Surah Ra'd: 13 | Tafseer Ibn Katheer

 وَيُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ 

And Ar-Ra'd (thunder) glorifies and praises Him,

 

is similar to His other statement,

وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلاَّ يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدَهِ 

And there is not a thing but glorifies His praise. (17:44)

 

Imam Ahmad recorded that Ibrahim bin Sad said,

"My father told me that he was sitting next to Hamid bin Abdur Rahman in the Masjid. 

A man from the tribe of Ghifar passed and Hamid sent someone to him to please come to them. 

When he came, Hamid said to me, My nephew! Make space for him between me and you, for he had accompanied Allah's Messenger.'

When that man came, he sat between me and Hamid and Hamid said to him, What was the Hadith that you narrated to me from the Messenger of Allah?'

He said, A man from Ghifar said that he heard the Prophet say, 

إِنَّ اللهَ يُنْشِىءُ السَّحَابَ فَيَنْطِقُ أَحْسَنَ النُّطْقِ وَيَضْحَكُ أَحْسَنَ الضَّحِك 

Verily, Allah originates the clouds, and they speak in the most beautiful voice and laugh in the most beautiful manner.

It appears, and Allah has the best knowledge, that the cloud's voice is in reference to thunder and its laughter is the lightning.

Musa bin Ubaydah narrated that Sad bin Ibrahim said,

"Allah sends the rain and indeed, none has a better smile than it, nor more comforting voice. Its smile is lightning and its voice is thunder."

  

وَالْمَلَيِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ 

and so do the angels because of His awe.

Supplicating to Allah upon hearing Ar-Rad (Thunder) 

 

Imam Ahmad recorded that Salim bin Abdullah narrated that his father said that the Messenger of Allah used to say upon hearing the thunder and thunderbolts,

 

اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَقْتُلْنَا بِغَضَبِكَ وَلَا تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ وَعَافِنَا قَبْل ذَلِك 

O Allah! Do not kill us with Your anger, nor destroy us with Your torment, and save us before that."

 Surah Ra'd: 13

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