وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي
قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا
بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ (186)
186. And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad صلى
الله عليه وسلم) concerning Me, then (answer them), I am indeed
near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant
when he calls on Me (without any mediator or intercessor). So let them obey Me
and believe in Me, so that they may be led aright[1].
[1] (V. 2:186)
Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه : Allâh’s Messenger صلى
الله عليه وسلم said, “Allâh said,
‘I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a pious worshipper of
Mine. And the most beloved things with which My slave comes nearer to Me, is
what I have enjoined upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me
through performing Nawâfil till I love him. Then I become his sense of hearing
with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand
with which he grips, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will
give him, and if he asks My Protection (Refuge), I will protect him; (i.e give
him My Refuge), and I do not hesitate to do anything as I hesitate to take the
soul of the believer, for he hates death, and I hate to disappoint him.”(Sahîh Al-Bukhârî, Vol.8, Hadîth No. 509)
For Arabic please refer to https://quran.ksu.edu.sa/tafseer/katheer/sura2-aya186.html
For English translation of the Ayah (186) & Hadīth please refer to Translation of The Noble Qur’ān in the English Language by Dr. Muhammad Taqî-ud-Dîn al-Hilâlî and Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khân, Sûrah 2. Al-Baqarah Part 2 page.38. Published by King Fahd Complex For The Printing Of The Holy Qur'ân, Madinah K.S.A.
