Acceptance of duʿāʾ and why it don't seem to be answered immediately

that the Prophet ﷺ said, "There is no Muslim who calls upon Allah, without sin or cutting family ties, but that Allah will give him one of three answers: (1) He will quickly fulfill his supplication, (2) He will store it for him in the Hereafter, or (3) He will divert an evil from him similar to it.”

They said, “In that case we will ask for more.” The Prophet said, “Allah has even more.”  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: «مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَدْعُو بِدَعْوَةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا إِثْمٌ وَلَا قَطِيعَةُ رَحِمٍ إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ بِهَا إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: (١) إِمَّا أَنْ تُعَجَّلَ لَهُ دَعْوَتُهُ، (٢) وَإِمَّا أَنْيَدَّخِرَهَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ، (٣) وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ مِنَ السُّوءِ مِثْلَهَا۔»

قَالُوا إِذًا نُكْثِرُ، قَالَ: «اللهُ أَكْثَرُ۔»  

“There is not a Muslim upon the earth who calls upon Allah with any supplication, except that Allah grants it to him, or he turns away from him the like of it in evil; as long as he does not supplicate for something sinful, or the severing of the ties of kinship.” So a man from the people said: “What if we should increase (in it)” He ﷺ said: “(With) Allah is more.” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3573)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَدْعُو اللهَ بِدَعْوَةٍ إِلَّا آتَاهُ اللهُإِيَّاهَا أَوْ كَفَّ عَنْهُ مِنَ السُّوءِ مِثْلَهَا مَا لَمْ يَدْعُ بِإِثْمٍ أَوْ قَطِيعَةِ رَحِمٍ  

that the Prophet ﷺ said, "There is no Muslim who calls upon Allah, without sin or cutting family ties, but that Allah will give him one of three answers: (1) He will quickly fulfill his supplication, (2) He will store it for him in the Hereafter, or (3) He will divert an evil from him similar to it.”

They said, “In that case we will ask for more.” The Prophet said, “Allah has even more.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 11133)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَدْعُو اللَّهَ بِدَعْوَةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا مَأْثَمٌ وَلَا قَطِيعَةُ رَحِمٍ إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ إِمَّا أَنْ يَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ دَعْوَتَهُ أَوْ يَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ مِنَ السُّوءِ مِثْلَهَا أَوْ يَدَّخِرَ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ مِثْلَهَا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذًا نُكْثِرُ قَالَ «اللَّهُ أَكْثَرُ»  

"مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَدْعُو الله ﷻ بِدَعْوَةٍ لَيسَ فِيهَا إِثْمٌ وَلا قَطِيعَةُ رَحِمٍ إِلا أَعْطَاهُ الله بِهَا إِحْدَى ثَلاثٍ: إِمَّا أَنْ يُعَجِّلَ لَهُ دَعْوتَهُ، وَإمَّا أَنْ يَدَّخِرَهَا لَهُ في الآخِرَةِ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ مِن السُّوءِ مِثْلَهَا. قَالُوا: إِذَنْ نُكْثِرَ؟ قَال: الله أَكثَرُ وَأَطْيَبُ".  

"مَا عَلى الأرضِ مُسْلمٌ يَدْعُو الله بدَعْوَة إِلا آتَاهُ اللهُ إِيَّاهَا، أَو صَرفَ عَنْهُ مِنَ السَّوْءِ مثْلَهَا، مَا لَمْ يَدع بِمَأثَمٍ (*) أو قَطِيعَةِ رَحِم، مَا لَمْ يَعْجَلْ، قَالوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ! وَمَا اسْتِعْجَالُهُ؟ قَال: يَقُولُ: قَدْ دَعَوْتُ وَدعَوْتُ فَلَمْ يُسْتَجَبْ لِي، فَقَال رَجُلٌ: إِذَن يُكثِرُ. قَال: اللهُ أكَثَرُ".