Man's share in the name al-Rahmān lies in his showing mercy to the negligent, dissuading them from the path of negligence towards God-great and glorious-by exhortation and counselling, by way of gentleness not violence, regarding the disobedient with eyes of mercy and not contempt; letting every insubordination perpetrated in the world be as his own misfortune, so sparing no effort to eliminate it to the extent that he can-all out of mercy to the disobedient lest they be exposed to God's wrath and so deserve to be removed from proximity to Him.
Al-Rahmān, Al-Rahīm |🧵
The Infinitely Good, the Merciful-are two names derived from 'mercy'. Mercy requires an object of mercy, and no one is an object of mercy unless he be in need.
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The mercy of God-great and glorious-is both perfect and inclusive [tāmmawa-'āmma]: perfect inasmuch as it wants to fulfil the needs of those in need and does meet them; and inclusive inasmuch as it embraces both deserving and undeserving, encompassing this world and the next, and includes bare necessities and needs, and special gifts over and above them. So He is utterly and truly merciful.
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Al-Rahmān, Al-Rahīm |🧵
The Infinitely Good, the Merciful-are two names derived from 'mercy'. Mercy requires an object of mercy, and no one is an object of mercy unless he be in need.
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But if he be unable to fulfil them, he is still called merciful-though in a deficient sense-in view of the empathy which affected him.
Perfect mercy is pouring out benefaction to those in need, and directing it to them, for their care; and inclusive mercy is when it embraces deserving and undeserving alike.
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