Ibn Abbas (ra) made this supplication when he heard a cloud burst: “Glory be to him whom you glorified.” He said that the thunderclap is an angel who yells at the rainclouds as a shepherd yells at his sheep/goats.
Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (ra) stopped speaking when he heard a thunder-clap and said: “Glory be to him whose praise the thunderclap sings and the angels glorify in awe of him”. He used to say, then, that the thunder-clap i…