KNOWLEDGE

THE NAME OF ALLAH, AL-KAREEM is mentioned in three places in the Qur'an.

THE NAME OF ALLAH, AL-AKRAM is mentioned once in the Qur'an.

WHO IS AL-KAREEM, AL-AKRAM?

• From His generosity, He is always giving, granting blessings and favors. No one is more generous than Him. In His Hands are the keys to the heavens and the earth and the treasures of everything.
• From His generosity, He gives without being asked and without wanting anything in return.
• From His generosity, He overlooks and forgives our sins. There is no sin too great which He cannot forgive.
• From His generosity, He replaces the sins to good deeds and is happy when the slave repents and returns back to Him.
• From His generosity, He is shy to return the hands of the slave empty-handed when He is asked.
• From His generosity, He gives those who need and do not need, those who believe and those who do not.
• From His generosity, He does not forsake the one who turns to Him.

IMPACTS

• Ask Allah for all your needs because He is the Most Generous. People are limited and have needs themselves.
• Be generous to others and Allah will be generous to you. Being generous includes pardoning others, overlooking their mistakes, giving more than  expected, and not belittling what others give.
• The most honorable with Allah, is the one with most taqwa which is to choose Allah’s pleasure over your desires.

IN THE QUR’AN

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِيمِ

“O man! What has made you careless concerning your Lord, the Most Generous?”

[Surah Al-Infitaar [82:6]]

 

اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ

“Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous.”

[Surah Al-'Alaq [96:3]]

 

 

IN THE SUNNAH

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Your Lord is Kind and Most Generous, and is too kind to let His slave, if he raises his hands to Him, bring them back empty.”

 

[Sunan Ibn Majah 3865]