prayer said during a wind storm

allahumma innee as-aluka khayraha wa-aaaoothu bika min sharriha.

‘o allah, i ask you for it’s goodness and i take refuge with you from it’s evil.’

allahumma innee as-aluka khayraha wakhayra ma feeha, wakhayra ma orsilat bih, wa-aaaoothu bika min sharriha, washarri ma feeha washarri ma orsilat bih.

‘o allah, i ask you for it’s goodness, the good within it, and the good it was sent with, and i take refuge with you from it’s evil, the evil within it, and from the evil it was sent with.’

 supplication upon hearing thunder

when aaabdullah ibn az-zubayr tused to hear thunder he would stop talking and say:

 subhanal-lathee yusabbihur-raaadu bihamdih, walmala-ikatu min kheefatih.

‘how perfect he is, (the one) whom the thunder declares his perfection with his praise, as do the angles out of fear of him.’

supplication for rain

allahummas-qina ghaythan mugheethan maree-an mureeaaan, nafiaaan, ghayra dar, aaajilan ghayra ajil.

‘o allah, send upon us helpful, wholesome and healthy rain, beneficial not harmful rain, now, not later.’

allahumma aghithna, allahumma aghithna, allahumma aghithna.

‘o allah, relieve us, o allah, relieve us, o allah, relieve us.’

allahummas-qi aaibadak, wabaha-imak, wanshur rahmatak, wa-ahyi baladakal-mayyit.

‘o allah, provide water for your servants and your cattle, spread out your mercy and resurrect your dead land.’

 supplication said when it rains

allahumma sayyiban nafiaaa.

‘o allah, may it be a beneficial rain cloud.’

 after rainfall

mutirna bifadlil-lahi warahmatih.

‘we have been given rain by the grace and mercy of allah.’

 asking for clear skies

allahumma hawalayna wala aaalayna, allahumma aaalal-akami waththirab, wabutoonil-awdiyah, wamanabitish-shajar.

‘o allah, let the rain fall around us and not upon us, o allah, (let it fall) on the pastures, hills, valleys and the roots of trees.’