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Raheem

Merciful

رَحِيم
رَحِيم

Raheem

Merciful

Quranic rootboyarabic
Pronunciation
Raheem
Arabic
رَحِيم
Gender
Boy
Origin
Arabic
Root
r-h-m
Quranic status
Quranic root
Alternate spellings
Rahim

Origin & meaning

Ar-Raheem (the Merciful) is one of the 99 Names of Allah and the second name in the Basmala.

Themes
mercy
Same root · r-h-m

Names sharing this root.

عَبْدُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰن
Abdul-Rahman
Servant of the Most Merciful
رَحْمَٰن
Rahman
Most Merciful
رَحْمَة
Rahma
Mercy

“You will be called on the Day of Resurrection by your names and the names of your fathers, so make your names beautiful.” (Sunan Abi Dawud 4948, hasan).

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Distributor, divider
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Most Merciful
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