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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 55of 206

ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًۭا وَخُفْيَةً ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ﴿٥٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Call upon your Lord in humility and privately; indeed, He does not like transgressors.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūCall upon
رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord
تَضَرُّعًۭاtaḍarruʿanhumbly
وَخُفْيَةً ۚwakhuf'yatanand privately
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
لَا(does) not
يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَl-muʿ'tadīnathe transgressors

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Encouraging supplicating to AllahAllah 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.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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