RAHMAN


Meaning of RAHMAN in English

Merciful ( One of the names of Allah.)

Useful information: SPIRITUAL ATTITUDES AND NAMES OF GOD

Muslim thinkers have often divided the names of God into two broad categories by contrasting attributes such as wrath ( ghadab ) and mercy (rahma ), justice ( `adl ) and bounty ( fadl ), severity ( qahr ) and gentleness (lutf ), majesty ( jalal ) and beauty ( jamaal ), or majesty and munificence ( ikram ). The `names of wrath' are connected to God's distance and transcendence, while the `names of mercy' are connected to His nearness and immanence. The Shari'a and kalam (dogmatic theology) tend to emphasize God's severity and incomparability ( tanzih ), while Islamic spirituality and the devotional literature put more stress on His gentleness and similarity ( tashbih ).

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