The 99 Names · Names Most Often Paired in the Quran
Al-Ghafoor الغفور
The Most Forgiving, who covers the sins of His servants and forgives those who repent and turn back to Him.
Explanation
A detailed explanation of this name (in Arabic) is in: Sharh Asma' Allah al-Husna fi Daw' al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah — Dr. Sa'eed ibn 'Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani — p. 108 ↗
The author explains this name together with: Al-'Afuww, Al-Ghaffaar
Evidence
﴿۞ذَٰلِكَۖ وَمَنۡ عَاقَبَ بِمِثۡلِ مَا عُوقِبَ بِهِۦ ثُمَّ بُغِيَ عَلَيۡهِ لَيَنصُرَنَّهُ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورࣱ ٦٠﴾
Call upon Allah by this name
“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180
From the Quran
The praise of the people of Paradise
﴿وَقَالُواْ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَذۡهَبَ عَنَّا ٱلۡحَزَنَۖ إِنَّ رَبَّنَا لَغَفُورࣱ شَكُورٌ﴾
Fatir 34
From the Prophetic Sunnah
The Prophet ﷺ taught it to Abu Bakr to say in his prayer
«اللهم إني ظلمت نفسي ظلما كثيرا ولا يغفر الذنوب إلا أنت فاغفر لي مغفرة من عندك، وارحمني إنك أنت الغفور الرحيم»
Sahih al-Bukhari (834) and Sahih Muslim (2705)
Grading: Agreed upon (al-Bukhari and Muslim)