Read this dua when you hear the thunder.
“Glory is to Him Whom thunder and angels glorify due to fear of Him”
سُبْـحانَ الّذي يُسَبِّـحُ الـرَّعْدُ بِحَمْـدِهِ، وَالملائِكـةُ مِنْ خيـفَته
Subhaanal-lathee yusabbihur-ra’du bihamdihi walmalaa’ikatu min kheefatihi.
Whenever Abdullah bin Zubair (Radi Allahu anhu) would hear thunder, he would abandon his conversation and say this supplication.
Whenever Abdullah bin Zubair (Radi Allahu anhu) would hear thunder, he would abandon his conversation and say this supplication.
| Transliteration | Arabic | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Subhaanal-lathee | سُبْـحانَ الّذي | Glory is to Him Whom |
| yusabbihu | يُسَبِّـحُ | glorify |
| ar-ra’du | الـرَّعْدُ | thunder |
| bihamdihi | بِحَمْـدِهِ، | praise |
| walmalaa’ikatu | وَالملائِكـةُ | and angels |
| min kheefatihi | مِنْ خيـفَته | due to fear of Him |
See Al-Muwatta’ 2/992. It was graded authentic by Al-Albani as a statement of Abdullah bin Zubayr only.
Thunder is called Ra’d in Arabic. There is also a surah named after it. Surah Ar-Ra’d is chapter 13 of the Holy Quran.