“Blessed be the life, O people of Qatar”, this phrase is repeated when it rains in Qatar, and it reveals the Qatari people’s awareness of the importance of rain, which provides humans, animals and plants with water, as it is the origin of life.
“The rain beat on Qatar and the sun is shining”, is another indication. Rain holds a special place in Qatari society, as rain has always been a source of inspiration for the imagination of individuals in society; to formulate delicate and interesting folk songs and chants that reflect the joy of its arrival, describing its splendor and beauty.

Rain has become a rare title for the joy of adults and children alike, and a slogan for the connotations of love and harmony; to become established as an important occasion to remove sadness and depression from the hearts of people, and in parallel with washing and watering trees and stones, so that there is an expression in Qatar that is repeated: “Rain washes the heart and the earth”.

Hence, oral expression forms have devoted a large space to rain songs, which children, women and even the elderly have been accustomed to singing when it rains, or when it is withheld and delayed, as it has been employed in folk tales, proverbs and Nabati poetry. Whoever returns to the texts of poets in Qatar will find a large number of those poems that t And among the names and titles related to rain in Qatar:
– Al-Ball: indicates the moisture left by the rain.
– Al-Haya: the rain that revives the earth after its death, so it is Al-Haya (the origin of fertility).
– Namli: small raindrops.
– Al-Rabi’: meaning greenery.
– Al-Rahmah: because it is by the mercy of God that it descends from the sky.
– Al-Radhrad: weak or still rain.
– Al-Rash: little light rain. I handed the rain down.
– Al-Sahaba: little rain.
– Al-Dhababa: dew like clouds that covers the earth.
– Dew: Light rain that falls in clear weather.
– Rain: Water pouring from the clouds.
– Flood (plural: floods): A lot of liquid water resulting from a large amount of rain falling.
– Types of clouds: Haqab, Wadeema, and Tahf.
– Bard: When rainwater turns into frozen grains (snow).

These words, names and titles reveal a moral and cognitive system through which the Qatari person perceives his world, and is directly connected to his cultural heritage and Islamic heritage.
“Knock, rain, knock
Our house is new.. Our belt is iron”