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46. "O Joseph!" (he said) "O man of truth! Expound to us (the dream) of seven fat kine
whom seven lean ones devour, and of seven green ears of corn and (seven) others
withered: that I may return to the people, and that they may understand."
47. Qala tazraAAoona sabAAa sineena daaban fama hasadtum fatharoohu fee sunbulihi
illa qaleelan mimma ta/kuloon
a
47. (Joseph) said: "For seven years shall ye diligently sow as is your wont: and the
harvests that ye reap, ye shall leave them in the ear,- except a little, of which ye shall eat.
48. Thumma ya/tee min baAAdi thalika sabAAun shidadun ya/kulna ma qaddamtum
lahunna illa qaleelan mimma tuhsinoon
a
48. "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.
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