(157) السَّلامُ عَلَـيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيارِ مِنَ المؤْمِنيـنَ وَالْمُسْلِمين، وَإِنّا إِنْ شاءَ اللهُ بِكُـمْ لاحِقـون، نَسْـاَلُ اللهَ لنـا وَلَكُـمْ العـافِيَة. Assalamu AAalaykum ahlad-diyari minal-mu/mineena walmuslimeen, wa-inna in shaal-lahu bikum lahiqoon, nas-alul-laha lana walakumul-AAafiyah. ‘Peace be upon you all, O inhabitants of the graves, amongst the believers and the Muslims. Verily we […]

(158)    اللّهُـمَّ  إِنَّـي أَسْـأَلُـكَ خَيْـرَها، وَأَعـوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَـرِّها. Allahumma innee as-aluka khayraha wa-aAAoothu bika min sharriha. ‘O Allah, I ask You for it’s goodness and I take refuge with You from it’s evil.’   (159)    اللّهُـمَّ  إِنَّـي أَسْـأَلُـكَ خَيْـرَها، وَخَيْـرَ ما فيهـا، وَخَيْـرَ ما اُرْسِلَـتْ بِه، وَأَعـوذُ […]

(160) When AAabdullah Ibn Az-Zubayr used to hear thunder he would stop talking and say: سُبْـحانَ الّذي يُسَبِّـحُ الـرَّعْدُ بِحَمْـدِهِ، وَالملائِكـةُ مِنْ خيـفَته.  Subhanal-lathee yusabbihur-raAAdu bihamdih, walmala-ikatu min kheefatih. ‘How perfect He is, (The One) Whom the thunder declares His perfection with His praise, as do the angles out of […]

(161)    اللّهُمَّ اسْقِـنا غَيْـثاً مُغيـثاً مَريئاً مُريـعاً، نافِعـاً غَيْـرَ ضار، عاجِـلاً غَـيْرَ آجِل. Allahummas-qina ghaythan mugheethan maree-an mureeAAan, nafiAAan, ghayra dar, AAajilan ghayra ajil. ‘O Allah, send upon us helpful, wholesome and healthy rain, beneficial not harmful rain, now, not later.’   (162)    اللّهُمَّ أغِثْنـا، اللّهُمَّ أغِثْنـا، اللّهُمَّ […]

(164)    اللّهُمَّ صَيِّـباً نافِـعاً . Allahumma sayyiban nafiAAa. ‘O Allah, may it be a beneficial rain cloud.’

(165)    مُطِـرْنا بِفَضْـلِ اللهِ وَرَحْمَـتِه. Mutirna bifadlil-lahi warahmatih. ‘We have been given rain by the grace and mercy of Allah.’

(166)    اللّهُمَّ حَوالَيْنا وَلا عَلَيْـنا، اللّهُمَّ عَلى الآكـامِ وَالظِّـراب، وَبُطـونِ الأوْدِية، وَمَنـابِتِ الشَّجـر . Allahumma hawalayna wala AAalayna, allahumma AAalal-akami waththirab, wabutoonil-awdiyah, wamanabitish-shajar. ‘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 […]

(167)    اللهُ أَكْـبَر، اللّهُمَّ أَهِلَّـهُ عَلَيْـنا بِالأمْـنِ وَالإيمـان، والسَّلامَـةِ والإسْلام، وَالتَّـوْفيـقِ لِما تُحِـبُّ وَتَـرْضـى، رَبُّنـا وَرَبُّكَ الله. Allahu akbar, allahumma ahillahu AAalayna bil-amni wal-eeman, wassalamati wal-islam, wattawfeeiqi lima tuhibbu watarda, rabbuna warabbukal-lah. ‘Allah is the greatest. O Allah, let the crescent loom above us in safety, faith, peace, and […]

(168)    ذَهَـبَ الظَّمَـأُ، وَابْتَلَّـتِ العُـروق، وَثَبَـتَ الأجْـرُ إِنْ شـاءَ الله. Thahabath-thama-o wabtallatil-AAurooq, wathabatal-ajru in shaal-lah. ‘The thirst has gone and the veins are quenched, and reward is confirmed, if Allah wills.’   (169) ‘AAabdullah Ibn AAamr Ibn Al-AAas related that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Indeed the fasting person […]

(170) ‘When you are about to eat, you should say: بِسْمِ الله .  Bismil-lah. …and if you forget to say it before starting, then you should say (when you remember): بِسْمِ اللهِ في أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِـرِه . Bismil-lahi fee awwalihi wa-akhirih. ‘In the name of Allah in it’s beginning and end.’ […]