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 إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا اسْتَعَاذَ مِنْهُ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ
O Allah, I ask You for the good that Your servant and Prophet Muhammad ﷺ asked You for, and I seek refuge in You from the evil that Your servant and Prophet sought refuge from.
Hasanاللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثًا مُغِيثًا مَرِيئًا مَرِيعًا نَافِعًا غَيْرَ ضَارٍّ عَاجِلًا غَيْرَ آجِلٍ
O Allah, send us rain that is helpful, productive, wholesome, beneficial and not harmful, soon and not delayed.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلَا عَلَيْنَا، اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى الْآكَامِ وَالظِّرَابِ وَبُطُونِ الْأَوْدِيَةِ وَمَنَابِتِ الشَّجَرِ
O Allah, around us and not upon us. O Allah, upon the hills, the elevated lands, the valleys, and the places where trees grow.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا
O Allah, give us rain. O Allah, give us rain. O Allah, give us rain.
Sahih