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12-01-2007, 06:45 PM
Georgia governor leads prayer for rain
Hundreds gather for the vigil on the state Capitol's steps, hoping a miracle could end the drought. But others aren't so sure.
By Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
November 14, 2007
ATLANTA -- Bowing his head outside the Georgia Capitol on Tuesday, Gov. Sonny Perdue cut a newly repentant figure as he publicly prayed for rain to end the region's historic drought.
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full article here (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rain14nov14,1,579823.story?ctrack=2&cset=true)
The issue of rain- or even deprivation of it- is taken seriously in Islam. That's why we have Salat al-Istisq'a and other means of asking God for rain - like Istighfar (asking God's forgiveness)
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God is kindly "asked", He is not ordered, and it is up to Him to answer or not.. The Lord is not given orders
Hundreds gather for the vigil on the state Capitol's steps, hoping a miracle could end the drought. But others aren't so sure.
By Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
November 14, 2007
ATLANTA -- Bowing his head outside the Georgia Capitol on Tuesday, Gov. Sonny Perdue cut a newly repentant figure as he publicly prayed for rain to end the region's historic drought.
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full article here (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rain14nov14,1,579823.story?ctrack=2&cset=true)
The issue of rain- or even deprivation of it- is taken seriously in Islam. That's why we have Salat al-Istisq'a and other means of asking God for rain - like Istighfar (asking God's forgiveness)
*
God is kindly "asked", He is not ordered, and it is up to Him to answer or not.. The Lord is not given orders