LessonsSalat al-Istisqa: Supplication for Rain and Juristic RulingsQuiz

فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا ۝ يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْرَارًا
Translation: I said, seek your Lord’s forgiveness, for He is ever Forgiving; He will send abundant rain upon you.

Surah Nuh 71:10–11 links seeking forgiveness with plentiful rain. Thus repentance and seeking forgiveness carry particular weight in istisqa.

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Quran: forgiveness and rainfall

Salat al-Istisqa: Supplication for Rain and Juristic Rulings

فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا ۝ يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْرَارًا
Translation: I said, seek your Lord’s forgiveness, for He is ever Forgiving; He will send abundant rain upon you.

Surah Nuh 71:10–11 links seeking forgiveness with plentiful rain. Thus repentance and seeking forgiveness carry particular weight in istisqa.