وَيَٰقَوْمِ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًۭا وَيَزِدْكُمْ قُوَّةً إِلَىٰ قُوَّتِكُمْ وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
Wa yaa qawmis taghfiroo Rabbakum summa toobooo ilaihi yursilis samaaa'a 'alaikum midraaranw wa yazidkum quwwatan ilaa quwwatikum wa laa tatawallaw mujrimeen
And O my people, ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in showers and increase you in strength [added] to your strength. And do not turn away, [being] criminals."
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6 ayahs in Hud are strongly about repentance. This is one of them.
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And O my people ask forgiveness of your Lord for your idolatry then turn return to Him repentant through obedience; He will release the sky He will release the rain — for they had been denied it — upon you in abundance with abundant rainfall and He will add to you strength to your strength through wealth and children. Do not turn away as sinners’ idolaters.
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The people came to the Prophet (ﷺ) weeping (due to drought). He said (making supplication): O Allah! give us rain which will replenish us, abundant, fertilising and profitable, not injurious, granting it now without delay. He (the narrator) said: Thereupon the sky became overcast.
“A Bedouin came to the Prophet
(ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have come to you from
people
who have no place to graze their flocks and even their male
camels
have become weak. He mounted the pulpit and praised Allah,
then he
said: ‘O Allah, send upon us all abundant, wholesome rain,
productive
and plentiful, sooner rather than later.’ Then the rain
came down, and
no one came to him from any direction but they said:
‘We have been
revived.’”
"While we were in the masjid on Friday and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was addressing the people, a man stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the routes have been cut off, our wealth has been destroyed and prices have gone up. Pray to Allah (SWT) to give us rain.' So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raised his hands in level with his face and said: 'O Allah, give us rain.' By Allah (SWT), the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had not come down from the minbar before it started to pour with rain, and it rained from that day until the following Friday. Then a man stood up- I do not know if he was the same man who had asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to pray for rain for us or not- and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the routes have been cut off, and our wealth has been destroyed because there is too much water. Pray to Allah (SWT ) to stop the rain for us.' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'O Allah, around us and not on us, rather on the mountains and places where trees grow.' By Allah, hardly had the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spoken these words than the clouds split apart (and vanished) until we could not see anything of them.'"
“O Ka’b
bin Murrah, narrate to us a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ),
but be careful.” He said: “A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and
said:
‘O Messenger of Allah, ask Allah for rain!’ So the
Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) raised his hands and said: ‘O Allah! Send
wholesome, productive
rain upon all of us, sooner rather than later,
beneficial and not
harmful.’ No sooner had they finished performing
Friday (prayer) but
they were revived. Then they came to him and
complained to him about
the rain, saying: ‘O Allah, around us and
not upon us.’ Then the
clouds began to disperse right and left.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Allahumma sqina (O Allah, give us rain)."
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