ٱدۡعُواْ
رَبَّكُمۡ
تَضَرُّعٗا
وَخُفۡيَةًۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
لَا
يُحِبُّ
ٱلۡمُعۡتَدِينَ
٥٥
(O mankind!) Call upon your Lord humbly and in secret. Lo! He loveth not aggressors.
— M. Pickthall
Call upon your Lord in humility and privately; indeed, He does not like transgressors.1
— Saheeh International
Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah loveth not those who trespass beyond bounds.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Encouraging supplicating to Allah
Allah commands His servants to supplicate to Him, for this will ensure their welfare in this life and the Hereafter. Allah said,
ادْعُواْ رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً
(Invoke your Lord Tadarru`an and Khufyah) meaning, in humbleness and humility. Allah said in a simi
…Encouraging supplicating to Allah
Allah commands His servants to supplicate to Him, for this will ensure their welfare in this life and the Hereafter.
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