The Most Merciful • The One Whose Mercy Encompasses All Things
✨ ROOT MEANING
Arabic root: ر – ح – م (rāʼ • ḥāʼ • mīm)
This root carries the meaning of tenderness, compassion, kindness, and mercy that reaches its recipient in fullness. It is related to raḥim (womb), symbolising deep nurturing care and protection.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Raḥmah (رحمة) | Mercy, compassion, loving care |
| Raḥīm (رحيم) | Intensely merciful, continuously merciful |
| Raḥmān (رحمن) | Extremely merciful to all creation, mercy so vast it cannot be limited |
Ar-Raḥmān is the One whose mercy touches every single creation in existence, believer and disbeliever, righteous and sinner, human and animal, in this world and in ways unseen. His mercy is not earned but given out of His nature.
📖 QUR’ANIC VERSES
💖 Ar-Raḥmān’s Mercy Encompassing All Creation
| Reference | Description |
|---|---|
| Maryam, 19:96 | “Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds — the Most Merciful will appoint for them affection.” |
| Ta-Ha, 20:5 | “The Most Merciful rose above the Throne.” |
| Al-Anbiya, 21:107 | “And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.” |
| Al-Isra, 17:110 | “Call upon Allah or call upon the Most Merciful. Whichever [name] you call — to Him belong the best names.” |
These verses show that Ar-Raḥmān’s mercy is His defining attribute in all dealings with creation. It extends universally, manifesting in love, guidance, and care, and is part of His very essence.
⚠️ Ar-Raḥmān’s Mercy Withheld from the Arrogant
| Reference | Description |
|---|---|
| Maryam, 19:87 | “None will have power to intercede except he who had taken from the Most Merciful a covenant.” |
| Maryam, 19:90–91 | “The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open… that they attribute to the Most Merciful a son.” |
| Al-Furqan, 25:26 | “That Day, true sovereignty will belong to the Most Merciful. And it will be upon the disbelievers a difficult Day.” |
These verses warn that Ar-Raḥmān’s mercy is not for those who persist in arrogance, deny His oneness, or associate partners with Him. His mercy is vast, but it has boundaries set by justice.
🌸 Ar-Raḥmān’s Mercy to the Believers
| Reference | Description |
|---|---|
| Ya-Sin, 36:58 | “Peace — a word from the Most Merciful.” |
| Qaf, 50:33 | “[For] whoever feared the Most Merciful unseen and came with a heart returning [to Him].” |
| Maryam, 19:85 | “The Day We will gather the righteous to the Most Merciful as a delegation.” |
These verses show a special, intimate side of Ar-Raḥmān’s mercy reserved for the believers, with greetings of peace, honour in His presence, and nearness to Him on the Day of Judgement.
🏁 Ar-Raḥmān on the Day of Judgement
| Reference | Description |
|---|---|
| Al-Furqan, 25:60 | “And when it is said to them, ‘Prostrate to the Most Merciful,’ they say, ‘And what is the Most Merciful?’” |
| Maryam, 19:93 | “There is no one in the heavens and earth but that he comes to the Most Merciful as a servant.” |
| Al-Rahman, 55:46 | “But for he who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens.” |
On that Day, the reality of His mercy will be fully known, both in its universal aspect to all creation and in its special aspect to those who feared Him.
📜 HADITH NARRATION
🌟 Ar-Raḥmān’s Universal Mercy
| Reference | Description |
|---|---|
| Sahih Muslim 2753 ✅ Sahih | Allah wrote in a record with Him above the Throne: “My mercy prevails over My wrath.” Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Companion) |
| Sahih al-Bukhari 6000 ✅ Sahih | Allah has divided mercy into one hundred parts. He sent down one part to the earth, and through it, creation shows compassion, even a mare lifting its hoof away from its foal. Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Companion) |
| Sahih Muslim 2752 ✅ Sahih | Allah created mercy in one hundred parts; He kept ninety-nine parts with Him and sent down one part to earth. Narrated by Salman al-Farisi (Companion) |
These hadith show the overwhelming vastness of Ar-Raḥmān’s mercy. What we see in this world is only a fraction of it, with the rest reserved with Him for the Day of Judgement.
⚖️ The Conditional Nature of Mercy
| Reference | Description |
|---|---|
| Sahih al-Bukhari 128 ✅ Sahih | “Allah does not show mercy to those who do not show mercy to people.” Narrated by Jarir ibn Abdullah (Companion) |
| Sahih Muslim 2319 ✅ Sahih | “The merciful are shown mercy by the Most Merciful. Be merciful to those on the earth and the One above the heavens will have mercy upon you.” Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As (Companion) |
These hadith show that Ar-Raḥmān’s special mercy is connected to our own mercy towards others. To receive it, one must reflect it in their dealings.
⏳ Mercy on the Day of Judgement
| Reference | Description |
|---|---|
| Sahih Muslim 182 ✅ Sahih | On the Day of Judgement, Allah will bring the believer close, cover him, and forgive him, while exposing the hypocrites publicly. Narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar (Companion) |
| Sahih al-Bukhari 2441 ✅ Sahih | “When Allah created the creation, He wrote in His Book, which is with Him on His Throne: My mercy prevails over My wrath.” Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Companion) |
These narrations reveal the protective and forgiving side of Ar-Raḥmān’s mercy for the believers when they meet Him.
🌊 LIVING WITH AR-RAḤMĀN
To live with Ar-Raḥmān is to live with awareness that every breath, every meal, every act of safety, every moment of love is His mercy in action.
It is to see every blessing as a call to gratitude and every hardship as a doorway to deeper reliance on Him.
He is the One who
🌤️ Feeds both the thankful and the thankless
💖 Sends love between hearts
🛡️ Protects from dangers unseen
🌱 Nurtures faith in those who seek Him
Living with Ar-Raḥmān means reflecting His mercy in how we speak, act, and even think about others. It means never despairing of His kindness and never withholding compassion from His creation.
🤲 DUʿĀ’ TO AR-RAḤMĀN
Yā Raḥmān O Most Merciful
Your mercy touches all things and sustains every moment of life.
You are the One who gave without being asked, forgave without being begged, and sheltered without being noticed.
Let us live under Your mercy in this world
and die upon it in peace.
Let us taste the sweetness of being loved by You
and on the Day when none can help
cover us in the shade of Your mercy.
Do not let us be among those from whom it is withheld.
Make our hearts gentle and our hands giving
so that Your mercy reaches us in full.
Āmīn.
Aurora Healing 
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