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Invocation for the withholding of the rain

((اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلاَ عَلَيْنَا، اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى الآكَامِ وَالظِّرَابِ، وَبُطُونِ الْأَوْدِيَةِ، وَمَنَابِتِ الشَّجَرِ)).

Transliteration

(Allahumma hawalayna wala AAalayna, allahumma AAalal-akami waththirab, wabutoonil-awdiyah, wamanabitish-shajar.)

Translation

(O Allah, let the rain fall around us and not upon us, O Allah, (let it fall) on the pastures, hills, valleys and the roots of trees.)

Source

Hisnul Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim), No. 174 — chapter “Invocation for the withholding of the rain”. hisnmuslim.com

Related Duas

((اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْــــــأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا)).

(O Allah, I ask You for it’s goodness and I take refuge with You from it’s evil.)

Hisnul Muslim · No. 166

((سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي يُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَالْمَلاَئِكةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ)).

(How perfect He is, (The One) Whom the thunder declares His perfection with His praise, as do the angles out of fear of Him.)

Hisnul Muslim · No. 168

Some invocations for rain

Supplication 1 of 3

((اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثاً مُغِيثاً مَرِيئاً مَرِيعاً، نَافِعاً غَيْرَ ضَارٍّ، عَاجِلاً غَيْرَ آجِلٍ)).

(O Allah, send upon us helpful, wholesome and healthy rain, beneficial not harmful rain, now, not later.)

Hisnul Muslim · No. 169