# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 36: When He Saw Clouds and Lightning and Heard the Thunder

- **Arabic title:** ددُعَاؤُهُ إذا نَظَرَ الى السَّحابِ و البَرقِ و عِنْدَ سَمَاعِ الرَّعْدِ
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Sahifa Sajjadiyya](https://duasonline.org/category/sahifa-sajjadiyya.md)
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-36

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 36: on seeing clouds, lightning and thunder. 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-dua36-lightning-thunder.html).

## Text

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

1. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ،\
   *allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa-ālihi*\
   O Allah, bless Muhammad and his family.

2. أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّ هذَيْن آيَتَانِ مِنْ آياتِكَ،\
   *Allāhumma inna hadhayni āyatāni min āyātika,*\
   O Allah! Indeed these two are among Your signs,

3. وَهذَين عَوْنَانِ مِنْ أَعْوَانِكَ\
   *Wahadhayni ‘awnāni min a‘wānika,*\
   And these two are among Your helpers,

4. يَبْتَدِرَانِ طَاعَتَكَ بِرَحْمَةٍ نَافِعَةٍ أَوْ نِقْمَةٍ ضَارَّةٍ،\
   *Yabtadirāni ṭā‘ataka biraḥmatin nāfi‘atin aw niqmatin ḍārratin,*\
   They hasten to obey You, bringing either helpful mercy or harmful punishment,

5. فَلاَ تُمْطِرْنَا بِهِمَا مَطَرَ السَّوْءِ،\
   *Falā tumṭirnā bihimā maṭara as-saw’i,*\
   So do not pour upon us their evil rain,

6. وَلا تُلْبِسْنَا بِهِمَا لِبَاسَ الْبَلاَءِ.\
   *Walā tulbisnā bihimā libāsa al-balā’,*\
   And do not clothe us with affliction through them.

7. صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ\
   *Ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālih,*\
   Send blessings upon Muhammad and his family,

8. وَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنَا نَفْعَ هَذِهِ السَّحَائِبِ وَبَرَكَتَهَا،\
   *Wa anzil ‘alaynā naf‘a hādhihi as-saḥā’ibi wa barakatahā,*\
   And send down upon us the benefit and blessing of these clouds,

9. وَاصْرِفْ عَنَّا أَذَاهَا وَمَضَرَّتَهَا،\
   *Waṣrif ‘annā adhāhā wa maḍarratahā,*\
   And turn away from us their harm and damage,

10. وَلا تُصِبْنَا فِيْهَا بآفَةٍ،\
   *Walā tuṣibnā fīhā bi’āfah,*\
   And do not strike us with calamity through them,

11. وَلا تُرْسِلْ عَلَى مَعَايِشِنَا عَاهَةً.\
   *Walā tursil ‘alā ma‘āyishinā ‘āhah,*\
   And do not send blight upon our livelihoods.

12. أللَّهُمَّ وَإنْ كُنْتَ بَعَثْتَهَا نِقْمَةً وَأَرْسَلْتَهَا سَخْطَةً\
   *Allāhumma wa in kunta ba‘athtahā niqmah wa arsaltahā sakhta,*\
   O Allah, if You have sent them as a punishment and anger,

13. فَإنَّا نَسْتَجِيْرُكَ مِنْ غَضَبِكَ،\
   *Fa innā nastajīruka min ghaḍabika,*\
   Then we seek refuge in You from Your anger,

14. وَنَبْتَهِلُ إلَيْكَ فِي سُؤَالِ عَفْوِكَ،\
   *Wa nabtahilu ilayka fī su’āli ‘afwika,*\
   And we implore You in asking for Your pardon,

15. فَمِلْ بِالْغَضَبِ إلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ،\
   *Famul bilghaḍabi ilā al-mushrikīn,*\
   So direct Your anger towards the polytheists,

16. وَأَدِرْ رَحَى نِقْمَتِكَ عَلَى الْمُلْحِدِينَ.\
   *Wa adir raḥā niqmatika ‘alā al-mulḥidīn,*\
   And turn the mill of Your punishment upon the disbelievers.

17. أللَّهُمَّ أَذْهِبْ مَحْلَ بِلادِنَا بِسُقْيَاكَ،\
   *Allāhumma adhhib maḥla bilādinā bisuqyāk,*\
   O Allah, remove the drought of our land with Your rain,

18. وَأَخْرِجْ وَحَرَ صُدُورِنَا بِرِزْقِكَ،\
   *Wa akhrij waḥara ṣudūrinā birizqik,*\
   And bring out the burning of our hearts with Your provision,

19. وَلاَ تَشْغَلْنَا عَنْكَ بِغَيْرِكَ،\
   *Walā tashghalnā ‘anka bighayrik,*\
   And do not distract us from You with anything else,

20. وَلاَ تَقْطَعْ عَنْ كَافَّتِنَا مَادَّةَ بِرِّكَ،\
   *Walā taqṭa‘ ‘an kāffatinā māddata birrik,*\
   And do not cut off from us the flow of Your goodness,

21. فَإنَّ الغَنِيَّ مَنْ أَغْنَيْتَ،\
   *Fa innal-ghaniyya man aghnayt,*\
   For the truly rich is the one whom You enrich,

22. وَإنَّ السَّالِمَ مَنْ وَقَيْتَ،\
   *Wa inna as-sālima man waqayt,*\
   And the safe one is the one You protect,

23. مَا عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ دُونَكَ دِفَاعٌ،\
   *Mā ‘inda aḥadin dūnaka difā‘,*\
   No one besides You has defense,

24. وَلاَ بِأَحَدٍ عَنْ سَطْوَتِكَ امْتِنَاعٌ،\
   *Walā bi’aḥadin ‘an saṭwatika imtinā‘,*\
   And no one can resist Your might,

25. تَحْكُمُ بِمَا شِئْتَ عَلَى مَنْ شِئْتَ،\
   *Taḥkumu bimā shi’ta ‘alā man shi’ta,*\
   You judge as You will over whom You will,

26. وَتَقْضِي بِمَا أَرَدْتَ فِيمَنْ أَرَدْتَ.\
   *Wataqḍī bimā aradta fī man aradta,*\
   And You decree as You wish upon whom You wish.

27. فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا وَقَيْتَنَا مِنَ الْبَلاءِ،\
   *Falaka al-ḥamdu ‘alā mā waqaytanā minal-balā’,*\
   So praise is Yours for protecting us from affliction,

28. وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ عَلَى مَا خَوَّلْتَنَا مِنَ النِّعْمَاءِ\
   *Walaka ash-shukru ‘alā mā khawwaltanā minan-ni‘mā’,*\
   And thanks are Yours for what You granted us of blessings,

29. حَمْداً يُخَلِّفُ حَمْدَ الْحَامِدِينَ وَرَاءَهُ،\
   *Ḥamdan yukhallifu ḥamda al-ḥāmidīna warā’ahu,*\
   A praise that surpasses the praise of those who praise,

30. حَمْداً يَمْلأُ أَرْضَهُ وَسَمَاءَهُ\
   *Ḥamdan yamla’u arḍahu wa samā’ahu,*\
   A praise that fills His earth and His heaven,

31. إنَّكَ الْمَنَّانُ بِجَسِيمِ الْمِنَنِ،\
   *Innakal-mannānu bijasīmil-minan,*\
   Surely, You are the Bestower of immense favors,

32. الْوَهَّابُ لِعَظِيمِ النِّعَمِ،\
   *Al-Wahhābu li‘aẓīmin-ni‘am,*\
   The Giver of great blessings,

33. القَابِلُ يَسِيْرَ الْحَمْدِ،\
   *Al-qābilu yasīra al-ḥamd,*\
   The Accepter of even little praise,

34. الشَّاكِرُ قَلِيْلَ الشُّكْرِ،\
   *Ash-shākiru qalīla ash-shukr,*\
   The Thankful for even little gratitude,

35. الْمُحْسِنُ الْمُجْمِلُ ذُو الطَّوْلِ\
   *Al-muḥsinu al-mujmilu dhū aṭ-ṭawl,*\
   The Beneficent, the Generous, the Possessor of bounty,

36. لا إلهَ إلاّ أَنْتَ إلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ.\
   *Lā ilāha illā anta ilayka al-maṣīr,*\
   There is no god but You; to You is the return.

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- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 1: In Praise of Allah](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-01-praise-allah.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 10: In Seeking Asylum With God](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-10.md)
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