Which Surah and Juz is Quran 12:99 from?

This ayah is from Surah Yusuf (Joseph), the 12th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 13.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 12:99?

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan an-Nasa'i, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 12:99?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 12:99 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Prophet Yusuf, Allah, Divine Will, Social Cohesion, Blessings of Allah.

Ayah 98

قَالَ سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّىٓ ۖ إِنَّهُ...

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Q: What does Quran 12:99 mean?

Quran 12:99 (Surah Yusuf, Ayah 99) translates to: "And when they entered upon Joseph, he took his parents to himself and said, "Enter Egypt, Allah willing, safe [and secure].""

Ayah 100

وَرَفَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ وَخَرُّوا۟ لَه...

فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ ءَاوَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَبَوَيْهِ وَقَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ مِصْرَ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ءَامِنِينَ

Falammaa dakhaloo 'alaa Yoosufa aawaaa ilaihi abayaihi wa qaalad khuloo Misra inshaaa'al laahu aamineen

And when they entered upon Joseph, he took his parents to himself and said, "Enter Egypt, Allah willing, safe [and secure]."

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Lessons from past peoples

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72 ayahs in Yusuf are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

← Previous on Lessons from past peoples12:97They said, "O our father, ask for us forgiveness of our sins; indeed, we have been sinners."Next on Lessons from past peoples →12:100And he raised his parents upon the throne, and they bowed to him in prostration. And he said, "O my father, this is the explanation of my vision of before.

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And when they entered to Joseph in his tent he took his parents his father and his mother — or and his maternal aunt — into his arms and said to them ‘Enter into Egypt if God will in safety’ and they entered and Joseph sat down on his throne.

"I have come pledging to emigrate (Hijrah), and I have left my parents weeping." He said: "Go back to them, and make them smile as you made them weep."

Sahih Muslim #6077Sa'd b Abi Waqqqs said:Sahih

Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) gathered his parents for me on the Day of Uhud.

Sahih Muslim #6110Sahih

Abdullah b. Ja'far reported that when Allah's Messenger (may peace be, upon him) came back from a journey, the children of his family used to accord him welcome. It was in this way that once he came back from a journey and I went to him first of all. He mounted me before him. Then there came one of the two sons of Fatima and he mounted him behind him and this is how we three entered Medina riding on a beast.

Sunan Abu Dawud #2567Sahih

‘Abd Allah bin Ja’far said “When the Prophet (ﷺ) arrived after a journey, we were taken for his reception. Any of us who met him first he lifted him in front of him. As I was the first to meet him, he lifted me in front of him. Then Hasan or Hussain was brought to him and he set him behind him. We the entered Madeenah and we (were) riding so (three on one beast).”