Another form of transgression in supplication is asking Allah for something which, in light of His wisdom—Glory be to Him—it is known He will not do. Examples include asking Him to grant one immortality until the Day of Resurrection; to free one from the inherent needs of human existence, such as food, drink, and air; to grant one access to His unseen knowledge, including that which He has reserved exclusively for Himself; to make one among those divinely protected from sin; or to grant one a child without a wife. Such requests and others like them constitute transgression, which Allah neither loves nor loves the one who commits it 1.

Another form of transgression in supplication is asking Allah for stations and ranks unfitting for the petitioner, such as the stations of the Prophets and Messengers, or asking to become an angel, or the like.

It is likewise a form of transgression in supplication to call upon Allah without humbly beseeching Him. Such a person supplicates as though he had no need of Allah and were presumptuously claiming merit before his Lord.

Another form of transgression is to worship Him in a manner He has not prescribed and to praise Him in terms with which He has neither praised Himself nor authorized.

Another form of transgression in supplication is to invoke curses, disgrace, and humiliation upon believers. Explaining the meaning of “the transgressors” in the aforementioned verse, one of the early Muslims said: “They are those who make impermissible supplications against believers, saying: ‘O Allah, disgrace them! O Allah, curse them!’” 2.

It is also reported that Saīd ibn Jubayr said concerning the meaning of the verse: “Do not invoke evil against a believing man