Surah Yusuf, Ayah 47 (12:47)

يُوسُف

قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبًا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمْ فَذَرُوهُ فِى سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا …

Quran 12:47 is ayah 47 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 241 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:47
قَالَتَزْرَعُونَسَبْعَسِنِينَدَأَبًافَمَاحَصَدتُّمْفَذَرُوهُفِىسُنۢبُلِهِۦٓإِلَّاقَلِيلًامِّمَّاتَأْكُلُونَ٤٧
qāla tazraʿūna sabʿa sinīna da-aban famā ḥaṣadttum fadharūhu fī sunbulihi illā qalīlan mimmā takulūna

[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.(47)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. تَزْرَعُونَtazraʿūnaYou will sow
  3. سَبْعَsabʿa(for) seven
  4. سِنِينَsinīnayears
  5. دَأَبًاda-abanas usual
  6. فَمَاfamāand that which
  7. حَصَدتُّمْḥaṣadttumyou reap
  8. فَذَرُوهُfadharūhuso leave it
  9. فِىfīin
  10. سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓsunbulihiits ears
  11. إِلَّاillāexcept
  12. قَلِيلًاqalīlana little
  13. مِّمَّاmimmāfrom which
  14. تَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou (will) eat

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