اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَقْتُلْنَا بِغَضَبِكَ وَلَا تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ وَعَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ
Allahumma la taqtulna bi-ghadabika wa la tuhlikna bi-'adhabika wa 'afina qabla dhalik
O Allah, do not kill us with Your anger, do not destroy us with Your punishment, and grant us safety before that.
The Prophet ﷺ would say this during severe storms. Storms remind us of the nations destroyed by wind and rain — 'Ad, Thamud, the people of Lut. When the weather turns violent, it is a moment to remember that what we call "natural disasters" are, in the Quran, divine judgments on disobedient peoples. This du'a asks: don't let this storm be that.
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اللَّهُمَّ 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 صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا
O Allah, let it be a beneficial rain.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا رَحْمَةً وَلَا تَجْعَلْهَا عَذَابًا
O Allah, make it a mercy and do not make it a punishment.
Hasanاللَّهُمَّ سُقْيَا رَحْمَةٍ وَلَا سُقْيَا عَذَابٍ وَلَا بَلَاءٍ وَلَا هَدْمٍ وَلَا غَرَقٍ
O Allah, let it be rain of mercy, not rain of punishment, nor calamity, nor destruction, nor flooding.
Hasan