Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Call upon your Lord with humility and in secret”
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Question:
Perhaps we may begin this meeting, may Allah protect you, with what one of the brothers, Muhammad from Riyadh, sent regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted[Al-A'raf 7:55-56] He asks, may Allah bless you, in this question about this blessed verse and its fruits.
Answer:
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2] And may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. In this mentioned verse, Allah the Exalted commands us to call upon Him with humility and hope for Him to answer our supplication, with humility and in a low voice, meaning secretly.
Allah the Exalted hears supplication whether loud or secret, and He knows what is in the heart before a person speaks, and nothing is hidden from Him. However, supplication is worship, indeed it is the greatest of the types of worship as it came in the hadith. The Muslim is always, indeed all the servants are always in need of calling upon Allah the Exalted. Even the disbelievers, when they fall into hardship, they call upon Allah sincerely for His religion, knowing that none can remove hardships or relieve distress except Allah the Exalted.[Al-A'raf 7:55].
And "in a low voice" means keeping the supplication secret, because Allah the Exalted knows and hears the secret and what is more hidden; He knows the secret and what is more hidden, Glorified and Exalted is He.[Al-A'raf 7:55], those who transgress in supplication. As if one calls upon a person without right, so this is transgression in supplication, or one calls for something that is not fitting for him, calling upon Allah to give him something that is not fitting for him, meaning for the one making the supplication. Rather, he calls upon his Lord for his need and what is fitting for him, [Al-A'raf 7:55].
[Al-A'raf 7:56] corruption on earth through sins, the greatest of which is shirk (associating partners with Allah) after its correction by the Prophets and the calls of the Prophets, peace and blessings be upon them.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
Perhaps we may begin this meeting, may Allah protect you, with what one of the brothers, Muhammad from Riyadh, sent regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted
(55) Call upon your Lord in humility and privately; indeed, He does not like transgressors. (56) And cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. And invoke Him in fear and aspiration. Indeed, the mercy of Allah is near to the doers of good.
ادْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَاحِهَا وَادْعُوهُ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا إِنَّ رَحْمَتَ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ مِّنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَAnswer:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَAllah the Exalted hears supplication whether loud or secret, and He knows what is in the heart before a person speaks, and nothing is hidden from Him. However, supplication is worship, indeed it is the greatest of the types of worship as it came in the hadith. The Muslim is always, indeed all the servants are always in need of calling upon Allah the Exalted. Even the disbelievers, when they fall into hardship, they call upon Allah sincerely for His religion, knowing that none can remove hardships or relieve distress except Allah the Exalted.
Call upon your Lord in humility and privately
ادْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةًAnd "in a low voice" means keeping the supplication secret, because Allah the Exalted knows and hears the secret and what is more hidden; He knows the secret and what is more hidden, Glorified and Exalted is He.
indeed, He does not like transgressors.
إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَindeed, He does not like transgressors.
إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَAnd cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation
وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَاحِهَاThe presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء صالح بن فوزان الفوزان 04-03-1439هـ — youtube.com (0:59)
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