Supplication Between Loud and Silent

Question

It has come in the Holy Qur’an: [ar]ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً[/ar] “Call upon your Lord humbly and privately” (Surah al-A‘raf, 7:55). What is meant by this? Kindly grant an answer concerning supplication (du‘a).

Answer

Among the etiquettes (adab) of supplication is that one supplicates in such a way that it is between silent and loud: neither entirely in the heart, nor so loud as to disturb others. [ar]وَمِنَ الْآدَابِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ بِخُشُوعٍ وَتَذَلُّلٍ وَخَفْضِ صَوْتٍ، أَيْ بِأَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَ الْمُخَافَتَةِ وَالْجَهْرِ، كَمَا فِي الْأَذْكَارِ عَنِ الْإِحْيَاءِ، لِيَكُونَ…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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