Sahifa Sajjadiya 19: Asking for Rain in a Drought

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اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا الْغَيْثَ، وَانْشُرْ عَلَيْنَا رَحْمَتَكَ بِغَيْثِكَ الْمُغْدِقِ مِنَ السَّحَابِ الْمُنْسَاقِ لِنَبَاتِ اَرْضِكَ الْمُونِقِ فِي جَمِيعِ الْآفَاقِ

ALLAAHUMMAS QINAL GHAYTHA WANSHUR A'LAYNAA RAHMATAKA BIGHAYTHIKAL MUGHDIQI MINAS SAHAABIL MUNSAAQI LINABAATI ARDIKAL MOONIQI FEE JAMEE'IL AAFAAQ

O God, water us with rain, unfold upon us Thy mercy through Thy copious rain from the driven clouds, so that Thy goodly earth may grow on all horizons!

وَامْنُنْ عَلَى عِبَادِكَ بِاِينَاعِ الثَّمَرَةِ، وَاَحْيِ بِلَادَكَ بِبُلُوغِ الزَّهَرَةِ، وَاَشْهِدْ مَلَائِكَتَكَ الْكِرَامَ السَّفَرَةَ بِسَقْيٍ مِنْكَ نَافِعٍ، دَائِمٍ غُزْرُهٗ، وَاسِعٍ دِرَرُهٗ، وَابِلٍ سَرِيعٍ عَاجِلٍ

WAMNUN A'LAA I'BAADIKA BI-EENAA'ITH THAMARATI WA AHYI BILAADAKA BIBULOOGHIZ ZAHARATI WA ASH-HID MALAA'IKATAKAL KIRAAMAS SAFARATA BISAQYIN MINKA NAAFI'IN DAA'IMIN GHUZRUHOO WAASI'IN DIRARUHOO WAABILIN SAREE'IN A'AJIL

Show kindness to Thy servants through the ripening of the fruit, revive Thy land through the blossoming of the flowers, and let Thy angels - the noble scribes - be witness to a beneficial watering from Thee, lasting in its abundance, plenty in its flow, heavy, quick, soon,

تُحْيِي بِهٖ مَا قَدْ مَاتَ، وَتَرُدُّ بِهٖ مَا قَدْ فَاتَ وَتُخْرِجُ بِهٖ مَا هُوَ آتٍ، وَتُوَسِّعُ بِهٖ فِي الْاَقْوَاتِ، سَحَاباً مُتَرَاكِماً هَنِيئاً مَرِيئاً طَبَقاً مُجَلْجَلًا، غَيْرَ مُلِثٍّ وَدْقُهٗ، وَلَا خُلَّبٍ بَرْقُهُ

TUHYEE BIHEE MAA QAD MAATA WA TARUDDU BIHEE MAA QAD FAATA WA TUKHRIJU BIHEE MAA HUWA AATIN WA TUWASSI'U BIHEE FIL AQWAATI SAHAABAN MUTARAAKIMAN HANEE'AN MAREE'AN TABAQAN MUJALJALAN GHAYRA MULITHTHIN WADQUHOO WA LAA KHULLABIN BARQUH

through which Thou revivest what has vanished, bringest forth what is coming, and providest plentiful foods, through heaped up, wholesome, productive clouds, in reverberating layers, the rain's downpour not without cease, the lightning's flashes not without fruit!

اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثاً مُغِيثاً مَرِيعاً مُمْرِعاً عَرِيضاً وَاسِعاً غَزِيراً، تَرُدُّ بِهِ النَّهِيضَ، وَتَجْبُرُ بِهِ الْمَهِيضَ

ALLAAHUMMAS QINAA GHAYTHAN MUGHEETHAN MAREE'AN MUMRI'AN A'REEDAN WAASI'AN GHAZEERAN TARUDDU BIHIN NAHEEDA WA TAJBURU BIHIL MAHEED

O God, give us water through rain, helping, productive, fertilizing, widespread, plentiful, abundant, bringing back the risen, restoring the broken!

اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا سَقْياً تُسِيلُ مِنْهُ الظِّرَابَ، وَتَمْلَاُ مِنْهُ الْجِبَابَ، وَتُفَجِّرُ بِهِ الْاَنْهَارَ، وَتُنْبِتُ بِهِ الْاَشْجَارَ، وَتُرْخِصُ بِهِ الْاَسْعَارَ فِي جَمِيعِ الْاَمْصَارِ، وَتَنْعَشُ بِهِ الْبَهَائِمَ وَالْخَلْقَ، وَتُكْمِلُ لَنَا بِهٖ طَيِّبَاتِ الرِّزْقِ، وَتُنْبِتُ لَنَا بِهِ الزَّرْعَ وَتُدِرُّ بِهِ الضَّرْعَ وَتَزِيدُنَا بِهٖ قُوَّةً اِلَى قُوَّتِنَا

ALLAAHUMMAS QINAA SAQYAN TUSEELU MINHUZ ZIRAABA WA TAMLA'U MINHUL JIBAABA WA TUFAJJIRU BIHIL ANHAARA WA TUNBITU BIHIL ASHJAARA WA TURKHISU BIHIL AS'AARA FEE JAMEE'IL AMSAARI WA TAN'ASHU BIHIL BAHAA'IMA WAL KHALQA WA TUKMILU LANAA BIHEE TAYYIBAATIR RIZQI WA TUNBITU LANAA BIHIZ ZAR'A WA TUDIRRU BIHID DAR'A WA TAZEEDUNAA BIHEE QUWWATAN ILAA QUWWATINAA

O God, give us water with a watering through which Thou wilt make the stone hills pour, fill the cisterns, flood the rivers, make the trees grow, bring down prices in all the lands, invigorate the beasts and the creatures, perfect for us the agreeable things of provision, make grow for us the fields, let flow for us the teats, and add for us strength to our strength!

اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْ ظِلَّهٗ عَلَيْنَا سَمُوماً، وَلَا تَجْعَلْ بَرْدَهٗ عَلَيْنَا حُسُوماً، وَلَا تَجْعَلْ صَوْبَهٗ عَلَيْنَا رُجُوماً، وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَاءَهٗ عَلَيْنَا اُجَاجاً

ALLAAHUMMA LAA TAJ'AL ZILLAHOO A'LAYNAA SAMOOMAN WA LAA TAJ'AL BARDAHOO A'LAYNAA HUSOOMAN WA LAA TAJ'AL SAWBAHOO A'LAYNAA RUJOOMAN WA LAA TAJ'AL MAA'AHOO A'LAYNAA UJAAJAA

O God, make not the cloud's shadow over us a burning wind, allow not its coldness to be cutting, let not its pouring down upon us be a stoning, and make not its waters for us bitter!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَارْزُقْنَا مِنْ بَرَكَاتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ، اِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALI MUHAMMADIN WARZUQNAA MIN BARAKAATIS SAMAAWAATI WAL ARDI INNAKA A'LAA KULLI SHAY'IN QADEER

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and provide us with the blessings of the heavens and the earth! Thou art powerful over everything!