Prayer for Rain
By Imam Umar al-Yafi
Translated by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
O You who save all those who plead
If You don�t answer who gives heed
We have no other Lord who saves
Save You alone O Lord of slaves
Among us we have suckling babes
As well as aged prayerful slaves
And animals that need to graze
It�s You alone all seek with praise
Calamities we now do face
We feel constraint in open space
But this is all from our design
Our sins alone have made us blind
If You will help only the blest
Then who is left to help the rest
The mercy of our Gracious Lord
Is drink for all now being poured
If those alone who gain Your gift
Have been the ones who never drift
Then how can any sinful pray
If You won�t guide those gone astray
O Lord, O Lord treat us with love
Which You alone are worthy of
For You have always treated us
As servants of your loving trust
O Lord from You we�ve often heard
�Forgiveness seek from your dear Lord�
The clouds will come with rain and snow
To quench the slaves and earth below
O Merciful with those who live
With mercy too and also give
Give us, give us the rain on high
To fall on earth wherein we lie
The mercy of my Lord on high
Includes all things in earth and sky
Its constancy will never cease
Indeed it flows with blest increase
And by the chosen, Lord please give
O Generous, Graceful, forgive
Bless him O God as long as rain
From heaven falls without refrain
It flows to anyone who seeks
Amid the valleys, dales and peaks
And let it flow on progeny
Who came from him, pure family
For they alone are clouds of hope
For all who live within God�s scope
O Lord forgive the one who penned
These lines of verse or recommends
Among your slaves who often stray
Yet hope for You on Judgment Day
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