Surah Al-A'raf 7:55 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 55 / 206 · Page 157

ۚ ادْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ

Word by Word

ۚ
ادْعُوا
id'u
Call upon
رَبَّكُمْ
rabbakum
your Lord
تَضَرُّعًا
tadarru'an
humbly
وَخُفْيَةً
wakhuf'yatan
and privately
إِنَّهُ
innahu
Indeed He
لَا
la
(does) not
يُحِبُّ
yuhibbu
love
الْمُعْتَدِينَ
al-mu'tadina
the transgressors

Transliteration

Ud'oo Rabbakum tadarru'anw wa khufyah; innahoo laa yuhibbul mu'tadeen

Translation

Call upon your Lord in humility and privately; indeed, He does not like transgressors.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O believers, call on your Lord with complete humility, silently and in private, sincere in your prayer, not showing off, and not worshipping others along with Allah in your prayers. He does not love those who overstep the limits in their prayers; and one of the worst ways someone can do this is by invoking others besides Him, as the idolaters do.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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