The Companions Ask Prophet ‎ﷺ About Allah

The Companions Ask the Prophet ﷺ About Allah

"O Muhammad ﷺ, if my slaves ask you about me" — he doesn't say قُلْ, he doesn't say tell them I am near. He just says I am near. He cut out, he removed the messenger from the equation.

To show you he really is close. It's a way of love for Allah to say:

"If my slaves, they are mine, they belong to me, they are my beloveds. When they ask you, O Muhammad ﷺ, about me — step aside, I am going to answer them myself."

إِنِّي قَرِيبٌ — I am near.

And then he adds to that: أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ — He used the word du'a three times. I respond to the caller when he calls. Whenever he calls, I am going to respond.

فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي — Why don't they also respond to me?

وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي — Why don't they also believe in me?

لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ — So that they may be rightly guided.