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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 186of 286

وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِى عَنِّى فَإِنِّى قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِى وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِى لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ﴿١٨٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
سَأَلَكَsa-alakaask you
عِبَادِىʿibādīMy servants
عَنِّىʿannīabout Me
فَإِنِّىfa-innīthen indeed I am
قَرِيبٌ ۖqarībunnear
أُجِيبُujībuI respond
دَعْوَةَdaʿwata(to the) invocation
ٱلدَّاعِl-dāʿi(of) the supplicant
إِذَاidhāwhen
دَعَانِ ۖdaʿānihe calls Me
فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟falyastajībūSo let them respond
لِىto Me
وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا۟walyu'minūand let them believe
بِىin Me
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
يَرْشُدُونَyarshudūna(be) led aright

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah hears the Servant's SupplicationImam Ahmad reported that Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari said, "We were in the company of Allah's Messenger ﷺ during a battle. Whenever we climbed a high place, went up a hill or went down a valley, we used to say, `Allah is the Most Great,' raising our voices.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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