الآية رقم (1) - بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

(1) - “In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful”

In this verse, the Messenger r is not described as Ar-Rahman, hence none amongst humans can be called as such. Instead, they can be partly merciful (Ar-Rahim).

Allah’s U attributes do not increase nor decrease, as He is the absolute perfection, but what is bestowed increases and decreases. Allah’s U graciousness in this worldly life encompasses everyone, the believers and non-believers, the disobedient and dissolute alike. He causes the sun to shine and benefit all of mankind and not particularly the believers. The rain falls for all humanity and not exclusively for those who prostrate to Allah U. Similarly, the air has been created for both believers and non-believers alike. Thus, Allah’s U graciousness in this world is for all of his creation, while in the hereafter He U is the Most Merciful. There, the believers will enter His Paradise, while the non-believers enter Hell. For His Mercy is only entitled to the believers in the hereafter.

It is proven that all the divine words in the Holy book has its own linguistic miracles and secrets. From these are derived the rulings of rituals, transactions, doctrines, and behaviour. Every word is internalised and explained by the Prophet r, without adding nor reducing anything: For example, the daily prayers are five and none would interpret it as four… and none would decrease the hours of fasting during summer from the obligatory dawn till sunset to only thirteen hours daily… Allah U mentions in the Holy Qur’an:

﴾الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا﴿

“This day: I have perfected for you your religion! And I have completed My grace upon you! And I am pleased to choose Islam- (The Peace) as the religion for you!” [Surah Al-Ma’idah: 3].

Hence all the rulings have been completed and perfected, and none is able to surpass the knowledge of the Messenger r.