دُعَاؤُهُ فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ
19. His Supplication in Asking for Water during a Drought
Narrated by Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin
أَللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا الْغَيْثَ،
allāhumma usqinā al-ghaytha,
O Allah, grant us rain,
وَانْشُرْ عَلَيْنَا رَحْمَتَكَ بِغَيْثِكَ الْمُغْدِقِ
wa ansyur ‘alaynā raḥmataka bighaythika al-mughdiqi,
And spread over us Your mercy with abundant rain,
مِنَ السَّحَابِ الْمُنْسَاقِ لِنَبَاتِ أَرْضِكَ الْمُونِقِ فِي جَمِيعِ الآفَاقِ،
mina al-saḥābi al-munsāqi linabāti arḍika al-mūniqi fī jamī‘i al-āfāqi,
From the clouds driven to nourish Your earth in all horizons,
وَامْنُنْ عَلَى عِبَادِكَ بِإينَاعِ الثَّمَرَةِ،
wa amnun ‘alā ‘ibādika bi-inā‘i al-thamarati,
And bless Your servants with fruitful harvests,
وَأَحْيِ بِلاَدَكَ بِبُلُوغِ الزَّهَرَةِ.
wa aḥyi bilādaka bibu-lūghi al-zahrah,
And revive Your lands with flourishing blossoms.
وَأَشْهِدْ مَلائِكَتَكَ الْكِرَامَ السَّفَرَةَ
wa ash-hid malā’ikataka al-kirāma al-sufara,
And call Your noble angels as witnesses,
بِسَقْيٍ مِنْكَ نَافِعٍ دَائِمٍ غُزْرُهُ
bi-saqyin minka nāfi‘in dā’im ghuzruhu,
With beneficial, continuous rain from You,
واسِعٌ دِرَرُهُ وَابِلٌ سَرِيعٌ عَاجِلٌ
wāsi‘un diraruhū wābilun sarī‘un ‘ājil,
Its pearls widespread, a fast and swift downpour,
تُحْيِي بِهِ مَا قَدْ مَاتَ، وَتَرُدُّ بِهِ مَا قَدْ فَاتَ،
tuḥyī bihi mā qad māta, wa tarddu bihi mā qad fāta,
It revives what has died, restores what has passed,
وَتُخْرِجُ بِهِ مَا هُوَ آتٍ،
wa tukhriju bihi mā huwa ātin,
And brings forth what is coming,
وَتُوَسِّعُ بِهِ فِي الأَقْوَاتِ،
wa tuwassi‘u bihi fī al-aqwāti,
And increases the sustenance abundantly,
سَحَابًا مُتَرَاكِمًا هَنِيئًا مَرِيئًا طَبَقًا
saḥāban mutarākiman hanī’an marī’an ṭabaqan,
Clouds piled, pleasing and full, in layers,
مُجَلْجَلًا غَيْرَ مُلِثٍّ وَدِقُّهُ،
mujaljilan ghayra muliththin wa diqquh,
Thundering, not obscured, its drops,
وَلَا خُلَّابَ بَرْقُهُ.
wa lā khullāba barquh,
And its lightning is not destructive.
أَللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثًا مَغِيثًا مَرِيعًا مُمْرِعًا عَرِيْضًا،
allāhumma usqinā ghaythan maghīthan marī‘an mumri‘an ‘arīḍan,
O Allah, grant us rain that is life-giving, vast, and spreading,
وَاسِعًا غَزِيرًا تَرُدُّ بِهِ النَّهِيضَ وَتَجْبُرُ بِهِ الْمَهِيضَ.
wāsi‘an ghazīran tarddu bihi al-nahīdha wa tajburu bihi al-mahīdh,
Abundant and copious, restoring floods and replenishing the streams.
أَللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا سَقْيًا تُسِيلُ مِنْهُ الظِّرَابَ،
allāhumma usqinā saqyan tusīlu minhu al-ẓirāb,
O Allah, let it flow as a river of nourishment,
وَتَمْلَأُ مِنْهُ الْجِبَابَ،
wa tamla’u minhu al-jibāb,
Filling all reservoirs,
وَتُفَجِّرُ بِهِ الأَنْهَارَ،
wa tufajjiru bihi al-anhār,
And cause rivers to gush forth,
وَتُنْبِتُ بِهِ الأَشْجَارَ،
wa tunbītu bihi al-ashjār,
And grow trees,
وَتُرْخِصُ بِهِ الأَسْعَارَ فِي جَمِيعِ الأَمْصَارِ،
wa turkhisu bihi al-as‘āra fī jamī‘i al-amṣār,
And make goods affordable in all lands,
وَتَنْعَشُ بِهِ الْبَهَائِمَ وَالْخَلْقَ،
wa tun‘ishu bihi al-bahā’ima wa al-khalq,
And revive animals and all creatures,
وَتُكْمِلُ لَنَا بِهِ طَيِّبَاتِ الرِّزْقِ،
wa tukmilu lanā bihi ṭayyibāti al-rizq,
And complete for us the blessings of sustenance,
وَتُنْبِتُ لَنَا بِهِ الزَّرْعَ،
wa tunbitu lanā bihi al-zar‘a,
And cause our crops to grow,
وَتُدِرُّ بِهِ الضَّرْعَ،
wa tudirru bihi al-ḍar‘a,
And provide milk from livestock,
وَتَزِيدُنَا بِهِ قُوَّةً إِلَى قُوَّتِنَا.
wa tazīdunā bihi quwwatan ilā quwwatinā,
And increase our strength.
أَللَّهُمَّ لا تَجْعَلْ ظِلَّهُ عَلَيْنَا سَمُومًا
allāhumma lā taj‘al ẓillahu ‘alaynā sumūman,
O Allah, do not let its shade be harmful to us,
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ بَرْدَهُ عَلَيْنَا حُسُومًا،
wa lā taj‘al bardahu ‘alaynā ḥusūman,
And do not let its coldness be destructive to us,
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ صَوْبَهُ عَلَيْنَا رُجُومًا،
wa lā taj‘al ṣawbahu ‘alaynā rujūman,
And do not let its fall strike us,
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَاءَهُ عَلَيْنَا أُجَاجًا.
wa lā taj‘al mā’ahu ‘alaynā ujājā,
And do not let its water become brackish upon us.
أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد،
allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā muḥammad wa āli muḥammad,
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and his family,
وَارْزُقْنَا مِنْ بَرَكَاتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ،
wa urzuqnā min barakāti al-samāwāti wa al-arḍ,
And provide us from the blessings of the heavens and the earth,
إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ.
innaka ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr,
Indeed, You are capable of all things.
أَللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا الْغَيْثَ،
Allāhumma usqinā al-ghaytha,
O Allah, grant us rain,