusion to the history of Dajjâl. The number seven in Arabic also…
قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبًا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمْ فَذَرُوهُ فِي سُنبُلِهِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ
12:47 Seven years of famine and hardship and then seven years of prosperity are again an allusion to the history of Dajjâl. The number seven in Arabic also stands in for “many” (Tâj, Lisân).