Yusuf Verse 48

Then after that will come seven years of great hardship which will consume whatever you have saved, except the little you will store ˹for seed˺.

Then after that will come seven years of hardship which will devour all what you had stored, except for a little that you may set aside.

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.

After that will come seven years of hardship which will consume all but a little of what you stored up for them;

Then thereafter will come seven hard years which will devour that which ye have laid up beforehand for them except a little which ye shall preserve.

"Then will come after that (period) seven dreadful (years), which will devour what ye shall have laid by in advance for them,- (all) except a little which ye shall have (specially) guarded.

Then there will follow seven years of great hardship in which you will eat up all you have stored earlier, except the little that you may set aside.

Then there will come seven years of hardship which will consume the grain you had laid up against them, except a little you may have stored away.

“Then after that will come seven hard years which will devour all that you had stored for them, except a little which you may save.”

Then after that there will come seven hard years which will eat up whatever you have set aside for them—all except a little which you preserve [for seed].

"Then will come after that seven hard years, which will consume what you have laid up for them, all but a little you should keep in store (to use as seed stock).

`Then there shall follow seven (years of famine) of great severity (and) these (years) shall consume all the stores you have laid by in advance for them except a little which you may have preserved.

Then comes from after that seven (years) strong (severe), they eat what you advanced (stored) for them, except little from what you preserve .

"Then after that will come seven hard years which will devour all that you had stored for them, except a little which you may save."

He said, "You shall sow for seven years, as is your wont; but what you reap, leave it in the ear, except a little whereof you eat.

"Then will come after that, seven hard (years), which will devour what you have laid by in advance for them, (all) except a little of that which you have guarded (stored).

He said: You shall sow for seven years as usual, then that which you reap, leave it in its ear, except a little which you eat.

Then there shall come after that seven years of hardship which shall eat away all that you have beforehand laid up in store for them, except a little of what you shall have preserved:

Then after that will come seven hard years which will devour all that ye have prepared for them, save a little of that which ye have stored.

After this will ensue seven years of famine in which all the grain that you have stored will be consumed except a small quantity.

Thereafter, seven hard years will come upon you, which will consume all but little of that which you have stored.

"Then will come after that, seven hard (years), which will devour what you have laid by in advance for them, (all) except a little of that which you have guarded (stored)."

Then there will follow seven years of great hardship which will consume all but a little of what you stored.

Then after that will come seven difficult ones, which will consume what you have stored for them, except for the little that you have preserved.

Then after that, in other words, after the seven fertile [years], there shall come seven hard, barren and unyielding, years -- the interpretation of the seven lean ones -- which shall devour what you set aside for them, of grain sown during the fertile years, in other words, you shall eat [all] this during these [seven hard years], all except a little which you have preserved, stored.

ثُمَّ يَأْتِي مِن بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ سَبْعٌ شِدَادٌ

and that (the harvest) which you reap you shall leave it in the ears, (all) except a little of it which you may eat. Then will come after that, seven hard (years),

He said, `Whatever you harvest during those seven fertile years, leave it in the ears so as to preserve it better. This will help the harvest stay healthy longer, except the amount that you need to eat, which should not be substantial. Stay away from extravagance, so that you use what remains of the harvest during the seven years of drought that will follow the seven fertile years.'

This was represented by the seven lean cows that eat the seven fat cows. During the seven years of drought, they will eat from the harvest they collected during the seven fertile years, as represented by the dry ears of corn in the dream. Yusuf told them that during these years, the remaining ears will not produce anything and whatever they try to plant, will not produce any harvest, so he said,

يَأْكُلْنَ مَا قَدَّمْتُمْ لَهُنَّ إِلاَّ قَلِيلً مِّمَّا تُحْصِنُونَ



which will devour what you have laid by in advance for them, (all) except a little of that which you have guarded (stored).

ثُمَّ يَأْتِي مِن بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ عَامٌ فِيهِ يُغَاثُ النَّاسُ وَفِيهِ يَعْصِرُونَ