The supplication (L-221)
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وَإِذا سَأَلَكَ عِبادي عَنّي
فَإِنّي قَريبٌ ۖ أُجيبُ دَعوَةَ الدّاعِ إِذا دَعانِ ۖ 186a. |
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186a. Wa ‘izaa
sa-‘alaka ‘ibaa-Dii ‘anNii fa-‘inNii Qariib. ‘Ujiibu da’-
watad-daa-‘i ‘izaa da-‘aani, |
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186a. And when My
servants ask you about Me, I Am near; I answer the call of the caller when he
calls on Me. |
‘Annii - (concerning Me, about Me), that is to say; they ask about My closeness and distance. Some religions have considered that God is at so much distance and height from us that reaching there, is entirely impossible. Islam rejected this false belief and described that God is extremely near to the human being.
‘Innii Qariibun - (surely I am near (near), it means that God is near to the mankind also in accord with His knowledge and acquaintance, as well as close to them for listening to their prayer and accepting too. In Holy Qur’an it is commanded at another place.Nahnu ‘Aqrabu ‘ilayhi min hablil wariid (We are closer to them (human beings) than their jugular vein).
It is the Soul of the religion that every individual must do cut off from every one and be just of only one God, pray for a boon from Him, raise hands for asking before Him, his life and death, his worship and sacrifice should be for Him only. For producing this soul, Allah Almighty taught; how to pray and commanded: I am not more away from the human beings. Moreover, when any individual calls Me with full sincerity leaving everything, I hear his supplication, answer him, accept his prayer, and fulfill his desire.
In the Saying (Hadith), it comes that during the last third part of the night, God comes to the nearest sky and proclaims, “Is there any suppliant, I accept whose prayer? Is there any beggar, to whom I bestow? Is there anyone asking for forgiveness to whom I forgive? Once Messenger of God (ﷺ) said: The prayer is worship. In another Hadith it has come that God is so much modest and kind that He does not wish to return anyone who prays with empty hands. But there is a condition for accepting the prayer that the heart shouldn’t be indolent and careless. It does not depend only in such last part of the night; God hears the call of every caller (the individual who prays earnestly) every time, at every place, on the condition that he should call sincerely and honestly.
In this verse, how God has filled strength and trust for the helpless human beings, hope for broken hearts, expectation for the sinners, support for the tired ones. If the mankind doesn’t ask from Him then from whom he should ask? But how much indolent and cruel is this mankind that he feels shame when praying unto Him and hesitates in spreading hands before Him.
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