Al A‘rāf

ادْعُواْ رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً إِنَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ

55. "Call on your Lord humbly and secretly verily He does not like the transgressors."

The Conditions of Supplication

Through clear reasons, the previous verse proved this fact that it is only Allah (S.w.T.) Who is deserved of being worshipped. Next to that, in this verse, the Qur'an instructs that supplication and calling to Him, which is the soul and essence of worship, should be performed before Allah. At first, it says:

This instruction in the verse, which says to call on the Lord 'secretly', is for that this action may be performed far from any dissimulation so that it becomes nearer to sincerity. It must be done with concentration of contemplation, and attention. And, at the end of the verse, it says:

This phrase has a vast meaning which includes any transgression, irrespective of shouting aloud when supplicating, or acting hypocritically, or inclining to other than Allah in supplication.