سُوْرَةُ يُوسُفَ

Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 47

Joseph · Meccan · Juz 12 · Page 241

قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبًا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمْ فَذَرُوهُ فِى سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ ﴿47﴾
[(Yûsuf (Joseph)] said: "For seven consecutive years, you shall sow as usual and that (the harvest) which you reap you shall leave it in the ears, (all) except a little of it which you may eat.
قَالَ qāla He said
تَزْرَعُونَ tazraʿūna You will sow
سَبْعَ sabʿa (for) seven
سِنِينَ sinīna years
دَأَبًۭا da-aban as usual
فَمَا famā and that which
حَصَدتُّمْ ḥaṣadttum you reap
فَذَرُوهُ fadharūhu so leave it
فِى in
سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ sunbulihi its ears
إِلَّا illā except
قَلِيلًۭا qalīlan a little
مِّمَّا mimmā from which
تَأْكُلُونَ takulūna you (will) eat

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.