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.
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.
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 خَيْرَهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا فِيهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا وَشَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ
O Allah, I ask You for its good, the good within it, and the good it was sent with. And I seek refuge in You from its evil, the evil within it, and the evil it was sent with.
Sahih