Salam...
I feel strange suddenly I got inspired while I was calling Ya Allah and for whatever reason I felt like don't call like that... Trust me it happened within me..
So I researched...
The word Allahumma occurs 5 times in Quran... I don't agree with anyone who says this means O Allah... Simply no proof... If any Arabic speaking guys who says Allahumma is equal to O Allah pls bring me a similar phrase in your day to day language like O mothers O people using word + h/umma... But 'Ya' is used..
I don't see in entire Quran Ya Allah when I checked 2698 occurences of Allah in Quran... Not even Ya Rahman or Ya Raheem... But whole muslim world use these phrases for making dua ... But why and from where...?
All dua appear in Quran which were made by prophets messengers and any other person appear as RABBI or RABBANA ie My Lord or Our Lord etc.. It makes sense and higher respect... We don't see Allah literally..so why we call Him as if we see him literally with Ya Allah... On top of that Allah or Arrahman are joined with AL so puting Ya in front of AL the word Ya I don't see in Quran...
Allah can call Ya to anyone because He sees us... ya musa ya Ibrahim ya Naar... Etc.. But Allah is our Lord our King our Creator and Allah is one of His names and why without seeing Him calling Ya Allah... No way... Why can't we call Him as Rabbi - My Lord or RABBANA- Our Lord as all messnsgers addressed Him throughout the Quran.. Why strangely Ya Allah is missing any of the dua in entire Quran... That's a point to note.. Similarly Allahu Akbar.. Why this phrase is missing in entire Quran which gives the literal meaning for those who say Allahu Akbar as Allah is Great.. But it won't give that meaning as Allah is great..
Allah clearly says chapter 17:110 call Me ALLAH OR ARRAHMAN and many others names for Him.. So why not we call Him by His name alone as He commanded us to do.. Why add Ya in front of His name/s?
I checked all Rabb verses... Strangely all dua are based on Rabb. . Two occurences of Ya Rabbi Strangly they are not direct but Allah himself rephrase as They say or he say...
Note: if anyone knows equal words like Allahumma in your day to day word usage Pla submit.. That would help me... If Allahumma is O Allah.. Then for example Ihwanhumma should be O brothers or O people.. Do you really use like Humma at the end of a word to mean 'O'...
Allahumma is more respectable manner to call Him if we use His Name... Even in 5:114 Isa called ALLAHUMMA then immediately RABBANA.. So Allahumma is kind of Majesty... Not O
I end with verse 10:10 in janna believers way of calling /Dua God is SubhanaKA AllahUmma ..thats how they start... And their greeting word is mere Salam.. And their ending dua is Alhamdullah Rabb AL alamin... God teaches proper way... Can people of Janna go wrong? No way...
So no point of addressing Ya Allah which not taught by Allah at all... No poiny of calling Him Allah Akbar which has no literal meaning to the majesty of God..
If you are Arab call Him Rabbi or RABBANA.. If you are not Arab either call in Arabic or call Him My Lord or Our Lord.. Or simply Say Allah pr Arrahman..
