between all of them, exalted be His mention, in His justice and His judgment, so He does not wrong any one of them by the weight of an atom, and if there is a good deed He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward, and every soul shall be paid in full for what it earned. That is the meaning of His extending His mercy to all of them in the Hereafter, by which He is al-Raḥmān in the Hereafter.
As for that by which He singled out the believers in His mercy in the immediate world, by which He was al-Raḥīm to them in it, as He, exalted be His mention, said: {And He is ever Merciful to the believers} [Surat al-Aḥzāb: 43], it is what we described of His subtle care for them in their religion, by which He singled them out to the exclusion of those whom He forsook among the people of disbelief in Him.
As for that by which He singled them out in the Hereafter, thereby being al-Raḥīm to them to the exclusion of the disbelievers, it is what we described a moment ago of what He prepared for them to the exclusion of others, of bliss and honor beyond all expectations.
As for the other statement regarding its interpretation, it is what:
148 - Abū Kurayb narrated to us, he said: ʿUthmān ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, he said: Bishr ibn ʿUmāra narrated to us, he said: Abū Rawq narrated to us, from al-Ḍaḥḥāk, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās, he said: "Al-Raḥmān is of the pattern faʿlān from mercy (raḥma), and it is from the speech of the Arabs. He said: Al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm is the tender, gentlest with whom He loves to show mercy to, and the distant, harsh upon whom He loves to be severe with." (1) Likewise are all of His names.
And this interpretation from Ibn ʿAbbās indicates that that by which our Lord is al-Raḥmān is that by which He is al-Raḥīm, even though His statement "al-Raḥmān" carries a meaning that His statement "al-Raḥīm" does not carry; because he made the meaning of "al-Raḥmān" mean tender toward whom He is tender, and the meaning of "al-Raḥīm" mean gentle with whom He is gentle.
And the statement that we narrated regarding the interpretation of that from the Prophet (Peace and blessings of God be upon him) and mentioned from al-ʿArzamī (2) is more similar to its interpretation than this statement that we narrated from Ibn ʿAbbās. Even
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