Yusuf’s request for a good ending
Quranic supplication excerpt · Yusuf · 12:101
Arabic with meaning.
فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَنْتَ وَلِيِّي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ تَوَفَّنِي مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ
Meaning in English
Creator of the heavens and earth, You are my Protector in this life and the Hereafter. Let me die submitting to You, and join me with the righteous.
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فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَنْتَ وَلِيِّي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ
Creator of the heavens and earth, You are my Protector in this life and the Hereafter.
تَوَفَّنِي مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ
Let me die submitting to You, and join me with the righteous.
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Fatira-s-samawati wa-l-ard, anta waliyyi fi-d-dunya wa-l-akhirah. Tawaffani musliman wa alhiqni bi-s-salihin.
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This is a request to remain in submission to Allah through one’s ending, not a request to hasten death.
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Quran · Yusuf · 12:101Full passage, context, and a named published translationIslamQA · Quranic supplications: general guidanceSupporting explanation from IslamQA; not a review of this entryLife With Allah · Quranic duasOrganisation reference and further readingThe displayed words are a supplication passage from the cited verses. Open the source for its full context. Halaqa’s wording, transliteration, and reflection require human review.
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