Difference between AR Rahman and AR Raheem

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The Difference Between 'Ar Rahmaan' and 'Ar Raheem'
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen
Reference: Sharhul â€کAqeedah Al Waasityah: 1/38
Category: General
When combined 'Ar Rahmaan' and 'Ar Raheem' mean that the Rahmah (mercy) of Allaah is expansive / wide-spreading and it reaches [all] the creation, this is what some [Scholars] alluded to by saying:
'Ar Rahmaan' is a universal mercy [to all the creation] and 'Ar Raheem' is a mercy that is specific to the believers.
The mercy of Allaah upon the disbelievers is specific to the life of this world only, so it is as if there is really no mercy upon them because in the after life when they ask Allaah to take them out of the Hellfire seeking to get close to Allaah through His Lordship and by confessing upon themselves saying:
{Our Lord! Take us out of it [Hellfire] If ever we return (to evil), then indeed we are Dhalimoon (polytheists, oppressors, unjust, and wrong doers)} [Al Mu-minoon: 107]
They will not find mercy, rather they will find justice, Allaah â€کAzza wa Jall will say to them:
{Remain in it in humiliation! And speak not to Me!} [Al Mu-minoon: 108]
Translator: Nadir Ahmad, Abu Abdul-Waahid
Date Published: Sunday, 18 December 2005
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