O Messenger of Allah, the properties (livestock) have perished and the roads have been cut off. So supplicate Allah to send us rain The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) went out to invoke Allah for rain. He faced the direction of Qiblah as he was invoking Allah, and turned his upper garment inside out. Then he prayed two Rak‘ahs and recited the Qur'an out loud in both of them