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Attributes of Allah: Al-Haleem (The Forbearing) |
One of the
attributes of Allah is 'Al-Haleem'. 'Al-Haleem'
means 'the One who has the attributes of gentleness,
clemency, mildness, forbearance, insight,
discernment, or intelligence'. Allah is Forbearing.
He does not get upset or disquieted if someone does
not follow His Laws or act according to His
Guidance. He is Independent, Forbearing [2:263].
Allah holds accountable
only for the oaths taken with serious intent and not for
frivolous oaths [2:225, 2:235].
If Satan sought to cause
the Believers to stumble only by means of something that
they [themselves] had done; Allah would pardon them
[3:155]. He is All-knowing, Forbearing [4:12, 22:59, 33:51].
He is Forgiving, Forbearing [5:101, 17:44, 35:41]; and He is
Appreciative, Forbearing [64:17].
'Haleem' also means 'one
who exhibits good anger management, temper management or
soul management skills on the occasion of excitement of
anger'; 'one who shows tranquility on the occasion of
anger'; 'one who shows the qualities of forbearance,
clemency, moderation, gentleness and deliberateness despite
having the power or ability to exercise the contrary
qualities. The attribute of 'Haleem' has also been mentioned
in the Quran for Ibrahim, the great Messenger of Allah
[9:114, 11:75]. Allah says in the Quran that 'Indeed, there
is for you a good example in Ibrahim' [60:4], so we must
follow the example of Ibrahim and show qualities of
forbearance, clemency, moderation, and good anger
management.
17-06-2007
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