What is the ruling on using phrases such as "O Allah, send down upon (such and such a place) a thunderbolt from the sky that will be a feast for us, for our first and last, and a sign from You, and in the ball there is a lesson for you, O people of reform, so that you may return" in expression?
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Using Quranic phrases in speech is called اقتباس (quotation), and it is permissible under certain conditions. However, praying for a thunderbolt to strike the people of a certain place must have a legitimate justification, otherwise, it would be an aggression in supplication.
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