Story by Hanaan Kazia, Age 11<\/p>\n
Iman was enjoying\u00a0a wonderful summer break so far. It had only been a week since school had ended and she’d already done a lot of fun things: going swimming, seeing her friends, and enjoying not having any homework. But it had been really, really hot. All the plants were in desperate need of rain. Everyone was in desperate need of rain!<\/p>\n
Iman had been sitting on her bed reading her book when she heard a loud, crashing noise. She shot up and peeked out the window. Huge gray rolling clouds were advancing across the sky, covering everything in a dark shadow as they passed over. A flash of lightning went off, the electricity streaking across the sky and bringing in another crashing clap of thunder.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh no,\u201d muttered Iman. Thunderstorms were loud and scary and wet- not to mention how dark it became. Sure, they often only lasted ten minutes, but Iman hated thunderstorms, and considering how hot it had been, this was sure to be a big one. Rain poured down her window, streaking it in trails of water.<\/p>\n
Another huge thunder-clap rang out, this one so loud it seemed to shake the house. Iman ran downstairs, feeling quite frightened by the storm. She remembered a couple of years ago when the power had gone out thanks to a tree falling on a power line during a storm very much like this one, at the time they didn’t have power for one whole day.<\/p>\n
Her mom was downstairs looking at the window, muttering something under her breath.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, Mama, what if this thunderstorm is as bad as the one when the power line fell?\u201d asked Iman fearfully, shivering at the thought.<\/p>\n
\u201cInshallah, it won’t be so bad. And even if it is, we have those battery operated lights that Papa had bought! But there is a dua that is often said during thunderstorms, it was the one I was saying just now. Wanna repeat after me sweety?<\/p>\n
“\u0633\u064f\u0628\u0652\u062d\u064e\u0627\u0646\u064e \u0627\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0630\u0650\u064a \u064a\u064f\u0633\u064e\u0628\u0650\u0651\u062d\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0631\u064e\u0651\u0639\u0652\u062f\u064f \u0628\u0650\u062d\u064e\u0645\u0652\u062f\u0650\u0647\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0627\u0626\u0650\u0643\u064e\u0629\u064c \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u062e\u0650\u064a\u0641\u064e\u062a\u0650\u0647\u0650<\/p>\n
(SubHanalladhii yusabbiHur ra\u2019du bi hamdihi wal malaa-ikatu min kheefatihi)<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means Glory is to Him Whom thunder and angels glorify due to fear of Him.\u201d said her mother turning away from the window and laying a hand on Iman’s shoulder.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it’s saying that during thunderstorms, the thunder is glorifying Allah (SWT)? I never knew that,\u201d said Iman after a moment of thinking.<\/p>\n
Her mom nodded. \u201cIt is also said that a\u00a0sahabi\u00a0 namedAbdullaah bin Zubair had always stopped whatever he was doing, even in the middle of conversation, to say this dua whenever there was thunder.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMust be a good dua if a sahabi stopped whatever he was doing to say it! What was it again?\u201d<\/p>\n
So Iman and her mother recited the dua\u00a0again and watched the thunder clap out, and saw streaks of lightening fill up the sky, perhaps just as Abdullaah bin Zubair\u00a0may have done so many years ago.<\/p>\n
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