Upon Hearing Thunder
(36) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِذَا نَظَرَ إِلَى السَّحَابِ وَ الْبَرْقِ وَ سَمِعَ صَوْتَ الرَّعْدِ
His Supplication when he Looked upon Clouds and Lightning and Heard the Sound of Thunder
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِكَ ، وَ هَذَيْنِ عَوْنَانِ مِنْ أَعْوَانِكَ ، يَبْتَدِرَانِ طَاعَتَكَ بِرَحْمَةٍ نَافِعَةٍ أَوْ نَقِمَةٍ ضَارَّةٍ ، فَلَا تُمْطِرْنَا بِهِمَا مَطَرَ السَّوْءِ ، وَ لَا تُلْبِسْنَا بِهِمَا لِبَاسَ الْبَلَاءِ .
O God, these are two of Thy signsand these are two of Thy helpers. They rush to obey Thee with beneficial mercyor injurious vengeance, so rain not down upon us from themthe evil rain1and clothe us not through themin the garment of affliction!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ أَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنَا نَفْعَ هَذِهِ السَّحَائِبِ وَ بَرَكَتَهَا ، وَ اصْرِفْ عَنَّا أَذَاهَا وَ مَضَرَّتَهَا ، وَ لَا تُصِبْنَا فِيهَا بِآفَةٍ ، وَ لَا تُرْسِلْ عَلَى مَعَايِشِنَا عَاهَةً .
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, send down upon us the benefit of these cloudsand their blessing, turn away from us their harm and their injury, strike us not through them with blight, and loose not upon our livelihoods any bane!
اللَّهُمَّ وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ بَعَثْتَهَا نَقِمَةً وَ أَرْسَلْتَهَا سَخْطَةً فَإِنَّا نَسْتَجِيرُكَ مِنْ غَضَبِكَ ، وَ نَبْتَهِلُ إِلَيْكَ فِي سُؤَالِ عَفْوِكَ ، فَمِلْ بِالْغَضَبِ إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ ، وَ أَدِرْ رَحَى نَقِمَتِكَ عَلَى الْمُلْحِدِينَ .
O God, if Thou hast incited them as vengeanceand loosed them in anger, we seek sanctuary with Thee from Thy wrathand implore Thee in asking Thy pardon! So incline with wrath toward the idolatersand set the millstone of Thy vengeanceturning upon the heretics!
اللَّهُمَّ أَذْهِبْ مَحْلَ بِلَادِنَا بِسُقْيَاكَ ، وَ أَخْرِجْ وَحَرَ صُدُورِنَا بِرِزْقِكَ ، وَ لَا تَشْغَلْنَا عَنْكَ بِغَيْرِكَ ، وَ لَا تَقْطَعْ عَنْ كَافَّتِنَا مَادَّةَ بِرِّكَ ، فَإِنَّ الْغَنِيَّ مَنْ أَغْنَيْتَ ، وَ إِنَّ السَّالِمَ مَنْ وَقَيْتَ
O God, take away the barrenness of our lands with Thy watering, dislodge the malice from our breasts with Thy providing, distract us not from Thee through other than Thee, and cut none of us off from the stuff of Thy goodness, for the rich is he to whom Thou hast given riches, and the safe he whom Thou hast protected!
مَا عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ دُونَكَ دِفَاعٌ ، وَ لَا بِأَحَدٍ عَنْ سَطْوَتِكَ امْتِنَاعٌ ، تَحْكُمُ بِمَا شِئْتَ عَلَى مَنْ شِئْتَ ، وَ تَقْضِي بِمَا أَرَدْتَ فِيمَنْ أَرَدْتَ
No one has any defense against Thee, nor any means to bar Thy penalty. Thou decidest what Thou wilt for whom Thou wiltand Thou decreest what Thou desirestfor any whom Thou desirest!
فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا وَقَيْتَنَا مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ ، وَ لَكَ الشُّكْرُ عَلَى مَا خَوَّلْتَنَا مِنَ النَّعْمَاءِ ، حَمْداً يُخَلِّفُ حَمْدَ الْحَامِدِينَ وَرَاءَهُ ، حَمْداً يَمْلَأُ أَرْضَهُ وَ سَمَاءَهُ
So to Thee belongs praise for protecting us from afflictionand to Thee belongs thanks for conferring upon us blessings, a praise which will leave behind the praise of the praisers, a praise which will fill the earth and the heaven!
إِنَّكَ الْمَنَّانُ بِجَسِيمِ الْمِنَنِ ، الْوَهَّابُ لِعَظِيمِ النِّعَمِ ، الْقَابِلُ يَسِيرَ الْحَمْدِ ، الشَّاكِرُ قَلِيلَ الشُّكْرِ ، الْمُحْسِنُ الْمُجْمِلُ ذُو الطَّوْلِ ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ، إِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ .
Surely Thou art the All-kind through immense kindnesses, the Giver of abounding favours, the Accepter of small praise, the Grateful for little gratitude, the Beneficent, the Benevolent, Possessor of graciousness! There is no god but Thou; un to Thee is the homecoming.