Mufti Menk – The Meaning of Ar-Rahman and Ar-Raheem

			We are struggling across the globe. Every one of us has our own struggles. The Quran will help you
calm you down, it will sue you. It gives you a lot of comfort and positivity. It reminds you and in
the Quran, Allah has done everything in a unique divine way. Allah starts the Quran with a certain
verse, what is it? According to some scholars, Bismillah Rahmani Raheem is a verse of Surah Al
Fatiha and according to others, it's not a verse of Surah Fatiha, but you have to say it anyway
before you start with reading Surah Al Fatiha so let's look at that Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim. I
want to start reading Quran what do I do? I say bIllahi min ash shaytani R rajim. I seek the
		

			protection in Allah from shaitan the accursed Why do I do that? I do that because Allah says
		

			for either Cara del Quran Fs that is below him in a shaytani R rajim. If you want to read the Quran,
you need to seek the protection in Allah from Shaytaan the accursed I want the benefit of it. I
don't want Shaitan to tamper, I want to be able to understand it. I don't want straightline to
tamper and so on. So I sought the protection in Allah from shaitan the accursed and then I say
Bismillah Hiroshima nurai name, I'm starting in the name of Allah. What does a Rahmani Raheem mean?
		

			The Merciful, the Merciful two different types of Mercy Right? the Especially Merciful and,
		

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			Subhan Allah Allah, Allah min. You can even say the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful, the Most
Merciful, the Most Merciful. Let me quickly tell you the difference between the two. Ar Rahman and
Rahim AR Rahman is the all encompassing Mercy of Allah that includes the Muslim, the non Muslim and
every other creature of Allah. Allah is so merciful that He is fully merciful. But a Rahim is a
special mercy that Allah has dedicated towards the believers. So Allah says, the one the Especially
Merciful is a Rahim especially merciful for the believers and the mercy that encompasses everything
is Ramadan. So Allah says, you should say Bismillahi r Rahmani Raheem in the Name of Allah, the One
		

			who is the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful to the believers to SubhanAllah. When I start off
that way, two things are highlighted or three number one is I started in the name of Allah because
it's his word anyway. And whatever you do that you're supposed to be, that is a matter of
importance, you should say Bismillah couldn't do Amarin
		

			couldn't do Amarin V. Berlin lamb, you take the ofii Bismillah he for Hua Akbar, anything important
that you're starting Without the Name of Allah, you're chopping it off, you're not going to benefit
the proper way. So when you're reading the Quran, you say Bismillah in the Name of Allah, then I'm
saying the Most Merciful if Allah wanted, he could have decided to have a different name or quality
of his is a ramen, not a name of Allah. It is. You have a name of a human of Abdul Rahman, the slave
of the Most Merciful. Abdul Rahim, the slave of the Most Merciful, right? So a Rahmani Raheem the
names of Allah. If Allah wanted he could have said the one who punishes the one who is severe in his
		

			punishment. He could have said that. No, he wants you to understand he's merciful