Al-A'raf 7:55

<h2>Encouraging supplicating to Allah</h2><p>Allah commands His servants to supplicate to Him, for this will ensure their welfare in this life and the Hereafter. Allah said,</p><p>ادْعُواْ رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً</p><p>(Invoke your Lord Tadarru`an and Khufyah) meaning, in humbleness and humility. Allah said in a similar Ayah,</p><p>وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ</p><p>(And remember your Lord within yourself) 7:205 It is recorded in the Two Sahihs that Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari said, "The people raised their voices with supplications but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,</p><p>«أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ارْبَعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْعُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلَا غَائِبًا إِنَّ الَّذِي تَدْعُونَ سَمِيعٌ قَرِيب»</p><p>(O people! Take it easy on yourselves. Verily, you are not calling one who is deaf or absent, rather, the One you are calling is All-Hearer, Near (to His servants by His knowledge).) Ibn Jarir said that,</p><p>تَضَرُّعًا</p><p>(Tadarru`an), means obeying Him in humility and humbleness,</p><p>وَخُفْيَةً</p><p>(and Khufyah), with the humbleness in your hearts and certainty of His Oneness and Lordship not supplicating loudly to show off.</p><h2>Forbidding Aggression in Supplications</h2><p>It was reported that `Ata' Al-Khurasani narrated from Ibn `Abbas, who said about Allah's statement,</p><p>إِنَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ</p><p>(He likes not the aggressors) "In the Du`a' and otherwise." Abu Mijlaz commented on,</p><p>إِنَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ</p><p>(He likes not the aggressors), "Such (aggression) as …

(O mankind!) Call upon your Lord humbly and in secret. Lo! He loveth not aggressors.

Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah loveth not those who trespass beyond bounds.

Invoke your Lord with humility and in secret. He likes not the aggressors.

Call upon your Lord humbly and privately. He does not love the aggressors.