Ar-Rahman

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Arabic theonym Divine attribute in Islam Name of God

Ar-Rahman is one of the most significant names of God in Islam, emphasizing His boundless and all-encompassing mercy toward all creation.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
ar-Raḥmān 2
Ar-Raḥmān 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic theonym ⓘ
Divine attribute in Islam ⓘ
Name of God ⓘ
appearsIn Basmala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qur’an NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedConcept divine benevolence ⓘ
divine compassion ⓘ
attributeOf Allah NERFINISHED ⓘ
cannotBeAppliedTo other deities in Islamic belief ⓘ
category Asma’ al-Husna NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTo Islamic theology of mercy ⓘ
contrastedWith divine wrath in theological discourse ⓘ
describes God’s mercy toward all creation ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Ar-Rahim NERFINISHED ⓘ
emphasizes all-encompassing mercy of God ⓘ
boundless mercy of God ⓘ
grammaticalForm intensive form of mercy ⓘ
honorificUse used as devotional name in Islamic culture ⓘ
invocationFormula Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm ⓘ
invokedIn daily prayers ⓘ
supplication (duʿa) ⓘ
isOneOf 99 Names of Allah ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
linguisticCategory divine name of majesty and mercy ⓘ
meaning The Entirely Merciful NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Most Merciful NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn Surat Ar-Rahman NERFINISHED ⓘ
mercyType mercy for all beings ⓘ
pairedWith Ar-Rahim NERFINISHED ⓘ
priorityIn Muslim understanding of God’s attributes ⓘ
prohibitsUseAsNameFor created beings without prefix ‘ʿAbd’ ⓘ
recognizedBy Ibadi Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shia Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sunni Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Rahma NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
requiresFormForHumanName ʿAbd ar-Rahman NERFINISHED ⓘ
root R-Ḥ-M NERFINISHED ⓘ
scopeOfMercy universal ⓘ
theologicalStatus unique to God ⓘ
transliteration Ar-Raḥmān NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn Islamic calligraphy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islamic devotional literature ⓘ
mosque decoration ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Especially Merciful → hasArabicForm → Ar-Rahman ⓘ
The Especially Merciful → hasTransliteration → Ar-Rahman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ar-Raḥmān
Al-Waqi'ah → precededBySurah → Ar-Rahman ⓘ
Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm → containsAttributeOfAllah → Ar-Rahman ⓘ
this entity surface form: ar-Raḥmān
Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm → componentWord → Ar-Rahman ⓘ
this entity surface form: ar-Raḥmān