Al-Mujīb (ٱلْمُجِيبُ)

The Responsive One • The One Who Answers Those Who Call Upon Him


✨ ROOT MEANING

Arabic root: ج – و – ب (jīm • wāw • bāʼ)

WordMeaning
Ajāba (أجاب)To respond, to reply, to answer a call
Ijābah (إجابة)Answering, fulfillment of a request
Al-Mujīb (المُجِيب)The One who responds to every du‘ā, who hears even the unspoken, and who gives with wisdom, love, and closeness

Al-Mujīb is not just a listener — He is an Answerer.
He replies to your needs, pain, repentance, fear, and gratitude — even before you finish the sentence.


📖 QUR’ANIC VERSES


📌 Surah Hud 11:61

“Indeed, my Lord is Near and Responsive.”


📚 Tafsir (Ibn Kathir, Al-Baghawi)**

  • This is the statement of Prophet Ṣāliḥ ﷺ, comforting his people: “My Lord is not distant or deaf — He is Qareeb (near) and Mujīb (responsive).”
  • “Responsive” here means:
    • Allah answers those who turn to Him with sincerity, even if they’re imperfect.
    • He responds with what is best — not always what is asked, but what is most wise.

🪞 Tafhīm (Relatable Understanding)

  • You might think you’re too sinful to be heard.
  • But Al-Mujīb doesn’t wait for perfection — He waits for sincerity.

Your whispers matter. Your silent du‘a matters.
Even if no one else knows what you’re going through — He does, and He responds.


📌 Surah Al-Baqarah 2:186

“And when My servants ask you concerning Me — indeed, I am near. I respond to the call of the caller whenever they call upon Me.”


📚 Tafsir (Ibn Kathir, Al-Qurtubi)**

  • This is one of the most tender verses in the Qur’an.
  • Note: Allah does not say, “Say: I am near.” He says: “Indeed, I am near.”
  • He uses the present tense: “Ujību” — meaning He is constantly responding.

No filter. No delay. No barrier. If you call sincerely — He answers.


🪞 Tafhīm (Relatable Understanding)

  • This verse doesn’t say “I might respond” or “if you’re good enough.”

It says: whenever they call upon Me.

  • Even if you’re in sin, sorrow, relapse, confusion — just say “Yā Rabb” — and Al-Mujīb responds.

📜 HADITH NARRATION

📌 Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi 3479 (Hasan)

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) — the most prolific narrator of hadith and a close student of the Prophet ﷺ:

The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Call upon Allah while being certain that He will answer you. And know that Allah does not respond to a du‘ā from a heart that is heedless and distracted.”


📚 Tafsir (Ibn Rajab, Nawawi)**

  • This hadith teaches the inner condition of du‘a:
    • Certainty (yaqīn) is part of being answered.
    • A heart that just “recites” without presence is not truly calling.
  • Al-Mujīb responds to the one who calls with hope, trust, and real need.

🪞 Tafhīm (Relatable Understanding)

  • If you’re making du‘a mechanically, pause.

Bring your heart back in — then speak. Even two words from a sincere heart reach Al-Mujīb faster than a thousand words from a distracted one.

  • This isn’t about performance. It’s about presence.

🌍 EVIDENCE IN TODAY’S WORLD


1. Du‘a That Was Answered Years Later

  • You asked for something. Time passed. You forgot. Then one day — it arrives.

Al-Mujīb did not forget. He waited for the perfect moment.


2. Answered in a Better Form

  • You asked for a job. You were rejected. Then months later, a better door opened.

He did respond — not with what you wanted, but with what your soul needed more.


3. You Whisper, and Life Moves

  • You cried alone. You didn’t even say a formal du‘a — just a feeling, a plea. Then came peace, or help.

That was Al-Mujīb — responding before your du‘a had words.


4. He Prevented Something You Never Knew

  • You asked for success — and He saved you from the kind that would have ruined your akhirah.

His “No” was not rejection. It was a better Yes — to something higher.


❤️ EMOTIONAL ANCHORING

Al-Mujīb is not like people — who only respond when they feel like it.
He responds:

  • Without delay
  • Without judgment
  • Without forgetting

He is always listening — and always choosing the best reply.

Even the du‘a you don’t know how to say — He already hears the heart beneath it.


🤲 PERSONALIZED DU‘A

(Inspired by Qur’an 2:186, 11:61 and Hadith Tirmidhi 3479)
Not from the Prophet’s exact wording — but drawn from authentic meanings

Yā Mujīb,
You are the One who responds even before I know how to speak.
Hear the ache in my chest before the words reach my lips.
Answer me with what is best — even when I ask for what is lesser.
And let me never doubt that my du‘a lands with You, the One who never forgets.

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