Ar-Raḥmān

24 passages reference this surah

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Volume 3 — The Sīrah: From the First Revelation to Badr

Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

1. "Abdur-Rahman ibn Auf recounted his relationship with Umayyah ibn Khalaf. In Mecca they were friends and Abdur-Rahman was originally named Abd-Amr. After embracing Islam he changed his name to Abdur-Rahman. Umayyah, not recognizing this new name, suggested they agree on a name"

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2. "he could use. They settled on Abd al-Ilah, and whenever Umayyah called him by this name, Abdur-Rahman would respond. On the day of the Battle of Badr, Abdur-Rahman encountered Umayyah and his son Ali. Umayyah called out to him using his old name, but Abdur-Rahman"

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3. "refused to acknowledge the name of the Most Merciful, insisting on using Abdur Rahman's pre-Islamic name. On the day of Badr, when Bilal saw Umayya, he alerted the Ansar, leading to Umayya's capture and eventual death. The death of Abu Jahl. Abu Jahl's death is also"

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Volume 1

Imam al-Dhahabī · Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalā

1. "peace and blessings be upon him, gave gifts to a group, including Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, but did not give him anything. Abd al-Rahman went out crying, and when Umar asked him why, Abd al-Rahman expressed his fear that the Prophet withheld due to some grievance."

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2. ""Write a covenant for Abd al-Rahman after me." Humran did so and informed Abd al-Rahman, saying, "Good news! Uthman has written the covenant for you after him." Abd al-Rahman then stood between the grave and the pulpit,"

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3. ""The best among you are those who are best to my wives." As a result, Abd al-Rahman bequeathed a garden valued at four hundred thousand for them. Abd Allah ibn Ja'far al-Zuhri narrated that Umm Bakr bint al-Miswar reported Abd al-Rahman sold a piece of land to Uthman for forty thousand dinars and distributed it among the poor of Banu Zuhra,"

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Uthman ibn Affan

Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics

1. "I said, "Teach me some of these words," and he said: "You are a lad who will be taught." The hadith. Muhammad ibn Ishaq related from Yahya ibn Urwa, from his father, that Ibn Mas'ud was the first to recite the Qur'an aloud in Mecca after the Prophet, God's peace and blessings be upon him. At the House, with Quraysh in their assemblies, he recited Surat al-Rahman, "The Most Merciful taught the Qur'an," and they rose against him and beat him."

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2. "though it is said last. As for what many of the later writers, such as Ibn Jarir and others, relate from unknown men, that Ali said to Abd al-Rahman, "You have deceived me; you appointed him only because he is your kinsman by marriage and so that he would consult you every day about his affairs," and that he held back until Abd al-Rahman said to him, "Whoever breaks his word breaks it only against himself,"

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3. "It has been given from Abd al-Rahman ibn Khabbab that he equipped them that day with three hundred camels with their saddles and saddle-cloths, and from Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura that he came that day with a thousand dinars and poured them into the lap of the Messenger of God, God's peace and blessings be upon him,"

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Umar ibn al-Khattab

Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics

1. "Then the king Shahrbaraz handed it to Abd al-Rahman ibn Rabi'a. Abd al-Rahman looked at it, then returned it to him; and when he returned it to him he was glad and said: "By God, this is better than the kingdom of this city," meaning the city of Bab al-Abwab in which he was, "and by God, you are dearer to me today than the kingdom of the house of Chosroes;"

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2. "A caller called from the air, "Patience, house of Abd al-Rahman, and your promise is Paradise!" Abd al-Rahman fought until he was killed, and the people were scattered. Salman ibn Rabi'a took the banner and fought with it, and the caller called from the air, "Patience, house of Salman ibn Rabi'a!""

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al-Fawāʾid — Points of Benefit, Volume One

Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics

1. "attributes and acts. The names mentioned in this chapter are the roots of the most beautiful names: the name Allah, the name Lord, and the name the Most Merciful. The name Allah comprises the attributes of divinity; the name Lord comprises those of lordship; and the name the Most Merciful comprises the attributes of beneficence, generosity and kindness."

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Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics

1. ""What an excellent man is Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas." Abu al-Qasim al-Tabarani said: Ahmad ibn al-Mualla al-Dimashqi related to us: Sulayman ibn Abd al-Rahman related to us, Al-Walid ibn Muslim related to us, Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid ibn Jabir related to me, on the authority of Ata al-Khurasani, who said:"

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Book 15: Friendship and Brotherhood

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "Sa'd offered 'Abd al-Rahman both wealth and his companionship. 'Abd al-Rahman responded, "May Allah bless them both. This was narrated by al-Bukhari from the hadith of Anas. There is a hadith that the Prophet, peace be upon him, entered a grove with some companions and picked two tooth-cleaning sticks,"

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Book 31: The Book of Repentance

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "They are on a wall between Paradise and the Fire. The hadith includes 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam, who is weak, and it is also narrated by Al-Tabarani from a narration Abu Ma'shar narrated from Yahya ibn Shibl, from Umar ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Madani, from his father, in an abridged form."

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Hud, Salih & the Destroyed Nations

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "So follow me I will guide you to an even path. Oh My father do not worship Satan indeed. Satan has been a rebel against the most merciful Oh my father indeed I fear that there will touch you a punishment from the most merciful so you would be to Satan a companion his father replied"

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Volume 1 — From Creation to Mūsā

Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

1. "rewarded it with adornment and fishing, and instructed, Do not inform anyone. This narration was uniquely recorded by Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdullah Ibn Umar, who is criticized in Hadith. It is reported that Suhail narrated it from Abdul Rahman Ibn Abi Ayyash from Abdullah"

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Book 9: The Mysteries of Supplication

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "O Allah, by Your power over me, accept my repentance, for You are the oft-forgiving, most merciful. Through Your forbearance, pardon me, for You are forgiving and forbearing. Through Your knowledge of me, be kind to me, for You are the most merciful of the merciful."

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2. "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Book of Remembrances and Supplications In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Praise be to Allah, whose compassion is all-encompassing and whose mercy is universal."

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Book 28: Condemnation of Status and Showing Off

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "Similarly, the hadith of Abdur-Rahman bin Samura when the Prophet, peace be upon him, told him, "O Abdur-Rahman, do not ask for leadership; if you are given it without asking, you will be aided upon it; if you attain it through asking, you will be left to it."

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The Disease and The Cure

Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics

1. "and Muslim.'' However, Al-Dahabi critiqued this by stating, ''There is weakness in the narrator, and Abdul Rahman is al-Wasidi who has been criticized for weakness.'' Abdul Rahman Ibn Ishaq once attributed it to the Musnad of Ibn Masud, at another time"

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Volume Three

Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn

1. "without relying on conjecture or assumption. Such a person earns the title of true servitude to the Most Merciful, as indicated by the words of اللّٰه: "Indeed, My servants—no authority will you have over them," "And the servants of the Most Merciful"

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Volume 2 — From the Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia

Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

1. "while it is permissible for a drinker. Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated that Sufyan reported from Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Qamah that he heard ibn Abbas say this. This was authentic to them, as if they were conveying what Abd al-Muttalib stipulated"

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Volume One

Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn

1. "This سُورَة introduces the worshipped Lord, blessed and exalted, through three names to which all the beautiful names and the highest attributes refer and revolve around. These names are: اللّٰه, the Lord (Rabb), and the Most Merciful (Rahman)."

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