Mercy and forgiveness
Ash-Shakūr ٱلشَّكُور
The Most Appreciative: He multiplies the reward of a small deed and never lets it go unnoticed.
12 āyāt · 9 sūrahs · root ش ك ر
Why Allah uses this name
Ibn Kathīr notes the name is placed beside deeds that look slight — patience, a quiet charity — to say that the return comes from a Lord who values them beyond their size.
Take this with you
Nothing you do for Him is too small to be worth doing.
'That He may give them their rewards in full and increase them from His bounty; indeed He is Ghafūr, (35:30).
Qurʾān 35:30
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.
14. Sūrat Ibrāhīm إبراهيم
1 āyah
āyah 5
17. Sūrat Al-Isrāʾ الإسراء
1 āyah
āyah 3
25. Sūrat Al-Furqān الفرقان
1 āyah
āyah 62
31. Sūrat Luqmān لقمان
1 āyah
āyah 31
34. Sūrat Sabaʾ سبأ
2 āyahs
āyah 13, 19
35. Sūrat Fāṭir فاطر
2 āyahs
āyah 30, 34
42. Sūrat Ash-Shūrā الشورى
2 āyahs
āyah 23, 33
64. Sūrat At-Taghābun التغابن
1 āyah
āyah 17
76. Sūrat Al-Insān الإنسان
1 āyah
āyah 9
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.
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.