49 Preface ثُمَّ يَأتي مِن بَعدِ ذٰلِكَ عامٌ فيهِ يُغاثُ النّاسُ وَفيهِ يَعصِرونَAli Quli QaraiThen after that there will come a year wherein the people will be granted relief and provided with rains therein.1 The translation given here is in accordance with the reading yuʿṣarūn narrated from al-Imam al-Ṣādiq; see Majmaʿ al-Bayān and Tafsīr al-Qummī; see also Lisān al-ʿArab, under ʿaṣr. The same reading is attributed to al-Aʿraj and ʿĪsā al-Baṣrī (Muʿjam al-Qirāʾāt al-Qurʾāniyyah). However, in accordance with the reading yaʿṣirūn, the meaning will be ‘they will press [i.e. grapes or oil seeds, for juice and oil] therein.’