Ar-Rahman

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic theonym
Divine attribute in Islam
Name of God
appearsIn Basmala
Qur’an
linked to: Quran
associatedConcept divine benevolence
divine compassion
attributeOf Allah
cannotBeAppliedTo other deities in Islamic belief
category Asma’ al-Husna
linked to: Asma ul Husna
centralTo Islamic theology of mercy
contrastedWith divine wrath in theological discourse
describes God’s mercy toward all creation
distinguishedFrom Ar-Rahim
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
The Most Merciful
mentionedIn Surat Ar-Rahman
linked to: Surah Ar-Rahman
mercyType mercy for all beings
pairedWith Ar-Rahim
priorityIn Muslim understanding of God’s attributes
prohibitsUseAsNameFor created beings without prefix ‘ʿAbd’
recognizedBy Ibadi Muslims
linked to: Ibadi Islam

Shia Muslims
linked to: Shia Islam

Sunni Muslims
linked to: Sunni Islam
relatedTo Rahma
religion Islam
requiresFormForHumanName ʿAbd ar-Rahman
linked to: Abd al-Rahman
root R-Ḥ-M
scopeOfMercy universal
theologicalStatus unique to God
transliteration Ar-Raḥmān
linked to: Ar-Rahman
usedBy Muslims
usedIn Islamic calligraphy
linked to: Arabic calligraphy

Islamic devotional literature
mosque decoration

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

The Especially Merciful hasTransliteration Ar-Raḥmān
linked to: Ar-Rahman
Al-Waqi'ah precededBySurah Ar-Rahman
Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm containsAttributeOfAllah ar-Raḥmān
linked to: Ar-Rahman
Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm componentWord ar-Raḥmān
linked to: Ar-Rahman
Rehman hasAlternativeForm ur-Raḥmān
linked to: Ar-Rahman
Rehman derivedFrom Arabic name al-Rahman
linked to: Ar-Rahman
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān componentOfName al-Raḥmān
linked to: Ar-Rahman
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān containsTheophoricElement al-Raḥmān
linked to: Ar-Rahman
Al-Karim relatedName Ar-Rahman
subject linked to: Al-Karim (The Generous)
Quran 17:110 mentions Ar-Rahman
Ar-Rahim appearsWith Ar-Rahman
Ar-Rahim distinguishedFrom Ar-Rahman
Ar-Rahim contrastExplanation Ar-Rahman denotes all-encompassing mercy
linked to: Ar-Rahman
Ar-Rahim relatedNameOfAllah Ar-Rahman
Al-Ghafur relatedName Al-Rahman
subject linked to: Al-Ghafur (The All-Forgiving)
linked to: Ar-Rahman
Ar-Rahim pairedWith Ar-Rahman
Ar-Rahim distinguishedFrom Ar-Rahman
Ar-Rahman transliteration Ar-Raḥmān
linked to: Ar-Rahman
Abd al-Rahman honorificTheophoricElement al-Rahman
linked to: Ar-Rahman
Al-Ghaffar relatedNameOfGod Ar-Rahman
Abd al-Rahman etymologyPart al-Raḥmān is one of the names of God in Islam meaning the Most Merciful
linked to: Ar-Rahman
Abd al-Rahman associatedDivineName al-Raḥmān
linked to: Ar-Rahman
Abdelrahman component al-Rahman
linked to: Ar-Rahman
Abdelrahman associatedDeityName Ar-Rahman