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Ghāfir 40:60

Call upon Me — I will respond

ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ

"Call upon Me — I will respond to you."

— Ghāfir 40:60

Context

The direct promise paired with a warning against those who are too proud to supplicate. The Prophet ﷺ said duʿāʾ is the essence of worship.

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  1. "supplication is the supplication on the day of Arafah and the best thing I and the prophets before me have said is"

  2. "sinful servile, and I call upon You with the supplication of the blind, afraid, the supplication"

  3. "He advised against hastening the response to supplication, saying that a person's supplication"

  4. "The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, The best supplication is the supplication"

  5. "As Allah Almighty said, Call upon me, I will respond to you. You call upon him, and he does"

  6. "from Abdullah ibn Amr, stating, The fastest supplication to be answered is a supplication"

  7. "I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon me, so let them respond"

  8. "and the hidden, and you have mercy and respond to the supplication of the distressed."

  9. "Scholars have noted that if one is in prayer and misses responding to the call to prayer, he can respond after finishing his prayer, even if the caller has stopped."

  10. "It is recommended to have a large gathering for the blessing of many supplications and the presence of someone whose supplication is answered."

  11. "recalling his responding to any invitation even to a foot indicating he would also respond to a free person's invitation."

  12. "He explained the invalidity of worshiping idols that do not hear the supplication of their worshiper nor see his place"

  13. "will say, Then call as you wish, but the supplication of the unbelievers is only an error. Then they will"

  14. "This saying, And I have never been in my supplication to you, my Lord, unhappy, reflects his confidence"

  15. "The hadith on prayer as supplication and submission is recorded by al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasai, similarly"

  16. "The first is to choose noble times for supplication, such as the day of Arafah, the month of Ramadan,"

  17. "They spent the Friday night in prayer, remembrance, and supplication, then performed the Fajr prayer,"

  18. "But if it is accompanied by the heart's supplication to Allah Almighty, and its plea for forgiveness"

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