The Responsive One • The One Who Answers Those Who Call Upon Him
✨ ROOT MEANING
Arabic root: ج – و – ب (jīm • wāw • bāʼ)
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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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