The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · Names Most Often Paired in the Quran

Al-Haleem الحليم

The Forbearing, who keeps pouring blessings upon His creation despite their sins, and does not hasten punishment so that they may repent.

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. 106 ↗

Evidence

﴿إِن تُقۡرِضُواْ ٱللَّهَ قَرۡضًا حَسَنࣰا يُضَٰعِفۡهُ لَكُمۡ وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ شَكُورٌ حَلِيمٌ ۝١٧﴾
At-Taghabun 17

Call upon Allah by this name

“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180

From the Prophetic Sunnah

In times of distress

«لا إله إلا الله العظيم الحليم، لا إله إلا الله رب العرش العظيم، لا إله إلا الله رب السموات ورب الأرض ورب العرش الكريم»

Sahih al-Bukhari (6346) and Sahih Muslim (2703)

Grading: Agreed upon (al-Bukhari and Muslim)

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