اللَّهُمَّ سُقْيَا رَحْمَةٍ وَلَا سُقْيَا عَذَابٍ وَلَا بَلَاءٍ وَلَا هَدْمٍ وَلَا غَرَقٍ
Allahumma suqya rahmatin wa la suqya 'adhabin wa la bala'in wa la hadmin wa la gharaq
O Allah, let it be rain of mercy, not rain of punishment, nor calamity, nor destruction, nor flooding.
Rain comes in two forms: suqya rahmah (watering of mercy — gentle, life-giving) and suqya 'adhab (watering of punishment — floods, destruction, as with the people of Nuh). This du'a explicitly asks for the first and seeks refuge from the second. Four specific harms are named: punishment, calamity, building destruction, and drowning — covering every way rain can turn deadly.
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اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا
O Allah, let it be a beneficial rain.
Sahihسُبْحَانَ الَّذِي يُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ
Glory be to Him whom thunder glorifies with His praise, and so do the angels out of fear of Him.
Hasanاللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا رَحْمَةً وَلَا تَجْعَلْهَا عَذَابًا
O Allah, make it a mercy and do not make it a punishment.
Hasanاللَّهُمَّ لَا تَقْتُلْنَا بِغَضَبِكَ وَلَا تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ وَعَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ
O Allah, do not kill us with Your anger, do not destroy us with Your punishment, and grant us safety before that.
Hasan