M. H. Shakir, The Holy Quran; Arabic Text and English Translation; Foot-notes by M. H. Shakir (1974)

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

49. Then there will come after that a year in which people shall have rain and in which they shall press (grapes).

Section 7

50. And the king said: Bring him to me. So when the messenger came to him, he said: Go back to your lord and ask him, what is the case of the women who cut their hands; surely my Lord knows their guile.

51. He said: How was your affair when you sought Yusuf to yield himself (to you)? They said: Remote is Allah (from imperfection), we knew of no evil on his part. The chief’s wife said: Now has the truth become established I sought him to yield himself (to me), and he is most surely of the truthful ones.

52. This is that he might know that I have not been unfaithful to him in secret and that Allah does not guide the device of the unfaithful.

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M. H. Shakir, The Holy Quran; Arabic Text and English Translation; Foot-notes by M. H. Shakir, R. A. Juma, 1615 Pech Rd., Apt. 26C, Houston, Texas 77055. Presented by World Organization for Islamic Services (WOFIS), P.O. Box No. 2245, Tehran, Iran, 1974 Edition, Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 02 Dec. 2025: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/m-h-shakir/1974?page=405