Rain Means Mercy

I saw cotton cotton clouds in the sky...

It is as if they will be a tactile soft pillow, I will lie on them and dream in the land of fairy tales… Then, black clouds came from afar. Quickly, they approached our city, blowing like smoke. My mom always says Black clouds are Rain Loaded. You shouldn't go out without an umbrella when you see them on New Year's Eve. When spring comes anyway, I always have my umbrella with me. It rains the most in spring. You ask why? For the nature, which has woken up from its winter sleep, to be revived in spring with fertile rain water. With the rain, meadows turn green, trees bud and flowers bloom. Rain clears the earth and sky. It washes trees, streets, roofs of houses with its waters. It is such an oil that neither flowers are hurt by water drops, neither people nor animals… Millions of water droplets descend from the sky with the same slowness.

Our elders say “It is raining mercy” when it is raining. I thought to myself that rain is indeed a great mercy sent to us by Allah... Would fruit trees ever bear fruit without rain water? Do those beautiful apples, plums, pomegranates ripen? How do all kinds of vegetables grown in the soil grow and taste without rain? Then how do those lakes, streams and dams fill up without rain? Do we have water to drink, if it never rains! Our elders are right to call the rain mercy.

But sometimes it happens that the rain clouds are invisible in the sky… The season is summer, the weather is hot. The crops did not grow. The soil has dried up. At such times, we open our hands and pray to God to make it rain, just as we ask everything from our Lord. This is called the prayer for rain. There is a very beautiful rain prayer that our Prophet made. Here is his story:

God give us rain

During the time of our Prophet, sometimes it did not rain, the earth would be without rain, people, animals and plants would be without water. At such a time, while our Prophet was giving his Friday sermon, a man from the congregation called out:

“O Messenger of Allah, neither my crops nor my animals could be watered because of the severe drought. Your prayer will not be turned down, will you pray to God to make it rain?"

The Prophet did not refuse the man's request and opened his hands and said, "O Allah, give lifeguard, sweet, abundant, fruitful, long, not late, quick rain. O Allah, water your servants and animals. Spread your mercy, fix your dead country," he prayed.

There were no clouds in the sky at this time. The sun was burning the earth, trees and gardens with all its scorching heat. However, after our Lord's prayer, clouds began to appear in the sky. Afterwards, raindrops began to fall on the dried ground, as if our Lord was declaring that he would not abandon the hands that were opened to him empty-handed. He watered the water-hungry soil abundantly for a full week. Trees, birds and plants were feasting. Especially the birds, who could not find even a drop of water to drink, drank water from the small puddles formed on the ground and played games. While they were flying in the sky, singing joyful songs, they thanked God for the falling rain.

Experts say that there will be water scarcity in the world in the near future. Water is life, the source of life. Whatever religion you belong to, pray to God that he will not leave us thirsty. If he sees that the number of his servants who pray for water increases, God will have mercy on us and not leave us without water.

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