Mercy and forgiveness
Al-Wadūd ٱلْوَدُود
The Most Loving: He loves His believing servants and is loved by them.
2 āyāt · 2 sūrahs · root و د د
Why Allah uses this name
Al-Saʿdī reads as love that shows in action — He loves those who repent and purify, and places their love in the hearts of others.
Take this with you
Obedience is not a transaction with a distant master. It is a response to being loved.
'Indeed my Lord is Merciful, Loving (Raḥīmun )' (11:90).
Qurʾān 11:90
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.
11. Sūrat Hūd هود
1 āyah
āyah 90
85. Sūrat Al-Burūj البروج
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-Laṭīf ٱللَّطِيف
The Subtle and Gentle: He reaches the finest hidden thing, and arranges good by means you never see.
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-Barr ٱلْبَرّ
The Source of Goodness: kind and generous in dealing, whose goodness reaches His servants continuously.