Surah Yusuf, ayah 47
قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبًا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمْ فَذَرُوهُ فِى سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ
[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.
Yusuf · 12:47
Word by word
- قَالَqālaHe said
- تَزْرَعُونَtazraʿūnaYou will sow
- سَبْعَsabʿa(for) seven
- سِنِينَsinīnayears
- دَأَبًۭاda-abanas usual
- فَمَاfamāand that which
- حَصَدتُّمْḥaṣadttumyou reap
- فَذَرُوهُfadharūhuso leave it
- فِىfīin
- سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓsunbulihiits ears
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little
- مِّمَّاmimmāfrom which
- تَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou (will) eat
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