This Ramaḍān when you call out to Allāh, do so with the proper etiquettes. Some of these etiquettes are evident in the āyāt of the Qurʾān, specially in the supplications of the Prophets and Messengers.
(And when I am ill, it is He who cures me.) ash-Shuʿarāʾ:80
﴾And [mention] Ayūb, when he called to his Lord, “Indeed, adversity has touched me, and you are the Most Merciful of the merciful.”﴿ al-Anbiyāʾ:83
Notice the previous two āyāt, is there something that stands out to you?
We know that everything good and bad is from Allāh alone. Subḥāneh. This belief is a fundamental belief of our religion.
But if you are to reflect on the previous two āyāt, you will notice the refined mannerism of Ebrāhīm and Ayūb ʿalayhim as-salām in addressing their Lord.
Who decrees illnesses? Who decrees accidents and unpleasant events that happen? — la qaddar Allāh.
Allāh Subḥāneh.
Yet when Prophet Ebrāhīm makes duʿāʾ to Allāh, he does not say, when Allāh makes me ill. He attributes illness (a negative) to himself and the cure to Allāh.
Prophet Ayūb, in the same way, does not say, when Allāh has decreed adversity to touch me. Rather, he says, ❝When adversity has touched me❞
Another example of Prophetic Mannerism from the Qurʾān, Prophet of Allāh Khidr, ʿalayhis salām’s words, when explaining to Prophet Mūsā why he did what he did, he says,
﴾As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force.﴿ al-Kahaf:79
To whom does he attribute the intention of causing defect?
❝I intended to cause defect in it.❞
Though everything he did was a command of Allāh, as he explains an āyah later,
﴾And I did it not of my own accord.) al-Kahaf:82
This is an example of prophetic mannerism with Allāh at their finest.
Learn from them.
Sorry for the long, unannounced hiatus! I’ve been overwhelmed with studies and could not make the time to post.
Ramaḍān Mubārak, Taqabal Allāh minkum. =)
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