Quran 12:48 — Yusuf, verse 48
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
After that will come seven years of hardship which will consume all but a little of what you stored up for them;
ثُمَّ يَأْتِي مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ سَبْعٌ شِدَادٌ يَأْكُلْنَ مَا قَدَّمْتُمْ لَهُنَّ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِمَّا تُحْصِنُونَ
thumma yatī min baʿdi dhālika sabʿun shidādun yakul'na mā qaddamtum lahunna illā qalīlan mimmā tuḥ'ṣinūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then thereafter there shall come upon you seven hard years, that shall devour what you have laid up for them, all but a little you keep in store.
- Muhammad Asad
- for, after that [period of seven good years] there will come seven hard [years] which will devour all that you shall have laid up for them, excepting only a little of that which you shall have kept in store.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 2 | يَأْتِىyatī | will come | أتي |
| 3 | مِنۢmin | after | — |
| 4 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 5 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 6 | سَبْعٌۭsabʿun | seven | سبع |
| 7 | شِدَادٌۭshidādun | hard (years) | شدد |
| 8 | يَأْكُلْنَyakul'na | (which will) consume | أكل |
| 9 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 10 | قَدَّمْتُمْqaddamtum | you advanced | قدم |
| 11 | لَهُنَّlahunna | for them | — |
| 12 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 13 | قَلِيلًۭاqalīlan | a little | قلل |
| 14 | مِّمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 15 | تُحْصِنُونَtuḥ'ṣinūna | you (will) store | حصن |