12. Do you know the great dua of the    Prophet Yusuf (AS)

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاتة 

بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِٱلرَّحِيمِ

"My Lord! You have indeed bestowed on me of the sovereignty, and taught me the interpretation of dreams; Creator of the heavens and earth, ‘You’ are my protector in this world and in the Hereafter. Cause me to die a Muslim and join me with the righteous.” [12:101].

His Lord the Exalted, honored Prophet Yusuf (AS) with Prophet hood and made him in- charge of King's granary. The brothers who intended to kill him, disposed him in a well. When they came to get the grains, he identified them and treated them well and requested them to bring his younger brother, next time when they come.

They brought him, and Yusuf (AS) made some arrangement to detain with him. When his parents and brothers were reunited, he raised his parents to the throne. And he said: “O my father! This is the interpretation of my dream aforetime! My Lord has made it come true! He was indeed good to me, when He took me out of the prison, and brought you (all here) out of the Bedouin-life, after Shaithan had sown enmity between me and my brothers. Certainly, my Lord is the Most Courteous and Kind unto whom He will. Truly He! Only He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. [12:100]

On this occasion he prayed to his Lord, the Exalted and Ever High. As His Creator has perfected His bounty on his life, he prayed to Him to die as a Muslim 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.

 

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