Prophet Yūsuf: Part 2 — The Storehouses and the King’s Cup
Section 7 of 29 · Lives of the Prophets
Seven Hard Years, Then Rain
ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ سَبْعٌ شِدَادٌ يَأْكُلْنَ مَا قَدَّمْتُمْ لَهُنَّ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تُحْصِنُونَ
“Then seven hard years shall come after that, which shall eat up what you have stored for them, except a little which you preserve (to sow).” (12:48)
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 what you have guarded and stored. After these seven years of abundance, seven difficult years will come in which you will have nothing, and in those seven years you will be eating from what you have stored. These are the seven lean cows eating the seven fat ones; and the seven green ears of corn you will use for the seven dry ones. So he gave them recommendations for how to do it.
ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ عَامٌ فِيهِ يُغَاثُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَفِيهِ يَعْصِرُونَ
“Then there shall come after that a year in which people will have rains and in which they will extract juices.”” (12:49)
And then he told them something that was not in the dream — and this was waḥy, revelation from Allah (swt): then, after that, will come a year in which people will have abundant rain, and in which they will press wine and oil. This was not in the dream, but he told them that after the seven difficult years Allah (swt) would send a great deal of rain upon them.