Treasure House of Prayers — Page 100
PRAYERS 100 Prayer for Safety from Thunder and Wrath of God Hadrat ‘Abdull a h bin ‘Umar ra relates that whenever the Holy Prophet sa heard the thunder or lightening, he used to recite: ْ ْ اَﻟﻠّٰﻬُﻢ َّ ﻻ َ ﺗَﻘ َ ﺘُﻠ ُْ ﻨ ْ ﺎ ﺑِﻐَﻀَﺒِک َ و َ ﻻ َ ْ ﻠِک َ ﻨَﺎ ﺑِﻌَﺬَاﺑِک َ ،و َ 2َﺎﻓِﻨَﺎ ﻗَﺒ َ ﻞ ذَاﻟِک. 197 O All a h , do not cause us to die in Your wrath. Do not annihilate us with Your punishment and save us before this happens. Prayer for Safety from the Harm of Dust-storms Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra relates that whenever a storm would blow the Holy Prophet sa used to recite this prayer: ْ َْ اَﻟﻠّٰﻬُﻢ َّ اِىن ِّ اَﺳ َْ ﺎَﻟُک َ ﺧَري ْ ﻫَﺎ و َ ﺧَري َْﻣَﺎ ﻓِﻴ ْ ﻬَﺎ ،و َ ﺧَري ْﻣَﺎ اُر ﺳِﻠَﺖ ﺑªِ ْ ُ و َ اَﻋُﻮ ْ ذ ْﺑِکَ ﻣِﻦ ﻓِﻴ ﺷَﺮِّ ﻫَﺎوَ ﺷَﺮِّ ﻣَﺎ ،وَ ﺷَﺮِّ ﻣَﺎ ْ ﻬَﺎ اُرﺳِﻠَﺖ ﺑªِ. 198 O All a h , I seek Your blessing in whatever goodness is hidden or manifest in this storm and seek Your beneficence with which it has been sent. I seek refuge in You from its hidden or manifest harm and the evil with which it has been sent. Prayer for Safety in a Downpour Hadrat Anas bin M a lik ra relates that after the prayer of the Holy Prophet sa it rained continuously for one whole week. On Friday, on request from a petitioner, the Holy Prophet sa prayed in these words and the rain stopped immediately: ْ َ اَﻟﻠّٰﻬُﻢ َّ ﺣَﻮَاﻟَ[ ْ ﻨَﺎ وَﻻ [َ2َْﻠ ْﻨَﺎ ،اَﻟﻠّٰﻬُﻢ َّ 2َ_ َ اﻵ َ Lَﺎم ِ وَاﻟﻈِّﺮَاب ِ وَاﻻَْو ِ دِﻳَﺔ ِ و ﻣَﻨَﺎﺑِﺖِ اﻟﺸَّﺠَﺮ. 199