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𝟐. 𝐀𝐑 𝐑𝐀𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐌 (𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥)

𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐀𝐫-𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐧 and 𝐀𝐫-𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐦 (𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐜: ٱلْرَّحِيْمُ) are two of the names of 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 which refer to 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡’𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 of being 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥. Although similarly related the meanings are different. 𝐀𝐫-𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐧 refers to the 𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 of 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡’𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲, and 𝐀𝐫-𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐦 refers specifically to His 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 he bestows on His creation.

𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐐𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐍 & 𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐇:

Both 𝗔𝗿-𝗥𝗮𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗮𝗻 and 𝗔𝗿-𝗥𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗺 come from the 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗿-𝗵-𝗺 which has the following classical 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘆, 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, to have all that is required for beneficence.

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: "And thus we have made you a just community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you. And We did not make the qiblah which you used to face except that We might make evident who would follow the Messenger from who would turn back on his heels. And indeed, it is difficult except for those whom Allah has guided. And never would Allah have caused you to lose your faith. Indeed Allah is, to the people, 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹." (𝑸𝒖𝒓'𝒂𝒏 𝟮:𝟭𝟰𝟯).

𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐛𝐧 𝐀𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐬 (𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝗺), from the 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵 (ﷺ): “Verily 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵 has written down the 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 and the 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀, and then explained it: “Whosoever intended to perform a 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 but did not do it, then 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 it down as a completed 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀. And if he intended to perform it and then did perform it, then 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 it down as from 𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 up to 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, up to 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱. And if he intended to perform an 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱, but did not do it, then 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 it down as a complete 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱. And if he intended it [i.e., the 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱] and then performed it, then 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 it down as one 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱.

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