he was praying and saying in his supplication: O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and I ask You for its delights and blessings and so on, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire and ils chains and fetters, and so on. Sa"d kept quiet, then when he had finished praying, Sa"d said to him: You have sought refuge from a great deal of evil and you have asked for a great deal of good-or he said: [Your supplication] was long winded; Shu"bah [one of the narrators was not certain. - The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “There will be people who will overstep the mark in du"a"." And he recited this verse: "Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah loves not those who trespass beyond bounds” [al-A"raf 7:55]. - Shu"bah (one of the narrators] said: I do not know whether the words “Call on your Lord with humility and in private” were spoken by Sa"d or by the Prophet (ﷺ)- And Sa"d said to him: Say: O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and the words and deeds that will bring me close to it, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire and the words and deeds that will bring me close to it,