Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 48th verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph)

Sahih International: Then will come after that seven difficult [years] which will consume what you saved for them, except a little from which you will store.

Pickthall: 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.

Yusuf Ali: "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.

Shakir: 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:

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

Mohsin Khan: "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).

Arberry: 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.

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See Also

• Verse (12:48) Morphology - description of each Arabic word