KNOWLEDGE ‫الغفور الغ فّ ار‬

THE NAME OF ALLAH, AL- ‫الغافر‬

GHAFOOR, AL GHAFAAR, AL AL-GHAFOOR
AL-GHAFAAR
G H A F I R have been mentioned almost a hundred AL-GHAFIR
times in the Qur'an.
THE MOST
WHO IS AL-GHAFOOR, AL-GHAFAAR, FORGIVING
THE ALL-
AL-GHAFIR? FORGIVING
THE FORGIVING
AL-GHAFOOR The One Who forgives grave and heavy
sins, no matter how great they may be such as shirk,
disbelief and hypocrisy. IN THE QUR’AN

AL-GHAFAAR The One Who forgives many sins, no matter

how times they may be.
“Say: ‘O My slaves who
AL-GHAFIR The One Who forgives.
have transgressed
• Out of Allah’s forgiveness, He conceals our sins against themselves!
Despair not of the Mercy
unless we expose ourselves.
of Allah, verily Allah
• Out of Allah’s forgiveness, He protects us from the forgives all sins. Truly, He is
evil consequences of our sins. As each sin has an Oft-Forgiving, Most
effect on us. Merciful”
[Surah Az-Zumar [39:53]]
• Out of Allah’s forgiveness, He exchanges our sins to
good deeds and exchanges our bad actions, IN THE SUNNAH
utterances and lifestyle to good actions, utterances The Messenger of Allah
(‫ )ﷺ‬said: “Allah, the
and lifestyle.
Exalted, said: 'O son of
• Out of Allah’s forgiveness, He is not quick to punish Adam, I forgive you as
us when we commit a sin, but gives us time so we long as you pray to Me
may return back to Him. and hope for My
forgiveness, whatever
sins you have
IMPACTS committed. O son of
'Adam, I do not care if
your sins reach the
• We should never despair from Allah’s forgiveness. As height of the heaven,
long as we are alive, we can always return back to then you ask for my
Him. forgiveness, I would
forgive you. O son of
• The more we forgive others, the more Allah will 'Adam, if you come to
forgive us. Me with an earth load of
sins, and meet Me
• We should not disappoint others who sin, but tell associating nothing to
them of Allah’s vast forgiveness. Me, I would match it with
an earth load of
• We should not expose the sins of others. Those who forgiveness."
expose the faults of others will be exposed by Allah. [At Tirmidhi 3540]