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What Does Ar-Rahim (الرَّحِيم) Mean in the Quran?

الرَّحِيم
ar-Rahim
the Most Merciful
Word type
divine name

This page studies الرَّحِيم as the written form shown in the mushaf. Attached letters and related inflections are studied separately so the examples stay precise.

In the Quran
34 times

Counted from Barakah’s bundled word-by-word Quran data for this exact written form after vowel marks are removed. Forms with attached letters or pronouns may have their own separate count.

Inside the Quran

الرَّحِيم (ar-Rahim) means the Most Merciful. This name of Allah (SWT) points to His continuous and far-reaching mercy.

Read it inside the complete ayat below. The surrounding words decide the most natural English rendering, so the translation may use more than one English phrase for the same Arabic form.

See it in real ayat
ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,

تَنزِيلَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

[This is] a revelation of the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

Arabic quoted letter for letter from the Uthmani text of our Quran reader. Translation: Saheeh International.

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