# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 19: His Supplication in Asking for Water During a Drought

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Sahifa Sajjadiyya](https://duasonline.org/category/sahifa-sajjadiyya.md), [Seeking Needs](https://duasonline.org/category/seeking-needs.md)
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-19

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 19: asking for rain in drought. Transmitted through the chain given in the Sahifa's preface; standard printed editions.

## Source

Arabic text, translation and transliteration from [duas.org](https://www.duas.org/mobile/sahifasajjadia-dua19-asking-water-drought.html).

## Text

Each line gives the Arabic, then the transliteration in italics, then the English.

1. أَللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا الْغَيْثَ،\
   *Allāhumma usqinā al-ghaytha,*\
   O Allah, grant us rain,

2. وَانْشُرْ عَلَيْنَا رَحْمَتَكَ بِغَيْثِكَ الْمُغْدِقِ\
   *Wa ansyur ‘alaynā raḥmataka bighaythika al-mughdiqi,*\
   And spread over us Your mercy with abundant rain,

3. 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,

4. وَامْنُنْ عَلَى عِبَادِكَ بِإينَاعِ الثَّمَرَةِ،\
   *Wa amnun ‘alā ‘ibādika bi-inā‘i al-thamarati,*\
   And bless Your servants with fruitful harvests,

5. وَأَحْيِ بِلاَدَكَ بِبُلُوغِ الزَّهَرَةِ.\
   *Wa aḥyi bilādaka bibu-lūghi al-zahrah,*\
   And revive Your lands with flourishing blossoms.

6. وَأَشْهِدْ مَلائِكَتَكَ الْكِرَامَ السَّفَرَةَ\
   *Wa ash-hid malā’ikataka al-kirāma al-sufara,*\
   And call Your noble angels as witnesses,

7. بِسَقْيٍ مِنْكَ نَافِعٍ دَائِمٍ غُزْرُهُ\
   *Bi-saqyin minka nāfi‘in dā’im ghuzruhu,*\
   With beneficial, continuous rain from You,

8. واسِعٌ دِرَرُهُ وَابِلٌ سَرِيعٌ عَاجِلٌ\
   *Wāsi‘un diraruhū wābilun sarī‘un ‘ājil,*\
   Its pearls widespread, a fast and swift downpour,

9. 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,

10. وَتُخْرِجُ بِهِ مَا هُوَ آتٍ،\
   *Wa tukhriju bihi mā huwa ātin,*\
   And brings forth what is coming,

11. وَتُوَسِّعُ بِهِ فِي الأَقْوَاتِ،\
   *Wa tuwassi‘u bihi fī al-aqwāti,*\
   And increases the sustenance abundantly,

12. سَحَابًا مُتَرَاكِمًا هَنِيئًا مَرِيئًا طَبَقًا\
   *Saḥāban mutarākiman hanī’an marī’an ṭabaqan,*\
   Clouds piled, pleasing and full, in layers,

13. مُجَلْجَلًا غَيْرَ مُلِثٍّ وَدِقُّهُ،\
   *Mujaljilan ghayra muliththin wa diqquh,*\
   Thundering, not obscured, its drops,

14. وَلَا خُلَّابَ بَرْقُهُ.\
   *Wa lā khullāba barquh,*\
   And its lightning is not destructive.

15. 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,

16. 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.

17. أَللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا سَقْيًا تُسِيلُ مِنْهُ الظِّرَابَ،\
   *Allāhumma usqinā saqyan tusīlu minhu al-ẓirāb,*\
   O Allah, let it flow as a river of nourishment,

18. وَتَمْلَأُ مِنْهُ الْجِبَابَ،\
   *Wa tamla’u minhu al-jibāb,*\
   Filling all reservoirs,

19. وَتُفَجِّرُ بِهِ الأَنْهَارَ،\
   *Wa tufajjiru bihi al-anhār,*\
   And cause rivers to gush forth,

20. وَتُنْبِتُ بِهِ الأَشْجَارَ،\>\
   *Wa tunbītu bihi al-ashjār,*\
   And grow trees,

21. وَتُرْخِصُ بِهِ الأَسْعَارَ فِي جَمِيعِ الأَمْصَارِ،\
   *Wa turkhisu bihi al-as‘āra fī jamī‘i al-amṣār,*\
   And make goods affordable in all lands,

22. وَتَنْعَشُ بِهِ الْبَهَائِمَ وَالْخَلْقَ،\
   *Wa tun‘ishu bihi al-bahā’ima wa al-khalq,*\
   And revive animals and all creatures,

23. وَتُكْمِلُ لَنَا بِهِ طَيِّبَاتِ الرِّزْقِ،\
   *Wa tukmilu lanā bihi ṭayyibāti al-rizq,*\
   And complete for us the blessings of sustenance,

24. وَتُنْبِتُ لَنَا بِهِ الزَّرْعَ،\
   *Wa tunbitu lanā bihi al-zar‘a,*\
   And cause our crops to grow,

25. وَتُدِرُّ بِهِ الضَّرْعَ،\
   *Wa tudirru bihi al-ḍar‘a,*\
   And provide milk from livestock,

26. وَتَزِيدُنَا بِهِ قُوَّةً إِلَى قُوَّتِنَا.\
   *Wa tazīdunā bihi quwwatan ilā quwwatinā,*\
   And increase our strength.

27. أَللَّهُمَّ لا تَجْعَلْ ظِلَّهُ عَلَيْنَا سَمُومًا\
   *Allāhumma lā taj‘al ẓillahu ‘alaynā sumūman,*\
   O Allah, do not let its shade be harmful to us,

28. وَلَا تَجْعَلْ بَرْدَهُ عَلَيْنَا حُسُومًا،\
   *Wa lā taj‘al bardahu ‘alaynā ḥusūman,*\
   And do not let its coldness be destructive to us,

29. وَلَا تَجْعَلْ صَوْبَهُ عَلَيْنَا رُجُومًا،\
   *Wa lā taj‘al ṣawbahu ‘alaynā rujūman,*\
   And do not let its fall strike us,

30. وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَاءَهُ عَلَيْنَا أُجَاجًا.\
   *Wa lā taj‘al mā’ahu ‘alaynā ujājā,*\
   And do not let its water become brackish upon us.

31. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد،\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammad wa āli Muḥammad,*\
   O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and his family,

32. 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,

33. إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ.\
   *Innaka ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr,*\
   Indeed, You are capable of all things.

## Related

- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 13: His Supplication in Seeking Needs From God](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-13.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 21: When Something Made Him Sorrowful](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-21.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 22: His Supplication in Hardship, Effort, and Difficult Affairs](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-22.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 29: His Supplication When Provision Was Stinted](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-29.md)