(He said:) 'Joseph, the truthful, tell us of the seven fatted cows that were devoured by seven lean ones also of the seven green ears of corn and the other seven which were withered, so that I can go back to the people and then they will then know. ' (46)

He replied: 'You shall sow for seven years as is your way. Leave in the ear (of corn) you reap, except a little which you eat. (47)

Thereafter, seven hard years will come upon you, which will consume all but little of that which you have stored. (48)

Then, there will come a year in which people are helped, in which the people will press. ' (49)

The king said: 'Bring him before me. ' But when the king's envoy came to him, he said: 'Go back to your lord and ask him: "What about the women who cut their hands. Indeed, my Lord knows their guile. ' (50)

'What was your business, women, ' he asked, 'when you solicited Joseph? ' 'Allah save us! ' they replied. 'We know no evil against him. ' The Governor's wife said: 'The truth has been discovered at last; I solicited him; he is among the truthful. (51)

This (I have done) so that he will know I did not secretly betray him, and that Allah does not guide the guile of the treacherous. (52)

Yet I do not consider my soul was innocent, surely the soul incites to evil except to whom my Lord has mercy; indeed, my Lord is Forgiving, the Most Merciful. ' (53)

The king said: 'Bring him before me. I will assign him to myself. ' And when he had spoken with him he said: 'Today, you are firmly established in both our favor and trust. ' (54)

He (Joseph) said: 'Give me charge of the storehouses of the land, I am a knowledgeable guardian. ' (55)