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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Baqarah 2:186

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

And when My servants ask you, [O Muḥammad], 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.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وإذا سألك -أيها النبي- عبادي عني فقل لهم: إني قريب منهم، أُجيب دعوة الداعي إذا دعاني، فليطيعوني فيما أمرتهم به ونهيتهم عنه، وليؤمنوا بي، لعلهم يهتدون إلى مصالح دينهم ودنياهم. وفي هذه الآية إخبار منه سبحانه عن قربه من عباده، القرب اللائق بجلاله.

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