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Yusuf (Joseph)

Verse 47of 111

قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبًۭا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمْ فَذَرُوهُ فِى سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا مِّمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ﴿٤٧

Translation (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.

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
تَزْرَعُونَtazraʿūnaYou will sow
سَبْعَsabʿa(for) seven
سِنِينَsinīnayears
دَأَبًۭاda-abanas usual
فَمَاfamāand that which
حَصَدتُّمْḥaṣadttumyou reap
فَذَرُوهُfadharūhuso leave it
فِىin
سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓsunbulihiits ears
إِلَّاillāexcept
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little
مِّمَّاmimmāfrom which
تَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou (will) eat

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Dream of the King of EgyptThe King of Egypt had a dream that Allah the Exalted made a reason for Yusuf's release from prison, with his honor and reputation preserved. When the king had this dream, he was astonished and fearful and sought its interpretation. He gathered the priests, the chiefs of his state and the princes and told them what he had seen in a dream, asking them to interpret it for him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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