Remembrance 1 from Chapter 135
Allāhumma-sqinā ghaythan mughīthā, hanī’an marī‘ā, ghadaqan mujallilā, saḥḥan ‘āmmā, ṭabaqan dā’imā. Allāhumma ‘ala-ẓ-ẓirābi wa manabiti-sh-shajari wa buṭūni-l-awdiyah. Allāhumma innā nastaghfiruka innaka kunta Ghaffārā, fa-arsili-s-samā’a ‘alaynā midrārā. Allāhumma-sqina-l-ghaytha wa lā taj‘alnā min al-qāniṭīn. Allāhumma anbit lana-z-zar‘, wa adirra lana-ḍ-ḍar‘, wa-sqinā min barakāti-s-samā’, wa anbit lanā min barakāti-l-arḍ. Allāhumma-rfa‘ ‘annā-l-jahda wa-l-jū‘a wa-l-‘ury, wa-kshif ‘annā mina-l-balā’i mā lā yakshifuhu ghayruk.
IT IS MUSTAḤABB, [when asking for rain], to perform in abundance du‘ā’, dhikr, repentance, submission, humility and the well-known adhkār and supplications. Among these are: ‘O Allah, grant us comforting rain, nourishing, wholesome, fertile and fruitful, flowing copiously, spreading over the land, pouring heavily, wide-ranging and long-lasting. O Allah, send it down on hillocks, the roots of trees, and the floors of valleys. O Allah, we ask You for forgiveness; You are the Most Forgiving. Pour down the rain on us in abundance. O Allah, grant us rain and do not make us despondent. O Allah, make crops grow for us, make the cows’ udders flow for us, give us to drink from the blessings of the sky, and make the blessings of the earth grow for us. O Allah, remove from us fatigue, hunger and nakedness. Remove from us the calamities that none but You can remove.’ It is mustaḥabb, if there is a pious person in the community, that the people pray for rain through his intercession, saying: Allah, we ask You for rain and we ask for intercession on the part of Your servant So-and-so.