Al-Ghaffār
الْغَفَّارُThe Oft-Forgiving
Al-Ghaffār (الْغَفَّارُ) is the 14th of the 99 Names of Allah. It means "The Oft-Forgiving". In the Qurʾān it occurs in Ṭāhā 20:82.
Qurʾān: Ṭāhā 20:82
How the scholars invoke Al-Ghaffār.
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"wish. Indeed, what has appeared to me from you was unexpected, that you did not tend to my kin and my affairs. You rise to him with a poisoned spear. Cursed be your actions, O Abu al-Ghaffar. If it were not for modesty and the fact that your people are neighbors, you would have known what you have revealed of my secrets. Then the young man replied, saying, Did you intend to elevate and diminish our mention in a manner that is not disgraceful, O Abu al-Izzar? There was no leader among them in the past. Indeed, the best are the sons of the best. So direct your intention, O Muakbir, for indeed the one who grants refuge is"
— Ibn Kathir, Volume 2 — From the Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia
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"His names "Al-Barr" (The Beneficent), "Al-Muhsin" (The Doer of Good), "Al-Mu'ti" (The Giver), "Al-Mannan" (The Bestower) and others necessitate their effects and requirements. If this is understood, then among His names, exalted be He, are "Al-Ghaffar" (The Forgiving), "At-Tawwab" (The Acceptor of Repentance), "Al-Afuww" (The Pardoner), which must have related matters. There must be a sin to forgive, a repentance to accept, and crimes to pardon."
— Ibn al-Qayyim, Volume One
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"Abu Darda may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that he asked the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, about the Qur'an, and he said, The speech of Allah, not created. Abdullah ibn Abd al-Ghaffar, a freed slave of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, narrated that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, When the Qur'an is mentioned, say, The speech of Allah, not created."
— Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, Al-Ghunya li-Ṭālibī Ṭarīq al-Ḥaqq — Volume One
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"He is the grandfather of Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari. Most said: rather, he is the grandfather of Abu Maryam Abd al-Ghaffar ibn al-Qasim of Kufa; and God knows best. Labid ibn Rabi'a, Abu Aqil al-Amiri, the famous poet. It is soundly established that the Messenger of God, God's peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The truest word a poet ever spoke is the word of Labid: Truly everything except God is vain.""
— Ibn Kathir, Uthman ibn Affan
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