Prayers for Rain

Supplications for Rain from the Prophetic Tradition

There are numerous supplications associated with rain that believers can recite while it is falling, seeking acceptance and response. Some of these prayers are documented in the Hadith, while others are common invocations. The following are several prayers noted in the Sunnah:

• “We have been blessed with rain by the grace and mercy of Allah.”
• “O Allah, send down beneficial rain.”
• “O Allah, water Your servants and animals, spread Your mercy, and revive Your lifeless land.”
• “Glory be to the One whose praise the thunder sings, and the angels fear Him.”
• “O Allah, let it rain around us and not on us; O Allah, let it fall on the hills, the plains, the valleys, and the places where trees grow.”
• “O Allah, I ask You for its good, the good that is in it, and the good with which it has been sent. I seek refuge in You from its evil, the evil that is in it, and the evil with which it has been sent.”
• “O Allah, provide us with relief, O Allah, provide us with relief, O Allah, provide us with relief.”

Diverse Supplications During Rain

Muslims are encouraged to pray for anything they desire when it rains. Here are additional supplications:

• “O Allah, I seek forgiveness for every sin that leads to regret, brings remorse, stifles sustenance, or averts prayers. Open for me the doors of Your mercy and grant me from sources I do not expect. Illuminate my path, forgive my sins, and fulfill for me what is good for me and what I wish for.”
• “O Allah, grant us rain that is a mercy, not rain that brings punishment, calamity, destruction, or drowning.”
• “O Allah, purify my heart, expand my chest, bring me happiness, accept my prayers and all my acts of obedience. Answer my supplications, relieve my burdens, forgive my sins, fix my condition, ease my sadness, honor my face, make the rivers of Paradise my reward, and grant me what I desire.”
• “O Allah, send us rain that is beneficial, refreshing, and useful, not harmful.”
• “O Allah, I am Your servant, waiting for a near joy that will soothe my heart and bring tears to my eyes; so give me glad tidings. I ask You for healing, grant me wellness; may Your mercy spare me, and grant me peace of mind and freedom from the Fire. O Lord, I ask You by Your might, grandeur, and majesty to make my last moments come while I am prostrating before You, with my heart trembling in fear of You. Cleanse me of all my sins, then take me unto Yourself.”
• “O Allah, I ask You, by Your might, greatness, and majesty, to fulfill my wishes and the wishes of those I love. Do not break my back; do not make my needs difficult; do not bring me challenges; do not bend my stature; make not my affliction in my faith, nor let this world be my greatest concern, nor expose to me a secret. If I have disobeyed You openly, forgive me; if I have disobeyed You privately, conceal me, and do not let my suffering be in my body.”
• “O Allah, make the Hereafter my greatest concern.”
• “O Allah, forgive us, have mercy on us, be pleased with us, pardon us, accept from us, absolve us, and decree that all humanity be among the inhabitants of Paradise. Be pleased with all of Your creation, have mercy on them, O Lord, shower us with Your mercy, make us among the people of Paradise, grant us victory, O Lord of the worlds, open for us a great victory, bless us with sincerity, strengthen Islam, honor Muslims, conceal us, protect us, and decree that this year be a year of opening, goodness, and blessings for us.”
• “O Allah, have mercy upon us and do not test us; provide us abundantly from Your blessings, O Lord of the worlds.”
• “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit, from a heart that does not humble itself, from a soul that is never satisfied, and from a prayer that is not answered.”
• “O Allah, I ask You for a pure life, a dignified death, and an afterlife that is not disgraceful or shameful.”
• “There is no deity but You, Glory be to You; I have indeed been one of the wrongdoers. O Allah, I ask You, for You alone is the praise, there is no deity but You, without partners. O Creator of the heavens and the earth, O Majestic and Generous, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, I ask You for Paradise, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire.”
• “O Allah, increase my wealth and my children, and bless me in what You have granted me. O Allah, I ask You, as You are the One, the Unique, the Eternal, who neither begets nor is born, and there is no one comparable to You, to forgive my sins, for You are indeed the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.”
• “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the loss of Your blessings, the change of health, and all forms of Your wrath.”
• “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from immoral behavior, wrongful actions, and whims. I seek refuge in You from a heart that does not humble itself, from prayers that go unheard, from a soul that does not satisfy, and from knowledge that does not benefit. I seek refuge in You from these four.”
• “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from a day of evil, a night of distress, an hour of misfortune, a malevolent companion, and a bad neighbor in my dwelling.”
• “O Allah, You are Allah; there is no deity but You. You are the Self-Sufficient, and we are the needy. Praise be to You for sending down the rain upon us. O Allah, make what You have sent a strength and a means of sustenance until the next time.”
• “O Allah, send down beneficial rain. O Allah, send down pleasant rain. O Allah, do not destroy us with Your wrath, nor annihilate us with Your punishment. Grant us tranquility before that.”
• “O Allah, make this rain a source of goodness and blessing.”
• “O Allah, do not destroy us with Your wrath, nor annihilate us with Your punishment. Grant us tranquility before that. Glory be to the One whose praise the thunder sings, and the angels fear Him.”
• “O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens, Lord of the earth, and Lord of the glorious Throne, our Lord and the Lord of all things, Splitter of seeds and fruits, and the One who sent down the Torah, the Gospel, and the Criterion. I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything within Your grasp. O Allah, You are the First, and there is nothing before You; You are the Last, and there is nothing after You; You are the Outward, and there is nothing above You; You are the Inward, and there is nothing beneath You. Discharge our debts and provide us with wealth.”
• “O Allah, we ask You by Your Most Great Name, which whenever invoked, You respond, and whenever asked, You provide. By all Your beautiful names, known and unknown to us, answer our supplications, fulfill our desires, fulfill our needs, relieve our distress, forgive our sins, conceal our flaws, and accept our repentance, grant us wellness, absolve us of our faults, and bless our families and descendants with goodness, prolong our lives, achieve for us a good ending, and have mercy on us with Your vast mercy.”
• “O Allah, I am Your servant, the son of Your servant, and the son of Your maid, my forelock is in Your hand. Your decree is already upon me, and Your judgment is just. I ask You by every name that You have named Yourself with, or revealed in Your Book, or taught any of Your creation, or kept secret within Yourself, to make the Quran the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the remedy for my grief, and the dispeller of my anxiety.”
• “O Allah, grant us the best in this world and the best in the Hereafter, and save us from the torment of the Fire. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from poverty, humiliation, and that I might oppress or be oppressed. O Turner of hearts, keep my heart steadfast upon Your religion.”
• “O Allah, grant me intelligence and alertness, and distance me from foolishness and deception. Grant me a share of every good that is sent down, by Your generosity, O Most Generous of the Generous.”
• “O Allah, strengthen me to carry out Your commands, enable me to taste the sweetness of Your remembrance, inspire me to express my gratitude with Your generosity, and keep me safe under Your protection and cover, O All-Seeing of the Seers.”
• “O Allah, grant me a share of Your vast mercy, lead me to clear guidance, guide my heart to Your comprehensive pleasure, through Your love, O Hope of the Longing.”
• “O Allah, make me among those who rely on You, among those whom you favor, and among those drawn nearer to You, through Your grace, O Ultimate Desire of the Seekers.”
• “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from incapacity, laziness, cowardice, senescence, and stinginess. I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave and from the trials of life and death. O Allah, guide me and grant me steadfastness; I ask You for guidance and uprightness.”
• “O Affectionate One, O Lord of the Mighty Throne, O Doer of what You will, I urge You by Your unassailable might, Your unmatched dominion, and Your light that fills all aspects of Your Throne, to spare me from whatever troubles me in this world and the Hereafter.”
• “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from incapacity, from laziness.”
• “O Allah, I ask You for what pleases You, and I seek refuge in You from what harms me. I ask for the success to obey You and not disobey You, O Generous One who answers the requests of the seekers.”
• “O Allah, Your mercy is what I hope for, so do not leave me to myself for the blink of an eye. Rectify all my affairs; there is no deity but You. O Allah, cleanse me from sins and mistakes. Purify me from them, just as a white garment is cleansed from dirt, and purify me with snow, ice, and cold water.”
• “O Allah, purify me from filth and impurities during this time.”
• “O Allah, I entrust my heart to You, that no one may occupy it besides You. I entrust You with ‘There is no deity but Allah’ so grant it to me at the time of my death. I entrust my soul to You, so let me not take a step except in Your pleasure, and I entrust You with everything You have granted me, so protect it from the harm of all Your creations. Forgive me, my parents, those I love, those who reside in my heart, and my siblings, O You who do not let deposits go to waste.”
• “O Allah, judge me with gentle reckoning. I ask You to perform good deeds and deter wrongful actions. Forgive me and have mercy on me, and if You intend to test a people, take me away not tested. I ask for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the love of every action that draws me closer to Your love.”
• “O Owner of the kingdom, You give kingship to whomever You will and take it away from whomever You will. You honor whomever You will and humble whomever You will. In Your hand is goodness; You have power over all things. You bring the night into the day and the day into the night; You bring the living out of the dead and the dead out of the living. You provide for whomever You will without reckoning. You are the Merciful in this world and the Hereafter; You bestow Your mercy upon whomever You will, and you withhold from whomever You will. Have mercy upon me, O All-Encompassing One.”
• “O Allah, guide me during this time towards righteous deeds, fulfill for me my needs and hopes. O You who does not need explanation or inquiry, O Knower of what lies in the hearts of all beings, bless Muhammad and his pure family.”
• “O Allah, open for me the gates of Your grace, shower me with Your blessings, inspire me to do what pleases You, and settle me among the bountiful gardens of Paradise, O Responder to the supplications of the distressed.”
• “O Allah, envelop me with Your mercy, grant me guidance and protection, purify my heart from the shadows of suspicion, O Merciful to Your believing servants.”
• “O Lord, assist me and do not assist against me; support me and do not support against me; devise for me and do not devise against me; guide me and ease the path of guidance for me; grant me victory over those who oppress me. O Lord, make me thankful to You, remembering You, in awe of You, obedient to You, humble, repentant, and turning back to You.