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اَلرَّؤُوف
ar-Raʾūf
The Most Tender
Of a motherly tenderness.
The tongue
From r-ʾ-f; raʾfa is the compassion that softens, gentler still than raḥma.
The reason
If ar-Raḥmān (اَلرَّحْمَٰن) is wide mercy, ar-Raʾūf is the tenderness that bends down — the one that takes into its arms.
The Sufi meaning
When you feel too small for ar-Raḥmān, invoke ar-Raʾūf: the same tenderness, but nearer, more tangible.
The servant's portion
Be tender. The world cruelly lacks tenderness — above all where it claims to have no need of it.