وَلَا
تُفۡسِدُواْ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
بَعۡدَ
إِصۡلَٰحِهَا
وَٱدۡعُوهُ
خَوۡفٗا
وَطَمَعًاۚ
إِنَّ
رَحۡمَتَ
ٱللَّهِ
قَرِيبٞ
مِّنَ
ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ
٥٦
Work not confusion in the earth after the fair ordering (thereof). and call on Him in fear and hope. Lo! the mercy of Allah is nigh unto the good.
— M. Pickthall
Wala tufsidoo fee al-ardibaAAda islahiha wadAAoohu khawfan watamaAAaninna rahmata Allahi qareebun mina almuhsineen
— Transliteration
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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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