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

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Here we are,

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asking Allah for cure,

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but there's a better way of asking.

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I said, O Allah grant me cure.

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But the better way is: O Owner of

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cure,

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grant me cure. You shafi.

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Allahu mashfi antashafi.

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Oh Allah grant cure,

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you are the curer, you are the owner

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

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I'm acknowledging that Allah is the Owner, He

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is the 1. Oh Allah, Arazaq.

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Oh Allah, the Owner of sustenance grant me

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sustenance. It's a better way of supplicating.

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So I'm just trying to show you that

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

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a better way. This is not wrong, but

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this is better.

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Learn the names, attributes of Allah, the qualities.

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

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him forgiveness, oh owner of forgiveness.

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Grant me forgiveness.

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Ghafoor,

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Ghafar,

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Tawwab, all these are names connected to the

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forgiveness that Allah gives. Tawwab, the one who

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oft forgives all the time He accepts the

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repentance.

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Tawwab.

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Ghafar, one who forgives often,

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time and again, over and over again.

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Ghafar.

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So the names and qualities of Allah are

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very very important. When you want to ask

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for cure, you say you speak about a

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shafi, the curer.

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Okay?

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That's amazing.

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Similarly,

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if you take a look

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at the supplications that are made in the

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sunnah of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam or

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in the Quran, a lot of the times

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you will find beautiful names and qualities of

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Unfortunately today

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we don't know the names, and at times

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even if we know them, we don't use

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them. To know the qualities of Allah is

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one thing, but use those names.

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Use them. Oh Allah, you are most forgiving.

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Forgive me. Oh Allah, this is who you

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are. This is what you've

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promised. Oh, these are your qualities. You are

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the strongest. Grant me strength. Oh Allah, you

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are the protector, protect me. You are the

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giver, give me. And so on.