When Afflicted with Drought and Starvation

O Mohammad, and whoever is afflicted with drought from your nation, I only test the sinful with drought, so they should all together seek refuge in me and their wrongful ones should seek refuge in me and say:

يَا مُعِينَنَا عَلَى دِينِنَا بِإِحْيَائِهِ أَنْفُسَنَا بِالَّذِي نَشَرَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ رِزْقِهِ نَزَلَ بِنَا أَمْرٌ عَظِيمٌ لاَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى تَفْرِيجِهِ عَنَّا غَيْرُ مُنْزِلِهِ يَا مُنْزِلَهُ عَجَزَ الْعِبَادُ عَنْ فَرَجِهِ فَقَدْ أَشْرَفَتِ الْاَبْدَانُ عَلَى الْهَلاَكِ وَ إِذَا هَلَكَتِ الْاَبْدَانُ هَلَكَ الدِّينُ، يَا دَيَّانَ الْعِبَادِ وَ مُدَبِّرَ أُمُورِهِمْ بِتَقْدِيرِ أَرْزَاقِهِمْ، لاَ تَحُولَنَّ بِشَيْء بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ رِزْقِكَ وَ هَنِّئْنَا مَا أَصْبَحْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ كَرَامَتِكَ لَكَ مُتَعَرِّضِينَ قَدْ أُصِيبَ مَنْ لاَ ذَنْبَ لَهُ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ بِذُنُوبِنَا، فَارْحَمْنَا بِمَنْ جَعَلْتَهُ أَهْلًا لِذَلِكَ حِينَ تُسْأَلُ بِهِ يَا رَحِيمُ لاَ تَحْبِسْ عَنْ أَهْلِ الْاَرْضِ مَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَ انْشُرْ عَلَيْنَا رَحْمَتَكَ وَ ابْسُطْ عَلَيْنَا كَنَفَكَ وَ عُدْ عَلَيْنَا بِقَبُولِكَ وَ عَافِنَا مِنَ الْفِتْنَةِ فِي الدِّينِ وَ الدُّنْيَا وَ شَمَاتَةِ الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ، يَا ذَا النَّفْعِ وَ الضَّرِّ إِنَّكَ إِنْ أَنْجَيْتَنَا فَبِلاَ تَقْدِيم مِنَّا لاَِعْمَال حَسَنَة وَ لَكِنْ لاِِتْمَامِ مَا بِنَا مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ النِّعْمَةِ، وَ إِنْ رَدَدْتَنَا فَبِلاَ ظُلْم مِنْكَ لَنَا وَ لَكِنْ بِجِنَايَتِنَا، فَاعْفُ عَنَّا قَبْلَ انْصِرَافِنَا وَ اقْلِبْنَا بِإِنْجَاحِ الْحَاجَةِ يَا عَظِيمُ. 

O our Helper in our religion, by enlivening our souls with what He has spread over us of His provision, a great matter has descended upon us which none other than its Revealer can remove it from us. O Revealer of it, the servants have failed to relieve it, and the bodies have reached on the brink of destruction, and if the bodies perish, the religion perishes. O Judge of the servants and Arranger of their affairs by the dividing and decreeing their provisions, do not place anything between us and Your provision, and bless us with what we have attained of Your honor, as we are here to only ask You. Those of Your creation who are innocent have been afflicted by our sins, so have mercy on us through the one whom You have made worthy of that when You are asked by, O Most Merciful, do not withhold from the people of the earth what is in the heavens, and spread over us Your mercy, and extend Your shelter over us, and return to us with Your acceptance, and protect us from temptation in religion and worldly affairs, and the gloating of the disbelieving people. O Possessor of benefit and harm, if indeed, You save us, it is not due to any good deeds we have done before, but to complete the mercy and blessing upon us, and if You reject us, it is not due to any injustice from You, but due to our misdeeds, so forgive us before our departure and turn us back with the fulfillment of the need, O Most Great.

For if he does not intend anyone other than Me from what I have commanded you [O Mohammad], I will turn severity into ease, fear into security, and hardship into ease for the people of that town, and that is because I have taught you a great supplication.

   Bihar Al-Anwar (ed. - Beirut), vol. 92, p. 314