Prayer for gentle rain through submissive clouds

472. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said in his prayer for seeking rain:

O’ my Allāh, send us rain by submissive clouds not by unruly ones.

as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: This is an expression of wonderful eloquence, because Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, has likened the cloud which is accompanied by thunder, lighting, wind and flashes with unruly camels who…