The word · The heart
الرَّحْمَة
Rahmah
Mercy: the disposition to spare, relieve and be gentle, in Allah first and in people after.
Also written · Rahma · Rahmat · Rehmat · Marhamah · Rahman · Raheem · Mercy · Compassion · Kindness · Mercy of Allah · Being merciful
The meaning
What Rahmah means in Islam
The Qur'an says His mercy encompasses all things (Qur'an 7:156), and that the Prophet peace be upon him was sent as a mercy to the worlds (Qur'an 21:107). He said the merciful are shown mercy by the Most Merciful, and told his companions to be merciful to those on earth so that the One in the heaven would be merciful to them, in a report collected by Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi. Rahmah in a person is not softness of opinion. It is the reflex to relieve someone when you could have walked past.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
Read beside it
Rooms that name it
Words that sit beside it
- 'AfwPardon: dropping a wrong you are owed, without the other person having to earn it.العَفْو
- HilmForbearance: the strength to stay calm and unhurried when you have every right to react.الحِلْم
- Raja'Hope in Allah's mercy, held by someone who is still working, not by someone who has stopped.الرَّجَاء
- AkhlaqCharacter: the settled dispositions a person acts from before they have time to think.الأَخْلَاق
More from The heart
- 'AynThe evil eye: real harm that can follow an admiring or an envious look.العَيْن
- GhibahMentioning something about a person, behind their back, that they would dislike hearing.الغِيبَة
- KadhibLying: saying what you know is not so, in speech, in a hint, or in a misleading silence.الكَذِب
- NamimahCarrying words between people in a way that sets them against each other.النَّمِيمَة
- SakinahA stillness Allah sends down into the heart, usually at the moment it is least expected.السَّكِينَة
- TamimahAn amulet worn for protection, whose ruling depends on what has been put inside it.التَّمِيمَة