Mercy and forgiveness
Al-Ḥalīm ٱلْحَلِيم
The Forbearing: He does not hasten punishment, though He has full power to.
14 āyāt · 12 sūrahs · root ح ل م
Why Allah uses this name
Al-Saʿdī reads as deliberate delay despite ability, giving the sinner room to return; where it seals a passage of disobedience, the delay you are living in is being named as a mercy.
Take this with you
Do not mistake the delay for permission. It is time being given to you.
Al-Saʿdī: is the One who does not rush the punishment of the disobedient, though He is fully able, so that they may repent.
Al-Saʿdī, Taysīr al-Karīm al-Raḥmān (tafsīr of the beautiful names)
Where it appears in the Qur'an
Counted from the muṣḥaf text as served by the Quran.com API. A few occurrences describe someone other than Allah; read the āyah in place to see which.
2. Sūrat Al-Baqarah البقرة
3 āyahs
āyah 225, 235, 263
3. Sūrat Āl ʿImrān آل عمران
1 āyah
āyah 155
4. Sūrat An-Nisāʾ النساء
1 āyah
āyah 12
5. Sūrat Al-Māʾidah المائدة
1 āyah
āyah 101
9. Sūrat At-Tawbah التوبة
1 āyah
āyah 114
11. Sūrat Hūd هود
1 āyah
āyah 87
17. Sūrat Al-Isrāʾ الإسراء
1 āyah
āyah 44
22. Sūrat Al-Ḥajj الحج
1 āyah
āyah 59
33. Sūrat Al-Aḥzāb الأحزاب
1 āyah
āyah 51
35. Sūrat Fāṭir فاطر
1 āyah
āyah 41
37. Sūrat Aṣ-Ṣāffāt الصافات
1 āyah
āyah 101
64. Sūrat At-Taghābun التغابن
1 āyah
āyah 17
Names it closes āyāt with
The Qur'an often seals an āyah with two names together. These are the pairings this name appears in most.
Names close to this one
Ar-Raḥmān ٱلرَّحْمَٰن
The Exceedingly Merciful: mercy as an overwhelming, essential attribute reaching all creation.
Ar-Raḥīm ٱلرَّحِيم
The Bestower of Mercy: that same mercy in continuous action, and specifically toward the believers.
Al-Ghaffār ٱلْغَفَّار
The Repeatedly Forgiving: forgiveness given again and again to the one who keeps returning.
Al-Laṭīf ٱللَّطِيف
The Subtle and Gentle: He reaches the finest hidden thing, and arranges good by means you never see.
Al-Ghafūr ٱلْغَفُور
The Ever-Forgiving: He covers sins and then does not expose their doer.
Ash-Shakūr ٱلشَّكُور
The Most Appreciative: He multiplies the reward of a small deed and never lets it go unnoticed.
Al-Wadūd ٱلْوَدُود
The Most Loving: He loves His believing servants and is loved by them.
Al-Barr ٱلْبَرّ
The Source of Goodness: kind and generous in dealing, whose goodness reaches His servants continuously.