Al-Mujib (المجيب): Meaning of Allah’s Name

He, Exalted is He, is close to everybody, this closeness being of two types:

The general closeness which means His being close to everyone with respect to His Knowledge, Awareness, Seeing, Witnessing and Encompassing.

The specific closeness which is specific to His worshippers, those who ask of Him, and those who love Him. The reality of this type of closeness cannot be comprehended; all we can see is its resultant effects - His kindness to His servants, His care of them and His making them to be firm upon the Straight Path.

From the consequences of this closeness is His answering those who supplicate to Him and His granting them the ability to be penitent. He is the One Who answers, in a general sense, those who supplicate to Him whomsoever they may be and wherever they may be and whatever condition they may be in as He has promised them. He is the One Who answers, in a specific sense, those who love Him and those who imitate and follow His Sharee`ah. He is also the One Who answers the one in dire need and those who have given up all hope of being answered by the creation and therefore their connection to Him has been strengthened in terms of love, hope and fear.

"And when My slaves ask you concerning Me, I am indeed near to them. I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when He calls upon Me. So let them obey Me and believe in Me so that they may be led aright." (2:186)

"And to the Thamud We sent their brother Saalih saying: O my people! Worship Allaah besides whom there is no other deity. He brought you forth from the earth and settled you therein, then ask forgiveness of Him, and turn to Him in repentance. Certainly My Lord is Near, Responsive." (11:61)

God, the Exalted, said: “Certainly, my Lord is Near (to all by His Knowledge), Responsive”. (Hud: 61)

God, the Exalted, is the Answerer to the needs of the supplicants, and to His obedient worshippers, and His Answering has two types:

1- General Answer (Fulfillment): for whoever asks for It, wherever and however they are, as He promised them with true promise.

2- Special Answer : It is for those who obey Him, submissive to His Law, sincere in their supplication and worship, and those who lost their hope in people.

The Grandeur of Al-Mujeeb

His Answer is a grace and a favor, for It is not similar to man’s answer who becomes angry when asked, for God, the Exalted, becomes angry if He has not been asked. He is so Grand that He answers even the disbelievers if they become sincere in their supplication (to Him) during bad times.