The Holy Quran 40:60 — Surah Ghafir

Arabic text

وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ٱدْعُونِىٓ أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ

Translation

Your Rabb says, "Supplicate (make du'aa) to Me, I shall respond (in a manner that is most beneficial for you). Verily, those who are too proud to worship Me shall soon enter Jahannam in (great) humiliation."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, worship Me alone, for I will reward it, and ask of Me alone, for your asking will not go in vain. Dua (supplication) is a condition of servitude: a condition of servitude is to ask of one’s Lord. Not asking is arrogance. And from this verse it became known that Allah hears the call of His servants.

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