Call upon Me — I will respond
ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ
"Call upon Me — I will respond to you."
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.
What the classical scholars said.
Passages from our audiobook library that reference this verse, its theme, or its vocabulary.
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"supplication is the supplication on the day of Arafah and the best thing I and the prophets before me have said is"
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"sinful servile, and I call upon You with the supplication of the blind, afraid, the supplication"
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"He advised against hastening the response to supplication, saying that a person's supplication"
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"The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, The best supplication is the supplication"
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"As Allah Almighty said, Call upon me, I will respond to you. You call upon him, and he does"
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"from Abdullah ibn Amr, stating, The fastest supplication to be answered is a supplication"
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"I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon me, so let them respond"
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"and the hidden, and you have mercy and respond to the supplication of the distressed."
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"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."
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"It is recommended to have a large gathering for the blessing of many supplications and the presence of someone whose supplication is answered."
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"recalling his responding to any invitation even to a foot indicating he would also respond to a free person's invitation."
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"He explained the invalidity of worshiping idols that do not hear the supplication of their worshiper nor see his place"
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"will say, Then call as you wish, but the supplication of the unbelievers is only an error. Then they will"
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"This saying, And I have never been in my supplication to you, my Lord, unhappy, reflects his confidence"
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"The hadith on prayer as supplication and submission is recorded by al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasai, similarly"
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"The first is to choose noble times for supplication, such as the day of Arafah, the month of Ramadan,"
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"They spent the Friday night in prayer, remembrance, and supplication, then performed the Fajr prayer,"
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"But if it is accompanied by the heart's supplication to Allah Almighty, and its plea for forgiveness"
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