و درود خدا بر او فرمود: (در دعا به هنگام طلب یاران فرمود:) خدایا ما را با ابرهای رام سیراب کن، نه ابرهای سرکش. (این کلمات از فصیح ترین و… Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, said in his prayer for seeking rain: O' my Allah, send us rain by submissive clouds not by unruly…

وَ قَالَ (عليه السلام) فِي دُعَاءٍ اسْتَسْقَي بِهِ:

اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا ذُلُلَ السَّحَابِ دُونَ صِعَابِهَا.

قال الرضي: و هذا من الكلام العجيب الفصاحة و ذلك أنه (عليه السلام) شبه السحاب ذوات الرعود و البوارق و الرياح و الصواعق بالإبل الصعاب التي تقمص برحالها و تقص بركبانها و شبه السحاب خالية من تلك الروائع بالإبل الذلل التي تحتلب طيعة و تقتعد مسمحة.

Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, said in his prayer for seeking rain: O' my Allah, send us rain by submissive clouds not by unruly ones. as-Sayyid ar-Radi says: This is an expression of wonderful eloquence, because Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, has likened the cloud which is accompanied by thunder, kighting, wind and flashes with unruly camels who throw away their saddles and throw down their riders, and likened the coulds free from these terrible things to the submissive camels which are easy to milk and obedient to ride.

Source: Nahj al-Balagha, compiled by al-Sharif al-Radi. Persian: ترجمه محمد دشتی (Mohammad Dashti). English: Translation by Sayed Ali Reza (letters, sayings and sermons 1–16). Text from github.com/WWGTX/NahjulBalaghah. · Free for non-commercial religious use, with attribution