Tafsir Asma Allah al-Husna li-al-Sadi - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (173)

Tafsir Asma Allah al-Husna li-al-SadiAbd al-Rahman al-Sadi’

11 - The Most Kind: (The Most Kind, the Bestower, the Most Generous)

He—may Allah Most High have mercy on him—said: “Among His names, Most High, are the Most Kind, the Bestower, and the Most Generous. His kindness, gifts, and generosity encompass all creation. He bestows goodness, is unceasing in His beneficence, and is boundless in His gifts. Goodness is His attribute, and all blessings, outward and inward, are manifestations of this attribute. No creature can do without His beneficence and kindness even for the blink of an eye. These names indicate the vastness of His mercy and His gifts, which extend to all existence as His wisdom requires. His beneficence is both general and particular:

His general beneficence is mentioned in His words:

‘Our Lord, You encompass all things in mercy and knowledge’ 2;

‘My mercy encompasses all things’ 3;

‘Whatever blessing you have is from Allah’ 4.

This is shared by the righteous and the wicked, the inhabitants of heaven and earth, those held accountable for their deeds and those who are not.

His particular beneficence consists of His mercy and blessings upon those who fear Him, as He says:

‘I shall ordain it for those who fear Me, give zakah, and believe in Our signs—those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophet’—to the end of the verse5.

He also says:

‘Indeed, Allah’s mercy is near to those who do good’ 6.

And in Solomon’s supplication:

‘And admit me, by Your mercy, among Your righteous servants’ 7.

1. The evidence for this name is Allah Most High’s saying: “Indeed, we used to call upon Him before. Indeed, He is the Most Kind, the Merciful” (al-Tūr: 28). He also says: “Whoever is grateful is grateful only for his own benefit; and whoever is ungrateful—indeed, my Lord is Self-Sufficient, Most Generous” (al-Naml: 40). He also says: “Grant us mercy from Yourself; indeed, You are the Bestower” (Āl ʿImrān: 8). 2. Ghāfir: 7. 3. Al-Aʿrāf: 156. 4. Al-Nahl: 53. 5. Al-Aʿrāf: 156. 6. Al-Aʿrāf: 56. 7. Al-Naml: 19.

١١ - البرّ: (البر، الوهاب، الكريم) قال رحمه الله تعالى: "من أسمائه تعالى: البر الوهاب الكريم الذي شمل الكائنات بأسرها ببره، وهباته، وكرمه، فهو مولى الجميل، ودائم الإحسان، وواسع المواهب، وصفه البر وآثار هذا الوصف جميع النعم الظاهرة، والباطنة، فلا يستغني مخلوق عن إحسانه وبره طرفة عين، وتدل هذه الأسماء على سعة رحمته، ومواهبه التي عم بها جميع الوجود بحسب ما تقتضيه حكمته. وإحسانه عام وخاص: فالعام المذكور في قوله: ﴿رَبَّنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ رَحْمَةً وَعِلْماً﴾ ٢ و ﴿وَرَحْمَتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْء﴾ ٣ ﴿وَمَا بِكُمْ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ فَمِنَ اللَّهِ﴾ ٤. وهذا يشترك فيه البر، والفاجر، وأهل السماء، وأهل الأرض، والمكلفون، وغيرهم. والخاص: رحمته ونعمه على المتقين حيث قال: ﴿فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ بِآياتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الرَّسُولَ النَّبِيَّ الأُمِّيَّ﴾ الآية٥. وقال: ﴿إِنَّ رَحْمَتَ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ﴾ ٦. وفي دعاء سليمان: ﴿وَأَدْخِلْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ﴾ ٧.

١ ودليل هذا الاسم قال الله تعالى: ﴿إِنَّا كُنَّا مِنْ قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْبَرُّ الرَّحِيمُ﴾ (الطور: ٢٨). وقال تعالى: ﴿وَمَنْ شَكَرَ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ رَبِّي غَنِيٌّ كَرِيمٌ﴾ (النمل: ٤٠). وقال تعالى: ﴿وَهَبْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ﴾ (آل عمران: ٨). ٢ غافر (٧). ٣ الأعراف (١٥٦). ٤ النحل (٥٣). ٥ الأعراف (١٥٦). ٦ الأعراف (٥٦). ٧ النمل (١٩).