Mufti Menk – What’s A Better Way To Ask Allah

			Here we are,
		

			asking Allah for cure,
		

			but there's a better way of asking.
		

			I said, O Allah grant me cure.
		

			But the better way is: O Owner of
		

			cure,
		

			grant me cure. You shafi.
		

			Allahu mashfi antashafi.
		

			Oh Allah grant cure,
		

			you are the curer, you are the owner
		

			of cure. That's a better way. Why? Because
		

			I'm acknowledging that Allah is the Owner, He
		

			is the 1. Oh Allah, Arazaq.
		

			Oh Allah, the Owner of sustenance grant me
		

			sustenance. It's a better way of supplicating.
		

			So I'm just trying to show you that
		

			there's a way of doing things, but there's
		

			a better way. This is not wrong, but
		

			this is better.
		

			Learn the names, attributes of Allah, the qualities.
		

			What is it you're asking Allah? I'm asking
		

			him forgiveness, oh owner of forgiveness.
		

			Grant me forgiveness.
		

			Ghafoor,
		

			Ghafar,
		

			Tawwab, all these are names connected to the
		

			forgiveness that Allah gives. Tawwab, the one who
		

			oft forgives all the time He accepts the
		

			repentance.
		

			Tawwab.
		

			Ghafar, one who forgives often,
		

			time and again, over and over again.
		

			Ghafar.
		

			So the names and qualities of Allah are
		

			very very important. When you want to ask
		

			for cure, you say you speak about a
		

			shafi, the curer.
		

			Okay?
		

			That's amazing.
		

			Similarly,
		

			if you take a look
		

			at the supplications that are made in the
		

			sunnah of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam or
		

			in the Quran, a lot of the times
		

			you will find beautiful names and qualities of
		

			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Unfortunately today
		

			we don't know the names, and at times
		

			even if we know them, we don't use
		

			them. To know the qualities of Allah is
		

			one thing, but use those names.
		

			Use them. Oh Allah, you are most forgiving.
		

			Forgive me. Oh Allah, this is who you
		

			are. This is what you've
		

			promised. Oh, these are your qualities. You are
		

			the strongest. Grant me strength. Oh Allah, you
		

			are the protector, protect me. You are the
		

			giver, give me. And so on.