What is the ruling on saying "may my Lord make it so" in supplication, due to the equalization it implies between the Creator and the created?
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Using the word "ja'al" (make/render) in supplication does not necessitate something forbidden, for the verb "ja'al" in Arabic can mean to begin or to initiate, as in our saying, "The man began to speak," meaning he started speaking. However, it is preferable to supplicate with words that do not carry any implication of what is unfitting for Allah the Almighty, and the best supplication is what has been narrated in the Qur'an and .
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