فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍۢ مُّنْهَمِرٍۢ
Fafatahnaaa abwaabas sa maaa'i bimaa'im munhamir
Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down
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Lessons from past peoples
54:11Ayah 155
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Then We opened read fa-fatahnā or fa-fattahnā the gates of the heaven with torrential waters waters pouring down intensely
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It rained upon us as we were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (way peace be upon him) removed his cloth (from a part of his body) till the rain fell on it. We said: Messenger of Allah, why did you do this? He said: It is because it (the rainfall) has just come from the Exalted Lord.
A cloud came and it rained till the roof started leaking and in those days the roof used to be of the
branches of date-palms. Iqama was pronounced and I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)s prostrating in water and
mud and even I saw the mark of mud on his forehead.
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.
It rained (because of the Prophet's invocation for rain) and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah said, 'Some of My
slaves have become disbelievers in Me, and some others, believers in Me.'"
“We performed Tawaf with Abu ‘Iqal in the
rain, and when we finished our Tawaf, we came behind the Maqam. He
said: I performed Tawaf with Anas bin Malik in the rain. When we
finished the Tawaf, we came behind the Maqam and prayed two Rak’ah.’
Anas said to us: ‘Start your deeds anew, for you have been
forgiven.
This is what the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to us when
we performed
Tawaf with him in the rain.’”
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