Mercy and forgiveness
Al-Laṭīf ٱللَّطِيف
The Subtle and Gentle: He reaches the finest hidden thing, and arranges good by means you never see.
5 āyāt · 5 sūrahs · root ل ط ف
Why Allah uses this name
Al-Saʿdī joins both senses — knowledge of what is most subtle, and kindness delivered through paths the servant does not notice — which is why it appears where good arrives by an unexpected route.
Take this with you
Read your history again: the gentleness was there in what you called coincidence.
'Indeed my Lord is toward whom He wills; He is the Knowing, the Wise' — , after reunion (12:100).
Qurʾān 12:100
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.
6. Sūrat Al-Anʿām الأنعام
1 āyah
āyah 103
22. Sūrat Al-Ḥajj الحج
1 āyah
āyah 63
31. Sūrat Luqmān لقمان
1 āyah
āyah 16
33. Sūrat Al-Aḥzāb الأحزاب
1 āyah
āyah 34
67. Sūrat Al-Mulk الملك
1 āyah
āyah 14
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-Ḥalīm ٱلْحَلِيم
The Forbearing: He does not hasten punishment, though He has full power to.
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.