اللَّهُمَّ أَغِثْنَا اللَّهُمَّ أَغِثْنَا اللَّهُمَّ أَغِثْنَا
Allahumma aghithna, Allahumma aghithna, Allahumma aghithna
O Allah, send us relief. O Allah, send us relief. O Allah, send us relief.
During the istisqa' prayer, the Prophet ﷺ would raise his hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits was visible — and he would reverse his hands (palms facing down, then up) as a symbolic gesture of asking the sky's condition to change. "Aghithna" — give us ghawth (rescue/relief) — is the language of desperation. It is not a polite request; it is a cry for help from the only One who controls the clouds.
Related Du'as
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 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 اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا
O Allah, give us rain. O Allah, give us rain. O Allah, give us rain.
Sahih