His Supplication upon Hearing Thunder His Supplication when he Looked upon Clouds and Lightening and Heard the Sound of Thunder 1 O God,            these are two of Thy signs                      and these are two of Thy helpers.            They rush to obey Thee                      with beneficial mercy                      or injurious vengeance,            so rain not down upon us from them                      the evil rain145            and clothe us not through them                      in the garment of affliction! 2 O God,            bless Muhammad and his Household,            send down upon us the benefit of these clouds            and their blessing,            turn away from us their harm and their injury,            strike us not through them with blight,            and loose not upon our livelihoods any bane! 3 O God,            if Thou hast incited them as vengeance                      and loosed them in anger,            we seek sanctuary with Thee from Thy wrath                      and implore Thee in asking Thy pardon!            So incline with wrath                                toward the idolaters                      and set the millstone of Thy vengeance                                turning upon the heretics!146 4 O God,            take away the barrenness of our lands                      with Thy watering,            dislodge the malice from our breasts                      with Thy providing,            distract us not from Thee                      through other than Thee,            and cut none of us off                      from the stuff of Thy goodness,            for the rich is he to whom Thou hast given riches,                      and the safe he whom Thou hast protected! 5            No one has any defense against Thee,                      nor any means to bar Thy penalty.            Thou decidest what Thou wilt                                for whom Thou wilt                      and Thou decreest what Thou desirest                                for any whom Thou desirest! 6 So to Thee belongs prsaise                      for protecting us from affliction            and to Thee belongs thanks                      for conferring upon us blessings,            a praise which will leave behind the praise of the praisers,                      a praise which will fill the earth and the heaven! 7            Surely Thou art the All-kind through immense kindnesses,                      the Giver of abounding favours,                      the Accepter of small praise,                      the Grateful for little gratitude,                      the Beneficent, the Benevolent,                      Possessor of graciousness!            There is no god but Thou;                      unto Thee is the homecoming.147