Two Conditions For The Supplication

 

Two Conditions For The Supplication (L-222)

فَليَستَجيبوا لي وَليُؤمِنوا بي لَعَلَّهُم يَرشُدونَ186b.

186b.  Fal- yastajiibuu  Lii  wal-yu’-minuu  Bii  la-‘allahum  yar-shuduun.

186b.  So let them answer Me, and have faith in Me, that they may be rightly guided.

 It was stated previously that God is extremely nigh to the human beings. He is Aware of the most of their circumstances. He is apprised their needs, knows their expedience, wishes their welfare and betterment, hears their call, accepts their supplication, and treats them with kindness and blessings. Now two conditions have been commanded by God for acceptance of the supplication:

Fal- yastajiibuu  Lii – (So let them hear My call, they should obey My Revelations), it also includes the meanings – to agree, to believe, to suppose, to confess, to accept. First condition of the supplication is that the suppliant should obey the commands, guidelines and manners instructed by God.

Wal-yu’-minuu  Bii – (and let them believe in Me), the words ‘iimaan (belief) and Mu’-min (believer) have been derived also from this word. It has already been explained about the word ‘Belief’ that is to say, to promise, to accept with the tongue, to believe in the heart and to devise for practice as the belief. It is the second condition for acceptance of the supplication. Besides these basic conditions, many other conditions have also been mentioned in Holy Qur’an and the Sayings of the Messenger (ﷺ), for instance; to pray for right and correct thing, to beg with faith and sincerity, lawful earnings, to take pure and lawful food, to be remained good etc.   

Sometimes our prayers are not accepted, then we should not become desperate and broken heart, and think that any command or decision of God is never without philosophy and expedience. However, it may be suspicion of defects and weaknesses in our supplication. It is also possible that the acceptance of supplication may be hurtful for us. So we should believe in betterment on the decision and philosophy of God.

Secondly, we should bear in mind that due to non acceptance of some supplications, it is not reasonable that praying is not useful. Because sometimes no medicine becomes useful in any disease, but the treatment is not left. So, there is no reason of giving up praying due to non acceptance. There would be certainly any reason in non acceptance. God knows our condition. He desires our betterment. So we should pray all the times also, again and again before Him, act upon His Guidelines, because it is the only Path of Success. https://youtu.be/dzvK7rMVryA