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The Command to call upon Allah By His grace and kindness
وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ
And your Lord said: "Call upon Me, I will answer you. Verily, those who scorn My worship they will surely enter Hell in humiliation!
( Soorah Ghafir 40:60)
( Soorah Ghafir 40:60)
Allah encourages His servants to call upon Him, and He guarantees to respond.
Sufyan Ath-Thawri used to say:
"O You Who love most those who ask of You, and O You Who hate most those who do not ask of You, and there is no one like that apart from You, O Lord.''
This was recorded by Ibn Abi Hatim.
Similarly; the poet said:
"Allah hates not to be asked, and the son of Adam hates to be asked.''
Qatadah said that Ka`b Al-Ahbar said,
"This Ummah has been given three things which were not given to any nation before, only to Prophets.
(1) When Allah sent a Prophet, He said to him, `You are a witness over your nation.' But you have been made witnesses over mankind;
(2) It was said to the Prophets individually, `Allah has not laid upon you any hardship in religion,' but He said to this entire Ummah: (and﴿ Allah ﴾has not laid upon you in religion any hardship) (22:78) and
(3) It was said to the Prophets individually; `Call upon Me, I will answer you,' but it was said to this Ummah, (Call upon Me, I will answer you).''
This was recorded by Ibn Abi Hatim.
Imam Ahmad recorded that Al-Nu`man bin Bashir, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "The Messenger of Allah said:
(Indeed the supplication is the worship. )'' Then he recited,
(And your Lord said: "Call upon Me, I will answer you. Verily, those who scorn My worship they will surely enter Hell in humiliation!'').
This was also recorded by the Sunan compilers; At-Tirmdhi, An-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, and Ibn Abi Hatim and Ibn Jarir. At-Tirmidhi said, "Hasan Sahih.'' It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa'i, and Ibn Jarir with a different chain of narration. Allah's saying:
(Verily, those who scorn My worship) means, `those who are too proud to call on Me and single Me out,'
(they will surely enter Hell in humiliation!) means, in disgrace and insignificance. Imam Ahmad recorded from `Amr bin Shu`ayb from his father, from his grandfather that the Prophet said:
(The proud will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection like ants in the image of people, and everything will be stepping on them, humiliating them, until they enter a prison in Hell called Bulas. They will be fed flames of fire, and given for drink a paste of insanity dripping from the people the Fire.)''
Source: Tafseer Ibn Katheer, Dar-us-Salam English Publication
