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Rahman

Most Merciful

رَحْمَٰن

Rahman

Most Merciful

Direct Quranicboyarabic
Pronunciation
Rahman
Arabic
رَحْمَٰن
Gender
Boy
Origin
Arabic
Root
r-h-m
Quranic status
Direct Quranic

Origin & meaning

Ar-Rahman (the Most Merciful), one of the 99 Names of Allah. Reserved as a divine name; commonly used as Abdul-Rahman (servant of the Most Merciful).

Themes
Same root · r-h-m

Names sharing this root.

“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).