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Surah Yusuf, Ayah 101 (12:101)

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۞ رَبِّ قَدْ ءَاتَيْتَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُلْكِ وَعَلَّمْتَنِى مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚ فَاطِرَ …

Quran 12:101 is ayah 101 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 247 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:101
۞ رَبِّقَدْءَاتَيْتَنِىمِنَٱلْمُلْكِوَعَلَّمْتَنِىمِنتَأْوِيلِٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚفَاطِرَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِأَنتَوَلِىِّۦفِىٱلدُّنْيَاوَٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ ۖتَوَفَّنِىمُسْلِمًاوَأَلْحِقْنِىبِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ١٠١
rabbi qad ātaytanī mina l-mul'ki waʿallamtanī min tawīli l-aḥādīthi fāṭira l-samāwāti wal-arḍi anta waliyyī fī l-dun'yā wal-ākhirati tawaffanī mus'liman wa-alḥiq'nī bil-ṣāliḥīna

My Lord, You have given me [something] of sovereignty and taught me of the interpretation of dreams. Creator of the heavens and earth, You are my protector in this world and the Hereafter. Cause me to die a Muslim and join me with the righteous."(101)

Word by word

  1. ۞ رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
  2. قَدْqadindeed
  3. ءَاتَيْتَنِىātaytanīyou have given me
  4. مِنَminaof
  5. ٱلْمُلْكِl-mul'kithe sovereignty
  6. وَعَلَّمْتَنِىwaʿallamtanīand taught me
  7. مِنminof
  8. تَأْوِيلِtawīlithe interpretation
  9. ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚl-aḥādīthiof the events
  10. فَاطِرَfāṭiraCreator
  11. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
  12. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
  13. أَنتَantaYou
  14. وَلِىِّۦwaliyyī(are) my Protector
  15. فِىfīin
  16. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
  17. وَٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ ۖwal-ākhiratiand the Hereafter
  18. تَوَفَّنِىtawaffanīCause me to die
  19. مُسْلِمًاmus'liman(as) a Muslim
  20. وَأَلْحِقْنِىwa-alḥiq'nīand join me
  21. بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَbil-ṣāliḥīnawith the righteous

Tafsir (commentary) of 12:101

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Yusuf begs Allah to die as A Muslim

This is the invocation of Yusuf, the truthful one, to his Lord the Exalted and Most Honored. He invoked Allah after His favor was complete on him by being reunited with his parents and brothers, after He had bestowed on him prophethood and kingship. He begged his Lord the Exalted and Ever High, that as He has perfected His bounty on him in this life, to continue it until the Hereafter. He begged Him that, when he dies, he dies as a Muslim, as Ad-Dahhak said, and to join him with the ranks of the righteous, with his brethren the Prophets and Messengers, may Allah's peace and blessings be on them all. It is possible that Yusuf, peace be upon him, said this supplication while dying. In the Two Sahihs it is recorded that `A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said that while dying, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was raising his finger and said - thrice,

«اللَّهُمَّ فِي الرَّفِيقِ الْأَعْلَى»

ثَلَاثًا (O Allah to Ar-Rafiq Al-A`la the uppermost, highest company in heaven.) It is also possible that long before he died, Yusuf begged Allah to die as a Muslim and be joined with the ranks of the righteous.

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