“…But it may well be that you hate a thing the while it is good for you, and it may well be that you love a thing the while it is bad for you, and God knows, whereas you do not know.”(2:216) When we say “Arrahmaan”: this form of “Merciful” is in the Arabic form that implies “ to the fullest extent”, like ghadbaan vs. ghaadeb (angry) or joo’aan vs. jaa’e’ (hungry). The former form implies the fullest extent of hunger and anger in comparison to the latter form. Thus Allah is truly the Most Merciful, to the fullest extent of the word! In fact, “Arrahmaan” is the most all encompassing of His names. Just remember by which name He chose to preside over His Throne: “Arrhamaan, above the Throne presides!” (20:5) His most all-encompassing name is always coupled in the Quran, with his most all encompassing creation- His Throne! And this name only belongs to Him- You will never find anyone named “Arrahmaan”, except Allah, but instead people will name “Abdul-Rahmaan” (the servant of the Most Merciful). By the way, you will also never find anyone with the name “Allah” besides Allah. These two names are His, exclusively! Now “Arraheem” is the One who delivers His mercy to His creation. You will see this name used in the Quran when Allah speaks of His mercy to believers, specifically. If we knew well the true nature of Allah and the true nature of people, we would prefer without an instant of hesitation to deal with Allah, over having to deal with people. It suffices us to know that Allah’s Mercy for us far exceeds the mercy of our own mothers for us. So “Alhamdulillah” for the kind of sovereignty He reigns by Feel the rhythm of Arrhamaan Arraheem lift the heaviness off your heart.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:17:04 +0000