🔤 Qur'anic Arabic · Step 3 of 8
The Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful
Two names from one root: r-ḥ-m, mercy.
Word by word
ar-Raḥmān: the Most Merciful, whose mercy covers everything.
ar-Raḥīm: the Especially Merciful, giving mercy again and again.
“Allah said: I am ar-Raḥmān. I created the womb (raḥim) and gave it a name taken from My name. Whoever keeps ties with it, I keep ties with him.”
Even the word for family ties comes from the root of mercy.
The root r-ḥ-m
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What does the root r-ḥ-m mean?
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Mercy.