In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
When one is blessed with the knowledge of Arabic hears the Name Rahman, he is sure that the one to Whom this attribute belongs is, by all measures, the Grantor of all kinds of favors and graces. But he becomes in need of another form, to affirm the permanence of that attribute, and this is achieved by the Name Rahim, which has the attribute of the Divine Mercy. This Name is uniquely matchless, very different from that which is attributed to people.
Allah Almighty loves that His slaves should have some of His characteristics. From His Mercy, He assigned to all His creatures a single portion of one hundred portions.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah: I heard Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace) saying,
Allah divided Mercy in 100 parts, 99 parts of which were kept with Him, while only one part was sent down to earth. It is this single part which causes his creatures to be merciful to each other, so that even the mare lifts up its hoofs from its baby animal, in order not to trample on it.[Bukhari]
Allah Almighty likes that His slaves should be merciful towards each other, show kindness and love for each other.
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
Indeed, those who are merciful will receive the Mercy of Allah Most Gracious.That is because they are characterized by One of Allah's Mercy.
One who has mercy becomes closer to the Presence of Allah Almighty. Allah describes His Messenger, Allah bless him and grant him peace, as one endued with mercy and kindness.
Allah says,
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَالَمِينَ ﴿١٠٧﴾ قُلْ إِنَّمَا يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَا إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ[Qur'an Al-Anbiya' 21:107]
And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.
[Qur'an At-Tawbah 9:128]
لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُم بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Now hath come unto you a Messenger from amongst yourselves: it grieves him that ye should perish: ardently anxious is he over you: to the Believers is he most kind and merciful.
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
I am a (source of) mercy, presented (to all mankind).
It is out of Allah's Mercy towards His slaves that His decrees which have distress for some are always carried out in the company of His Kindness and Compassion, so that the one under such distress will but give thanks to Allah AlMighty, other than Whom none should be praised for any harm. There is no grief to befall somebody but that there is another, more grievous. and it is out of Allah's Kindness that it has not befallen him. The serious catastrophic distresses could never be combined to a single person.
From among the greatest disasters one might suffer is poverty during old age, and death during youth; and both could never gather on a single person. Therefore, there is no distress to smite somebody but that it blots out his sins, or becomes a reason for receiving reward, or delivers him from punishment.
O Allah! O Rahman (Most Gracious) towards all things that come to existence; O You Whose Mercy and Knowledge extend over all things in the worlds. Your Mercy has appeared in all the atoms and particle in the existing world. We never see anything but that we learn of the signs of Your Mercy what draw us to it, and assures our hearts of Your Great Compassion. Show the sights of our hearts the Light of Your Justice, and the Abundance of Your Bounty, O Rahman!
Ameen.
Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
You have touched my heart like always
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