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Summary of Sunni concepts

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The name of God is the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful and the difference between them

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The attribute of mercy is established for God Almighty in the Qur’an and Sunnah

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It is a perfect attribute befitting the essence of God Almighty, like all other attributes

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God Almighty has been described as the Most Merciful in the Holy Qur’an

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About forty-five times

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Other than what was mentioned in the basmalah at the beginning of every surah

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From that is the saying of God Almighty

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Most Gracious, Most Merciful

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And the Almighty said

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And your God is one God

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There is no god but He, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

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God Almighty is also described as Most Merciful in the Holy Qur’an

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About one hundred and thirty-two times

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Other than what was mentioned in the basmalah at the beginning of every surah

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This includes the words of God Almighty

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Most Gracious, Most Merciful

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And the Almighty said

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Tell My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful

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Scholars have differentiated between the two names

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The Most Gracious and the Most Merciful

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With the following differences

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Firstly

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That the Most Gracious

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He is the One who has comprehensive mercy for all creatures in this world

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And for believers in the afterlife in addition to that

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Among the Most Merciful

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It concerns believers only

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As God Almighty said

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He was merciful to the believers

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Where it indicates the introduction of the neighbor and the adjective

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With believers

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Specialized and merciful to them

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And limit it to them

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The meaning

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He was merciful to believers and not to others

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Secondly

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The Most Gracious indicates the intrinsic mercy that exists in the essence of God Almighty

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While the merciful

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It indicates God's actual mercy regarding the deceased

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Third

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It is not permissible for anyone to be called or described as the Most Merciful

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It is a name specific to God Almighty

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While it is permissible to describe any of creation as merciful

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Summary of Sunni concepts