Never Unjust

E-snad · Qur'an
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Two words for His mercy, two ways of saying “never”: what the Qur'an's language says about Him.

Episodes

  1. Episode 1 · free

    Two words for mercy

    You say it before every sûra and every meal: ar-Rahmân, ar-Rahîm. Two words from one root, mercy. Why two? And why in this order?

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  2. Episode 2

    He never destroyed unjustly

    Two verses say the same thing in translation: your Lord would not destroy towns unjustly. In Arabic, one says lam yakun, the other mâ kâna li-. Is that nothing?

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