O my God! Surely our mountains…

surable grant on Thy distressed universe and Thy untamed beasts. And pour upon us rain which is drenching, continuous and heavy; wherein one cycle of rain clashes with the other and one rain drop pushes another (into a continuous chain), its lightning should not be deceptive, its cheek not rainless, its white clouds not scattered and rain not light, so that the famine-stricken thrive with its abundant herbage and the drought stricken come to life with its bliss. Certainly, Thou pourest down rain after the people lose hopes and spreadest Thy mercy, since Thou art the Guardian, the praiseworthy. As-Sayyid ar-Radi says: The wonderful expressions of this sermon: Amir al-mu'minin's words"insahat jibaluna"means the mountains cracked on account of drought. It is said"insaha'ththawbu"when it is torn. It is also said"insaha'n-nabtu"or"saha"or"sawwaha"when vegetation withers and dries up. His words"wa hamat dawabbuna"means became thirsty, as"huyam"means thirst. His words"hadabiru's-sinin". This is plural of"hidbar". It means the camel whom treading has made thin. So Amir al-mu'minin likened with such a camel the year in which drought had occurred. The Arab poet Dhu ar-Rummah has said: These thin camels remain in their places, facing hardships and move only when we take them to some dry area. His words"wa la qaza’in rababuha". Here"al-qaza"means small pieces of cloud scattered all round. His words"wa la shaffanin dhihabuha". It stands for"wa la dhatashaffanin dhihabuha". "ash-shaffan"means the cold wind and"adh-dhihab"means light rain. He omitted the world"dhata"from here because of the listener's knowledge of it.