Rahman (Islamic term)

Rahman (Islamic term)

Rahman is the Arabic word for "merciful". In Islamic context, Ar-Rahman has been interpreted as meaning "most merciful", "all-merciful", "merciful by his very nature", "beneficient", "mercy giving" and refers to Allah.

External links

* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/055.qmt.html Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 55]
* [http://www.free-minds.org/articles/gods_system/rahman.htm Al-Rahman, Al-Raheem: The most important "pair"]


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