12:47
(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.
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"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.
12:49
"Then will come after that (period) a year in which the people will have abundant water, and in which they will press
(wine and oil)."
12:50
So the king said: "Bring ye him unto me." But when the messenger came to him, (Joseph) said: "Go thou back to thy
lord, and ask him, 'What is the state of mind of the ladies who cut their hands'. For my Lord is certainly well aware of
their snare."
12:51
(The king) said (to the ladies): "What was your affair when ye did seek to seduce Joseph from his (true) self." The
ladies said: "Allah preserve us! no evil know we against him!" Said the 'Aziz's wife: "Now is the truth manifest (to all): it
was I who sought to seduce him from his (true) self: He is indeed of those who are (ever) true (and virtuous).
12:52
"This (say I), in order that He may know that I have never been false to him in his absence, and that Allah will never
guide the snare of the false ones.
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"Nor do I absolve my own self (of blame): the (human) soul is certainly prone to evil, unless my Lord do bestow His
Mercy: but surely my Lord is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful."
12:54
So the king said: "Bring him unto me; I will take him specially to serve about my own person." Therefore when he had
