Day 331
He Always Responds
17 Jumada al-Thani 1448
الْمُجِيبُ
Al-Mujīb — The Responsive
وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ
And when My servants question thee concerning Me, then surely I am nigh. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me. So let them hear My call and let them trust in Me, in order that they may be led aright
Surah Al-Baqarah (2:186)
Intention
Today, I will make one du'a with the certainty that Al-Mujīb will respond — because He always has.
Reflection
Al-Mujīb integrated: after 331 days, you have proof. He responded — not always the way you expected, not always when you wanted, but He responded. Every du'a was heard. Every prayer was received. Some answers came as yes, some as not yet, some as I have something better. But every single one was answered by Al-Mujīb. Trust the evidence of your own life.
On this verse
I am near — qarīb. The most intimate verse about du'a in the Quran. No intermediary.
Du'a
رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
And when Abraham and Ishmael were raising the foundations of the House, (Abraham prayed): Our Lord! Accept from us (this duty). Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Hearer, the Knower
Surah Al-Baqarah (2:127)
Ibrāhīm's prayer — action paired with trust, effort paired with surrender.
Hadith
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'The du'a of any one of you is answered as long as he is not impatient.'
— Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6340, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2735