AL RAHEEM
The next level of mercy, below AL RAHMAN is that of AL RAHEEM.
This is enclosed mercy , the best example being that of womb of mother for her child. This is all mercy , it cares for each and every need of HIS creation. You can say that whole universe caring for humans so that their survival is ensured.
The oft repeated verse :
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
is better understood if you read it vertically and upward :
بِسْمِ
اللَّهِ
الرَّحْمَٰنِ
الرَّحِيمِ
Now you have to ascend it and higher you go higher belief you achieve and higher the reward.
This mercy is restricted not only in space but also in time i.e. sooner or later the thing which is being cared for has to come out in a new way, a new creation.
So understand the act of creation. Do not be mislead by shortsightedness of child who is in the womb and does not know the outside, just like an observer inside the universe who knows not the outside of universe.
At the highest level is ORDER, ONE ORDER. From here emerges universal mercy of AL RAHMAN . This level is ever creative of many universes, forces and living beings. By the process of JAL, these created acts manifest in other domains and by the process of KARM these are transformed according to the requirement of every creation. From here different creations, universe, Insaan (humans) are enclosed in layers of mercy of ALRAHEEM where they are processed, cared for a limited time and thereafter these creations are given a new shape and brought out as a new creation, a new universe, a new Insaan(human)
IMAN AND KUFR
As a believer in ALRAHEEM, we should be able to nourish, process ever new beings and this is the reason when you care for the need of an orphan or needy you feel completeness with AL RAHEEM and this is why you are promised a reward.
Our home, schools, universities, institutions, offices, departments, town, country should be an example of this mercy, AL RAHEEM, where a person is looked after and helped to reach his full potential. That will be a Muslim home, Islamic school, Islamic service and an Islamic country.
In relation to this , kufr will be where humans and there institutions/ country, hinders, or stop this developmental and evolutionary process.
RAHM ( رحم )
Your part in this is limited to RAHM because of your inability to provide RAHEEM. Allah knows it so He rewards you for a grain of mercy you show to others.
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