My Mercy
Topic: Divine Love & Goodness
“My mercy embraces all things.”
Islam
The Qur'an
Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture - a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991, p. 87 [Qur'an 7.156].
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Qur’an 7.156
The mercy and beneficence of God are the foremost of his attributes mentioned in the Fatihah, Qur’an 1.
–Andrew Wilson, editor [World Scripture – a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991] pp. 29-30.
Qur’an 1: The Fatihah
The Fatihah is the chief Muslim prayer; it is recited with prostrations five times a day. In honor and in parallel content it is frequently compared to The Lord’s Prayer [Matthew 6.9-13].
–Andrew Wilson, editor [World Scripture – a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991] p. 30.
When devout Muslims recite the Fatihah, the opening verse of the Qur’an–
they give praise to God and pledge to worship no other. The phrase, “Thee alone we worship; Thee alone we ask for help,” is an assertion that believers will not find solace in money or worldly supports, nor in any secular ideology which would deny God’s claim upon their life. It is a solemn oath to walk the “straight path” of morality and to honor the Creator from whom all good things issue.
–Joong Hyun Pak and Andrew Wilson [True Family Values, 3rd Edition] pp. 11-12