Surah 12:101
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۞رَبِّ قَدۡ ءَاتَيۡتَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُلۡكِ وَعَلَّمۡتَنِي مِن تَأۡوِيلِ ٱلۡأَحَادِيثِۚ فَاطِرَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَنتَ وَلِيِّۦ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۖ تَوَفَّنِي مُسۡلِمٗا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِي بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
My Lord, you have given me some of the kingdom, and taught me some of the interpretation of dreams. Creator of the heavens and the earth, You are my ally in this world and the Hereafter. Take me as one who has submitted, and join me with the righteous.’
out of the desert, for they lived a bedouin life and raised cattle, according to Ibn Jurayj and others. He also said that they used to live in the Arava, Ghur area of Palestine, Greater Syria. Yusuf said next,
{after Shaytan had sown enmity between me and my brothers. Certainly, my Lord is the Most Courteous and Kind unto whom He wills.}
for when Allah wills something, He brings forth its reasons and elements of existence, then wills it into existence and makes it easy to attain,
{Truly, He! Only He is the All-Knowing.} what benefits His servants,
{the All-Wise.} in His statements, actions, decrees, preordainment and what He chooses and wills.
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...