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I was advised by an honourable person to chant the following:
Ya Allahu, Ya Rahmanu, Ya Rahim, Ya Rahmatallil Alamin, Ya Shafiul Mudhnibin.
But I want to verify its meaning first. First four phrases are familiar to me, but not the fifth.
What does shafiul mudhnibin mean? Can it be an attribute of or honourable address for Allah? If yes can you also show me how it is written in Arabic?
Due to the limitations of transliteration it's hard to tell exactly, but you're presumably asking about the Arabic phrase شفيع المذنبين (Shafi'u-l-Mudhnabin), which literally means the Intercessor of Sinners, as in someone who acts on the behalf of sinners (e.g. to defend them against the final judgement).
Shafi'u-l-Mudhnabin is a phrase that is sometimes used in reference to the prophet Muhammad, but I've never heard it used as an attribute of Allah Almighty, nor does it really make sense as such an attribute: It implies that He is going to intercede between the sinners and someone, but since Allah Himself would be the one who is actually judging the sinners, that means He'd be interceding between the sinners and Himself.
This is a more correct transliteration of what you mean:
Ya Allahu يا الله,
Ya Rahmanu يا رَحْمَنُ or يا رَحْمَان,
Ya Rahim يا رَحِيمُ,
Ya Rahmatan يا رَحْمَةً lil-'Alamin لِلْعَالَمٍينَ,
Ya Shafi'a يا شَفِيعَ l-Mudhnibin المُذْنِبِينَ.
So the word Shafia can be found in the quran where it is translated as intercessor or mediate.
Al-Mudhnibin or Mudhnibon is a plural of Mudhnib المُذْنِبُ which is the person who committed a sin ذَنْبٌ see for example in the quran (40:3, 81:9 ...).
So the meaning would be "Oh intercessor of the sinners".
Due to the meaning شَفِيعٌ Shafi'a can't be a name of Allah, but could be used to reference the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).
Also Rahmatan lil 'Alamin refers mostly to our Messenger (Peace be upon him) because of the verse of surat al-Anbiya' (21:107).
On the other hand usually when referring to Allah one does say: Ya ghafir a-dhanb (as in surat ghafir (40:3)) or ya Ghafuru (يا غَفُورُ) ya Rahim (which are both names of Allah). And this is the most correct dua'.
I hope this was helpful.
And Allah knows best!
The first three parts are correct to Addrees Allah using them.
The fourth may be used to Adress Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), for Allah you already mentioned, Ya Rahman, Ya Raheem so, these two comprise all meanings of mercy that belongs to Alllah subhanah wa tala, no other words can better describe his mercy, and that how Allah described himself in Surat Al-Fatiha, so the third part is not OK.
The fourth part seems to be a wrong spelling, it seems to be meant to be “shafiul mothnibeen ”, (شفيع المذنبيبن )and it means (Intercessor of the guilty), and that is supposed to be for prophet Mohammad, and even for Prophet Mohammad I do not see why to call him so, on the day of Judgement he will be the Intercessor for all people, and for believers too to enter Jannah so why shall someone limit that to the guilty, so the fourth part is not OK to address Allah with.
This is not a correct duaa, and there is nothing new in it except for mistakes, please remember no one is more honorable than prophet Mohammad, and no one knows Allah better than him, and no human will address Allah with better duaa than him, so focus on the treasures he left for us in Sunnah, and also what other messengers addressed Allah and mentioned in Quran, these are much more than you can count, use them.
(O Allah, our Lord! Give us that which is good in this life, that which is good in the Hereafter and save us from the torment of the Fire.)
'Anas narrated: "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) would often say: Ya Muqallibal-qulub, thabbit qalbi 'ala dinik('O Changer of the Hearts! Strengthen my heart upon Your Religion.)' (part of the hadith)
[At- Tirmidhi].
And many others....
