Quran 12:47 — Yusuf, verse 47
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبًا فَمَا حَصَدْتُمْ فَذَرُوهُ فِي سُنْبُلِهِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ
qāla tazraʿūna sabʿa sinīna da-aban famā ḥaṣadttum fadharūhu fī sunbulihi illā qalīlan mimmā takulūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'You shall sow seven years after your wont; what you have harvested leave in the ear, excepting a little whereof you 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:
- Sahih International
- [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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | تَزْرَعُونَtazraʿūna | You will sow | زرع |
| 3 | سَبْعَsabʿa | (for) seven | سبع |
| 4 | سِنِينَsinīna | years | سنو |
| 5 | دَأَبًۭاda-aban | as usual | دأب |
| 6 | فَمَاfamā | and that which | — |
| 7 | حَصَدتُّمْḥaṣadttum | you reap | حصد |
| 8 | فَذَرُوهُfadharūhu | so leave it | وذر |
| 9 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 10 | سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓsunbulihi | its ears | سنبل |
| 11 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 12 | قَلِيلًۭاqalīlan | a little | قلل |
| 13 | مِّمَّاmimmā | from which | — |
| 14 | تَأْكُلُونَtakulūna | you (will) eat | أكل |