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TheMirza
Where do you draw the line between praying, asking, insisting with Allah for something, and drawing a line and just accepting Allahs decree, that its not meant to be?
Asalaamualaykum
Very interesting question : I came to the understanding that we have to accept the decree of Allah SWT even before making that dua, so i just make a simple dua by asking Allah SWT "Ya Allah, you give me what YOU know is best for me" . There is a reason i put the YOU in capitals and that is because when you emphasise this in your dua, you are actually reminding yourself and admitting and recognising many sifaath of Allah in one shot ie. that he is all knowing, all merciful, all wise, etc etc. The emphasis on YOU also is a submission that you recognised that irrespective of what you think is good for you, in reality your creator is the one that actually knows what is good for you or not.
This is only one angle to look at it from - another angle is that a person asks specifically and has the belief that Allah will meet that need, in either way you submitting belief in Allah that he is the ultimate provider - which is why i stated the first line in this answer.