Surah 12 Yusuf — Ayah 101
۞ رَبِّ قَدْ ءَاتَيْتَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُلْكِ وَعَلَّمْتَنِى مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚ فَاطِرَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَنتَ وَلِىِّۦ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ ۖ تَوَفَّنِى مُسْلِمًۭا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
Со Кхиош-кхобуш волу сан Дела‚ Ахьа паччахьалла а делла суна‚ хилларш-хиндерш тида а Iамийна Ахьа со‚ стигланаш а‚ латта а кхоьллинарг – Хьо ву-кх сан доладийриг дуьненахь а‚ эхартахь а‚ Ахьа со валийталахь бусулба хьолехь‚ со тохалахь дикачарех!"
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
Word by word
- ۞ رَبِّ rabbi My Lord
- قَدْ qad indeed
- ءَاتَيْتَنِى ātaytanī you have given me
- مِنَ mina of
- ٱلْمُلْكِ l-mul'ki the sovereignty
- وَعَلَّمْتَنِى waʿallamtanī and taught me
- مِن min of
- تَأْوِيلِ tawīli the interpretation
- ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚ l-aḥādīthi of the events
- فَاطِرَ fāṭira Creator
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti (of) the heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضِ wal-arḍi and the earth
- أَنتَ anta You
- وَلِىِّۦ waliyyī (are) my Protector
- فِى fī in
- ٱلدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā the world
- وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ wal-ākhirati and the Hereafter
- تَوَفَّنِى tawaffanī Cause me to die
- مُسْلِمًۭا mus'liman (as) a Muslim
- وَأَلْحِقْنِى wa-alḥiq'nī and join me
- بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ bil-ṣāliḥīna with the righteous
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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.