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Juzʾ 8 Accommodates: Sūrah al-Anʿām – al-Aʿrāf (#6-7)
Al-Aʿrāf (7): 55-56
ٱدۡعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمۡ تَضَرُّعࣰا وَخُفۡیَةًۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا یُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُعۡتَدِینَ ٥٥ وَلَا تُفۡسِدُوا۟ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بَعۡدَ إِصۡلَـٰحِهَا وَٱدۡعُوهُ خَوۡفࣰا وَطَمَعًاۚ إِنَّ رَحۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِیبࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِینَ ٥٦
“Beg you Grasp humbly and privately. He doesn’t love transgressive folks. And don’t unfold evil on earth after it was already healthful. So beg Him (your Grasp) balancing between worry and hope. Little doubt, the compassion of Allāh is near those that are wonderful.”
ٱدۡعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمۡ
Make duʿāʾ to your Rabb. Duʿāʾ is prayer and supplication. It actually means to name or invite. So go name, and ask, and beg your Rabb! Allāh is our Rabb. A Rabb is:
Proprietor (Mālik)
We belong to Him. We’re His property.
Authority (Sayyid)
He can do no matter He desires to us and with us.
Upbringer (Murabbī)
He teaches us good issues. We knew the right way to breathe, the right way to drink milk, the right way to open our eyes – though we had been by no means “taught” these items. And He offered me with every little thing I wanted.
He instills goodness and religion into our hearts.
Maintainer (Qayyim)
It’s not simply me that He taught and offered for. However He arrange your complete universe. I would like meals and water, however that requires a whole planet and photo voltaic system, all of which He maintains.
Reward Giver (Munʿim)
Every little thing He offers me is a present. I don’t deserve something. Not my eyes, not my pores and skin, not a single hair on my physique. But He ever so graciously gave it to me.
تَضَرُّعࣰا وَخُفۡیَةً
Beg Him if you are (a) humble and (b) in a non-public setting. Acknowledge that you’re weak, helpless, and incapable; it is just Allāh that’s robust, useful, and succesful. And while you beg Him, it doesn’t should be a public present on the high of your lungs. Typically we make duʿāʾ aloud in public, like in qunūt (the particular duʿāʾ in Witr or Fajr). However more often than not it must be a non-public intimate dialog between you and Allāh. Nobody else must know what you stated, the way you stated it, while you stated it, or the place you stated it. Allāh is aware of, and that’s all that issues.
إِنَّهُۥ لَا یُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُعۡتَدِینَ
Allāh doesn’t love individuals who transgress boundaries. If Allāh has arrange guidelines and bounds, don’t violate these guidelines. Allāh not loving somebody might be understood to imply that He hates them. Transgression happens in some ways: being disobedient, however on this context of duʿāʾ, it could additionally imply going overboard in what you ask.
For instance, nobody ought to ask to be a prophet – that’s transgressing the bounds set by Allāh. Nobody else will ever be a prophet. Nobody ought to ask to alter their gender or their race; these are issues already set by Allāh and don’t have any bearing on one’s relationship with Allāh. Nobody must be overly particular both, saying, “O Allāh, I need to be married to so-and-so however provided that it’s on Friday October eleventh at 4pm at IOK.” We are able to ask and we must always ask. However we shouldn’t dictate the response of Allāh.
وَلَا تُفۡسِدُوا۟ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بَعۡدَ إِصۡلَـٰحِهَا
Not solely ought to we not be transgressive, however we shouldn’t unfold evil and hurt (fasād) on earth. Particularly because it’s already a wholesome healthful place. This could additionally manifest in just a few methods. There are already believers who do good (which is nice, ṣalāḥ)- don’t cease them from doing good, not to mention cease them from believing (which is unhealthy – fasād). We are able to additionally perceive it in a extra literal means: Allāh has made this earth in an ideal nicely balanced means, so don’t go destroying the earth. The earth, the air, the dust, the water, the animals – these are all issues Allāh has entrusted to us (amānāt), so don’t violate the reality. Keep the wholesome operate of every little thing on earth.
وَٱدۡعُوهُ خَوۡفࣰا وَطَمَعًا
Beg Him, ask Him! And be balanced in your worry (khawf) and hope (ṭamaʿ). When making duʿāʾ, one must be afraid of sins and Hell. Be anxious in regards to the penalties of your sins, and ask Allāh to forgive you and prevent from punishment. We must always by no means really feel secure from punishment. But additionally have hope. Have hope in your good deeds being accepted and coming into Jannah. So ask Allāh for acceptance, for continued steerage, and for Jannah. However that is hope, not a assure. We must always by no means really feel we’re going to Jannah (Heaven) for positive.
إِنَّ رَحۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِیبࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِینَ
Little doubt the Raḥmah (care, compassion, gentleness, kindness) of Allāh is near the people who find themselves wonderful (muḥsinīn). All of us need Allāh’s Raḥmah. So observe the above, and excel in your good phrases and attempt to be somebody that goes above and past. Thus we will develop into a muḥsin – somebody that excels and goes above and past. And when Allāh’s Raḥmah is near us, we perceive that we are going to obtain it, and be showered in it.
O Allāh! Assist us make duʿāʾ to you in the easiest way! Reply to our duʿāʾ! And envelop us in your Raḥmah.